engelska-spanska översättning av swamp
- pantanoLa tierra que queda se convierte en un pantano o en un desierto. The land that remains turns into swamp or desert. Si no se respeta a dichas tribus "limítrofes" y su destino sigue siendo marginal, nos estaremos adentrando en un pantano de neocolonialismo en la nueva Europa. If those 'limitrophe' tribes are not respected and their destiny remains marginal, we are all drawn into a swamp of neo-colonialism inside the new Europe. Por decirlo claramente, ¿cómo trataremos de ir más allá del mero drenaje de los pantanos en los que crece el terrorismo –tomando prestado el tópico–, abatiendo también a algunos de los cocodrilos? How, to take one obvious point, do we intend to go about not just draining the swamps in which terrorism breeds – to borrow the cliché – but also shooting some of the crocodiles?
- ciénaga¿Qué elementos de referencia estamos pensando en utilizar para empujar a esos países en la ciénaga de la pobreza? Which bench are we planning to use to push these countries into the swamp of poverty? En un país en el que la cifra de desempleados alcanza los cinco millones, la ciénaga se encuentra cada vez más llena y queda patente la necesidad de un cambio. With unemployment approaching 5 million in that country, the swamp is getting bigger and the need for change is very clear. Según palabras de un Ministro alemán, «cuando es necesario drenar la ciénaga, no se pierde el tiempo preguntando a las ranas». A German minister was quoted as saying 'when it becomes necessary to drain the swamp, you don't stand around asking the frogs'.
- embalsadero
- embalse
- tremedal
Definition av swamp
- A piece of wet, spongy land; low ground saturated with water; soft, wet ground which may have a growth of certain kinds of trees, but is unfit for agricultural or pastoral purposes
- A place or situation that is foul or where progress is difficult
- To drench or fill with water
- To overwhelm; to make too busy, or overrun the capacity of
- To plunge into difficulties and perils; to overwhelm; to ruin; to wreck
Exempel
- The boat was swamped in the storm
- I have been swamped with paperwork ever since they started using the new system
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