Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

waste (water)

Croatian translation:

rasipati

Added to glossary by Martina Pokupec (X)
Feb 13, 2012 11:33
12 yrs ago
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English term

waste

English to Croatian Marketing General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters
e.g. waste water/time/energy

Htjela bih neki glagol umjesto "trošiti", koji bi imao jednako negativno značenje kao i "waste", a ne mrem se ničega sjetiti :)

Hvala!

Proposed translations

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rasipati

recimo, kao ekvivalent glagola "dissipate" (malo formalniji na engl.), a lijepo zvuči na hrvatskom
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agree sazo
4 mins
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agree bonafide1313
8 mins
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agree Darko Pauković
11 mins
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agree Sanja Staklenac
14 mins
hvala, kolegice!
agree TAMARA CUTIC
43 mins
hvala lijepa!
agree Jakov Milicevic
1 hr
hvala, kolega!
agree Mira Stepanovic
2 hrs
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agree Valentina Balšić
8 hrs
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23 hrs
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3 mins

otpad

otpadne vode*

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zavisi od konteksta

ili

koristiti vodu
trošiti vodu
konzumirati vodu
upotrebljavati...
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+4
3 mins

tratiti

Samo prijedlog, možda pomogne - baš mi ne ide uz vodu, ali možemo bez problema tratiti vrijeme i energiju. :-)

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But of skroz! :-D Možda rasipati? Ili uzaludno trošiti?
Note from asker:
e baš mi treba za vodu :)
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agree sazo
7 mins
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agree Mirela Skarica
29 mins
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agree Sasa Kalcik
43 mins
Hvala!
agree Jakov Milicevic
1 hr
Hvala!
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3 mins

traćenje

eto

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protratiti...

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može i gubiti (vrijeme), energiju
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2 hrs

prekomjerno trošiti

Teško je bez konteksta, ali ako je u pitanju "waste of water" onda bih rekao da je "prekomjerno trošiti vodu" primjeren izraz.

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No context, no references ;)

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