sabotage

sabotaje

Acciones realizadas a propósito para dañar algo o impedir que alguien tenga éxito.

En inglés sencillo: Actions intended to damage something or stop someone from succeeding.

• The factory closed after an act of sabotage.
• Police are investigating possible sabotage of the railway.
• Her repeated lies amounted to sabotage of the campaign.

Sinónimos: disruption, undermining

Expresiones frecuentes: industrial sabotage, act of sabotage, suspected sabotage

sabotear

Dañar algo o entorpecer una actividad a propósito para impedir que funcione o tenga éxito.

En inglés sencillo: Deliberately damage something or disrupt an activity so it cannot work or succeed.

• Someone tried to sabotage the concert.
• The attackers sabotaged the power supply.
• Did a rival sabotage your presentation?

Sinónimos: undermine, disrupt, wreck

Expresiones frecuentes: sabotage the equipment, sabotage an event, sabotage the railway, sabotage a bridge