residuos

Definitions of residuos
  1. noun
    any materials unused and rejected as worthless or unwanted
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    escoria
    worthless or dangerous material that should be removed
    exhalación, gas, humo, vaho, vapor
    gases ejected from an engine as waste products
    deyección, excreción, excremento, heces, hez, zulla
    waste matter (as urine or sweat but especially feces) discharged from the body
    agua, aguas negras, aguas residuales
    waste matter carried away in sewers or drains
    aguas residuales, corriente, vertido
    water mixed with waste matter
    barredura, basura, bazofia, desperdicio, desperdicios, despojo, majaderías, migajas, piltrafa, residuo, resto, ripio, sandeces, tonterías
    food that is discarded (as from a kitchen)
    contaminante
    waste matter that contaminates the water or air or soil
    basura, birria, bodrio, borra, hojarasca, paja, porquería, zurrapa, ñiquiñaque
    worthless material that is to be disposed of
    deyección, excremento, heces, hez, zulla
    solid excretory product evacuated from the bowels
    vómito
    the matter ejected in vomiting
    cascajo, cascote, derribo, despojo, detrito, deyección, escombro, escombros, resto, ripio
    the remains of something that has been destroyed or broken up
    guano
    the excrement of sea birds; used as fertilizer
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    materia
    the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object
  2. noun
    water mixed with waste matter
    synonyms: aguas residuales, corriente, vertido
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