wash out

quitar lavando, eliminar con agua

Eliminar una mancha o sustancia de algo mediante el lavado.

En inglés sencillo: To remove a mark or substance from something by washing it.

• I washed out the stain.
• Can you wash this paint out of my shirt?
• Hot water washed most of the dye out.

Cómo se usa: wash something out of something (She washed the mud out of her skirt.)

Sinónimos: wash away, remove

Expresiones frecuentes: wash out a stain, wash out something

lavar por dentro, enjuagar

Limpiar con agua el interior de un recipiente.

En inglés sencillo: To clean the inside of a container with water.

• Wash out the empty jar.
• I washed the bucket out with hot water.
• Have you washed out your water bottle?

Cómo se usa: wash something out (Wash the jug out before you refill it.)

Sinónimos: rinse out, clean out

Expresiones frecuentes: wash out a bottle, wash out something

salir con el lavado

Desaparecer una mancha o sustancia cuando se lava lo que la tiene.

En inglés sencillo: If a mark or substance disappears when something is washed, it is removed by the water.

• This ink washes out.
• The stain washed out after two washes.
• Will the red dye wash out of my hair?

Sinónimos: come out

Expresiones frecuentes: wash out easily, wash out completely

obligar a cancelar por lluvia

Impedir que se celebre un evento al aire libre por mal tiempo, especialmente lluvia.

En inglés sencillo: If bad weather prevents an outdoor event from happening, the weather causes it to be cancelled.

• Rain washed out the match.
• Our picnic was washed out on Sunday.
• Will tomorrow’s game be washed out too?

Cómo se usa: be washed out (The match was washed out by heavy rain.)

Sinónimos: rain off, cancel

Expresiones frecuentes: wash out a match, wash out the picnic

arrastrar, erosionar

Arrastrar tierra o dañar algo por la fuerza del agua que corre.

En inglés sencillo: To carry away soil or damage something as water flows over it.

• The flood washed out the road.
• Heavy rain has washed out part of the riverbank.
• The bridge was washed out during the storm.

Cómo se usa: wash something out (Floodwater washed the road out overnight.)

Sinónimos: wash away, erode

Expresiones frecuentes: wash out a road, wash out the bridge

desdibujar, apagar

Hacer que los detalles se vean u oigan mal por exceso de luz o sonido.

En inglés sencillo: To make details hard to see or hear because light or sound is too strong.

• Sunlight washes out the screen.
• The camera flash washed out her face in the photograph.
• Loud music washed out the quieter voices in the recording.

Cómo se usa: wash something out (The bright light washed the colours out.)

Sinónimos: obscure, overpower

Expresiones frecuentes: wash out colours, wash out the image