Garbage, rubbish - Basura (The 2479th Most Common Spanish Word)

The Spanish word for Garbage, rubbish is Basura. This word often comes up when talking about house. It is the 2479th most commonly used word in Spanish, classified as a B2 word. It can be used as noun. You can see example sentences for context below, and you can also listen to their pronunciations by clicking on the speaker icon. Discover all of the 3000 most common Spanish words with over 60000 example sentences, pronunciations, and various practice types by downloading our app.

Pronunciation

English: garbage, rubbish

Spanish: basura

Examples


That is just what we need. The rest is rubbish.	Eso es justo lo que necesitamos. El resto es basura.
Throw away the garbage.	Saca la basura.
Get the rubbish out of the building.	Saca la basura del edificio.
I saw a man yesterday eating from a garbage can.	Ayer vi a un hombre comer de un bote de basura.
No dumping rubbish here	No tires basura aquí.
The richer the city, the more rubbish it generates.	Cuanto más rica una ciudad, más basura produce.
Tom threw the apple core into the garbage can.	Tom arrojó el centro de la manzana al bote de basura.
Don't throw these documents in the rubbish	¡No tires a la basura estos documentos

Throw the egg shells in the organic rubbish bin.	Tire las cáscaras de huevos en el cesto de basura orgánica.
The garbage smells to high heaven.	La basura huele bien gacho.
It's rubbish	¡Es basura
Take the rubbish out.	Saca la basura.
They collect our rubbish every Monday.	Recogen nuestra basura cada lunes.
They collect our garbage every Monday.	Recogen nuestra basura cada lunes.
Oh, I forgot. Today is garbage day	¡Ah, se me olvidó que hoy había que sacar la basura
We're going to put the boxes at the end of the street so that the garbage truck picks them up.	Vamos a poner las cajas al fondo de la calle para que las recoja el camión de la basura.
The street is full of garbage because of the garbagemen strike.	La calle está llena de basura por la huelga de los basureros.
It smells of rubbish in here.	Aquí dentro huele a basura.
Throwing old furniture to the garbage can is forbidden.	Está prohibido tirar los muebles viejos a la basura.
The rubbish bin fell over in the wind.	El viento ha volcado la basura.
TV shows on Saturdays are just rubbish.	Los programas de televisión de los sábados son pura basura.