slash and burn

tala y quema

Método agrícola que prepara la tierra cortando y quemando la vegetación antes de sembrar.

En inglés sencillo: A farming method that clears land by cutting down plants and burning them before planting crops.

• They use slash and burn to clear land.
• Slash and burn can damage forests when used too often.
• The farmers relied on slash and burn before planting their crops.

Sinónimos: slash-and-burn agriculture

Expresiones frecuentes: traditional slash and burn, slash and burn farming

brusco, poco cuidadoso

Que utiliza métodos bruscos y descuidados, con poca habilidad o atención a los detalles.

En inglés sencillo: Using rough, careless methods without much skill or attention to detail.

• His slash and burn approach upset everyone.
• The editor's slash and burn methods removed several important scenes.
• Staff suffered under the new director's slash and burn management.

Sinónimos: crude, heavy-handed, rough

Antónimos: careful, skillful

Expresiones frecuentes: slash and burn approach, slash and burn management

talar y quemar

Cortar y quemar la vegetación para dejar la tierra lista para el cultivo.

En inglés sencillo: To clear land for crops by cutting down plants and burning them.

• They slash and burn before planting.
• The farmers slashed and burned a small area of forest.
• Will they slash and burn the hillside this year?

Expresiones frecuentes: slash and burn land, slash and burn fields