La venta de instalaciones fabriles parecería indicar lo contrario; no es el mensaje que hay que enviar cuando se pretende taponar un agujero financiero.

The selling off of plant would appear to indicate the opposite; it is the wrong message to send when you are trying to plug a financial hole.

Nuestros gobiernos se las han arreglado para taponar las numerosas goteras de un sistema financiero internacional que está tan interconectado que los fallos han convertido en mundiales.

Our governments have managed to plug the series of leaks in an international financial system that is so interconnected that the malfunctions have gone global.

El programa de reformas "Power 8", concebido por la dirección para taponar el agujero financiero de la sociedad, prevé grandes recortes de plantilla y la venta de instalaciones.

The 'Power 8' reform programme devised by the management in order to plug the hole in the company's funds, envisages mass redundancies and the sale of plant.

taponar(also: tapar, rellenar, empastar)

to stop [stopped · stopped] {v.t.} (block)

taponar(also: atascar, obstruir, tapar)

to choke [choked · choked] {v.t.} (block)

taponar [taponando · taponado] {transitive verb}

taponar(also: bloquear, interceptar, obstruir, impedir (paso))

to block [blocked · blocked] {vb}

taponar

to bung [bunged · bunged] {v.t.}

taponar(also: obstruir, atascar)

to clog [clogged · clogged] {v.t.}

SYNONYMS

Synonyms (Spanish) for "taponar":

taponar

anular- atascar- atorar- atrancar- borrar- cegar- congestionar- corregir- decolorar- deshacer- desvanecer- detener- dificultar- embotellar- entorpecer

CONTEXT EXAMPLES

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

el centro está taponado

the city center is completely chock-a-block with cars

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