Also means
trash
Usage Note
Basura means rubbish or garbage, both the material and the container: cubo de basura (rubbish bin), camión de la basura (bin lorry). Colloquially it is used as an insult ('trash') or to dismiss something as worthless. Basurero is the rubbish dump or the refuse collector.
Examples
"Por favor, saca la basura."
Natural Translation
Please take out the rubbish.
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