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desguazado

scrapped

adjective des-gwah-SAH-doh Rare

Also means

dismantled

Usage Note

Desguazado is the past participle of desguazar, meaning to break up or dismantle something (typically a vehicle, ship, or large machine) for its parts or scrap. A desguace (the noun) is a scrap yard or breaker's yard. The word is mostly used in industrial and automotive contexts and rarely appears in everyday conversation; if encountered in fiction it usually signals total destruction or ruin of something once valuable.

Examples

"El coche llegó al taller completamente desguazado."

Natural Translation

The car arrived at the workshop completely wrecked.

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