clean-up in the Oxford Spanish Dictionary

Translations for clean-up in the English»Spanish Dictionary

cleanup [Am ˈklinˌəp, Brit ˈkliːnʌp] N no pl

1. cleanup (clean):

cleanup

limpieza f

the cleanup after the nuclear disaster

las operaciones de limpieza luego del desastre nuclear

2. cleanup (of crime, corruption):

cleanup

limpieza f

cleanup campaign

campaña f contra la delincuencia (or la corrupción etc.)

3. cleanup (large profit) Am:

cleanup inf

tajada f inf

I.clean up VB [Am klin -, Brit kliːn -] (v + o + adv, v + adv + o)

1. clean up room/garden:

clean up

limpiar

I'll just clean myself up before they arrive

voy a arreglarme or lavarme un poco antes de que lleguen

2. clean up (morally):

clean up city/television/politics

limpiar

3. clean up inf money/fortune:

clean up

hacer

clean up

sacar

II.clean up VB [Am klin -, Brit kliːn -] (v + adv)

1. clean up (make clean):

clean up

limpiar

I'm tired of cleaning up after you

estoy harto de limpiar lo que tú ensucias

2. clean up (make money):

clean up sl

barrer con todo inf

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to be on cleanup/latrine detail

estar en la cuadrilla de aseo/letrinas

Translations for clean-up in the Spanish»English Dictionary

limpieza N f

1. limpieza (estado, cualidad):

limpieza

cleanliness

2. limpieza (acción):

limpieza

cleaning

yo cocino y él se encarga de la limpieza

I do the cooking and he does the cleaning

la señora de la limpieza

the cleaning lady

3.1. limpieza SPORTS (de un salto, movimiento):

limpieza

cleanness

el caballo saltó la valla con toda limpieza

the horse cleared the fence easily o jumped the fence cleanly

3.2. limpieza (de un movimiento de las manos):

limpieza

dexterity

4. limpieza (honradez, rectitud):

les ganó con limpieza

she beat them fair and square

las elecciones se llevaron a cabo con limpieza

the elections were conducted fairly

5. limpieza (por la policía):

limpieza

clean-up operation

limpieza POL

purge

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operación limpieza

clean up operation

operación limpieza

clean up

esfuerzos para descontaminar la atmósfera

efforts to reduce pollution in o to clean up the atmosphere

voy a hacer una limpieza general

I'm going to do some spring-cleaning o a spring-clean o to have a general cleanup

sanear

to clean up

clean-up in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for clean-up in the English»Spanish Dictionary

clean-up [ˈkli:nʌp] N

clean-up

limpieza f

I.clean up VB trans

1. clean up:

clean up (make clean)

limpiar

clean up (tidy up)

ordenar

to clean up the city

limpiar la ciudad

to clean oneself up

asearse

2. clean up (remove illegal):

clean up

acabar con

II.clean up VB intr

1. clean up (make clean):

clean up

limpiar

2. clean up Am inf (make profit):

clean up

hacer un buen negocio

Translations for clean-up in the Spanish»English Dictionary

operación N f

1. operación MATH, MED, MIL:

operación

operation

operación quirúrgica

surgical operation

operación retorno AUTO

period of busy traffic at end of holidays

2. operación:

operación (actividad)

activity

operación (negocio)

transaction

operación por acciones

share trading

operación de saneamiento

clean-up operation

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asear

to clean up

sanear (edificio)

to clean up

clean-up Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

to clean up the city

limpiar la ciudad

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

It consisted of structural evaluations, asbestos clean-up and environmental tests.

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Findings of lead may hamper and increase the cost of clean-up.

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The construction of the resort and golf course required environmental clean-up of the debris left from the lumber industry.

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The programme includes a range of tasks for example; woodland management, botanical survey, river clean-up, nature trail creation, hay making and construction projects.

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The objective of the entire project is to manage the environmental catastrophe by attaining funds to complete the clean-up.

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Because of this, no clean-up operation was mounted.

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Because of this the area has been fenced off from the community with warning signs against eating contaminated fish, and is undergoing evaluation for clean-up.

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The channel has been re-dredged, docks have been built, and the clean-up of nearby contaminated soil has been done.

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It has been found in 61 of 1400 priority sites that need clean-up of industrial waste.

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The linesmen will instead perform any clean-up duties.

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