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"descomponerse" in English

QUICK TRANSLATIONS

to decay- to molder- to moulder- to have an attack of diarrhea- to have an attack of diarrhoea- to separate- to split- to decay- to become unsettled- to change for the worse- to cloud over- to break down- to go down- to pack up- v + adv

descomponerse {reflexive verb}

to decompose- to putrefy- to rot

descomponer {verb}

to break down- to decay- to decompose- to break down- to break- to mess up

descomponer {transitive verb}

to break up- to distort- to get on sb's nerves- to rot- to split- to break … down into factors- to factorize- to separate … into compounds- to split up- to cause … to decompose- to cause … to rot- to give … diarrhea- to give … diarrhoea

Translations & Examples Synonyms Context Examples

TRANSLATIONS & EXAMPLES

descomponerse {verb}

descomponerse(also: cariarse, picarse)

to decay {v.i.} (rot)

Primero imagínese ese desecho atrapado en su colon que empieza a descomponerse y empieza a formar una fosa séptica de material fecal.

First imagine trapped waste in your colon that begins to rot into a cesspool of decaying matter.

descomponerse

to molder {v.i.} (corpse, leaves)

descomponerse

to moulder {v.i.} [Brit.] (corpse, leaves)

descomponerse

to have an attack of diarrhea {vb} [Amer.]

descomponerse

to have an attack of diarrhoea {vb} [Brit.]

descomponerse(also: apartarse, desarrimar, separar, alejar)

to separate {vb}

descomponerse(also: romper, largarse, dividirse, partirse)

to split {vb}

descomponerse(also: desintegrarse)

to decay {v.i.} [phys.] (particle, isotope)

Primero imagínese ese desecho atrapado en su colon que empieza a descomponerse y empieza a formar una fosa séptica de material fecal.

First imagine trapped waste in your colon that begins to rot into a cesspool of decaying matter.

descomponerse(also: desadaptarse, destemplarse)

to become unsettled {vb}

descomponerse

to change for the worse {vb}

descomponerse(also: nublarse, enmarañarse, arrumarse, descomponerse (día))

to cloud over {vb}

descomponerse(also: fallar, quedarse en pana, quedarse varado)

to break down {vb} (stop functioning)

descomponerse(also: dejar de funcionar)

to go down {vb} (computer)

descomponerse(also: dejar de funcionar, tronarse)

to pack up {vb} [coll.] (break down)

descomponerse(also: averiarse)

v + adv {vb} [coll.] (fail)

descomponerse {reflexive verb}

descomponerse(also: desconchabar)

to decompose {vb}

Las pilas y acumuladores desechados tardan mucho en descomponerse.

Discarded batteries and accumulators take a very long time to decompose.

descomponerse(also: pudrirse)

to putrefy {vb}

descomponerse(also: podrirse, pudrirse, abombarse, pudrir)

to rot {vb}

Primero imagínese ese desecho atrapado en su colon que empieza a descomponerse y empieza a formar una fosa séptica de material fecal.

First imagine trapped waste in your colon that begins to rot into a cesspool of decaying matter.

descomponer [descomponiendo · descompuesto] {verb}

descomponer

to break down {vb} (divide up)

No se descomponen, sino que se acumulan en nuestros organismos y en toda la cadena alimentaria.

They do not break down, but accumulate in our bodies and in the whole food chain.

Los PFOS y las sustancias relacionadas con los mismos son altamente fluorados y extremadamente difíciles de descomponer.

PFOS and PFOS-related substances are highly fluorinated and extremely difficult to break down.

Todos sabemos que hoy ya emitimos el doble de CO2 que las plantas descomponen.

We all know that today we are emitting twice as much CO2 as plants can break down.

descomponer(also: picar, cariar)

to decay [decayed · decayed] {v.t.} (rot)

descomponer

to decompose [decomposed · decomposed] {vb} [construct.]

La acción de bacterias y microbios la descomponen al entrar en contacto con el oxígeno.

Bacteria and microbes cause it to decompose if it is taken away from its oxygen-free state.

De ahí parte precisamente la teoría del crecimiento de la turba: crecen en tamaño aquellos pantanos en los que se genera más turba de la que se descompone.

This is what the theory of peat growth is based upon: marshland grows where there is more peat growing than decomposing.

descomponer

to break down {vb} [chem.] (substance)

No se descomponen, sino que se acumulan en nuestros organismos y en toda la cadena alimentaria.

They do not break down, but accumulate in our bodies and in the whole food chain.

Los PFOS y las sustancias relacionadas con los mismos son altamente fluorados y extremadamente difíciles de descomponer.

PFOS and PFOS-related substances are highly fluorinated and extremely difficult to break down.

Todos sabemos que hoy ya emitimos el doble de CO2 que las plantas descomponen.

We all know that today we are emitting twice as much CO2 as plants can break down.

descomponer

to break [broke; brake · broken; broke] {v.t.} (render useless)

Equivaldría a descomponer la Unión Europea.

It would be the equivalent of breaking up the European Union.

No se descomponen, sino que se acumulan en nuestros organismos y en toda la cadena alimentaria.

They do not break down, but accumulate in our bodies and in the whole food chain.

Los PFOS y las sustancias relacionadas con los mismos son altamente fluorados y extremadamente difíciles de descomponer.

PFOS and PFOS-related substances are highly fluorinated and extremely difficult to break down.

descomponer(also: estropear, destrozar)

to mess up {vb} (spoil)

descomponer [descomponiendo · descompuesto] {transitive verb}

descomponer(also: fraccionar, disgregar, desentablar, picar (piedra))

to break up {v.t.}

descomponer(also: desfigurar, deformar, distorsionar, desvirtuar)

to distort [distorted · distorted] {v.t.}

descomponer

to get on sb's nerves {v.t.}

descomponer(also: corromper)

to rot [rotted · rotted] {v.t.}

Que se eliminen los llamados horarios flexibles, que descomponen el tejido social.

For so-called flexible working times, which rot the social fabric, to be abolished.

Hay que añadírselo para que la fruta no cambie de color y se descomponga inmediatamente.

This has to be added so that the fruit does not immediately discolour and start to rot.

descomponer(also: escindir, desunir)

to split [split · split] {v.t.}

Con este comando podrá descomponer un elemento de dibujo combinado en sus componentes individuales.

Use this command to split a drawing element created by combination (with Combine command) into individual components.

En una votación nominal, esta Cámara se descompone en Delegaciones nacionales y Grupos políticos.

Roll-call votes split Parliament into national delegations and political groups.

descomponer

to break … down into factors {vb}

descomponer

to factorize [factorized · factorized] {vb}

descomponer

to separate … into compounds {vb}

descomponer(also: separar, acabar, disgregarse, pelear)

to split up {vb}

descomponer

to cause … to decompose {vb}

descomponer

to cause … to rot {vb}

descomponer

to give … diarrhea {vb} [Amer.]

descomponer

to give … diarrhoea {vb} [Brit.]

SYNONYMS

Synonyms (Spanish) for "descomponerse":

descomponerse

agusanarse- corromperse- echarse a perder- estropearse- podrirse- pudrirse

CONTEXT EXAMPLES

Context examples for "descomponerse" in English(!) These sentences come from external sources & may not be accurate. Therefore, we are not responsible for their content.

Las pilas y acumuladores desechados tardan mucho en descomponerse.

Discarded batteries and accumulators take a very long time to decompose.

Primero imagínese ese desecho atrapado en su colon que empieza a descomponerse y empieza a formar una fosa séptica de material fecal.

First imagine trapped waste in your colon that begins to rot into a cesspool of decaying matter.

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