wasteland

zona devastada, tierra arrasada

Zona tan destruida o dañada que ya no se puede vivir en ella.

En inglés sencillo: An area so badly destroyed or damaged that people cannot live there.

• The bombs left a wasteland.
• Toxic waste turned the valley into an uninhabitable wasteland.
• Families fled the wasteland that had once been their city.

Sinónimos: ruins

Expresiones frecuentes: toxic wasteland, nuclear wasteland, leave a wasteland

tierra yerma, desierto

Terreno donde apenas crece vegetación y han desaparecido los recursos naturales útiles.

En inglés sencillo: An area where almost nothing grows and useful natural resources have disappeared.

• Nothing grows in this wasteland.
• Years of drought turned the farms into wasteland.
• They crossed a dusty wasteland without finding water.

Sinónimos: desert, barren land

Expresiones frecuentes: barren wasteland, dry wasteland, turn into wasteland

terreno baldío, solar vacío

Terreno que no se utiliza para cultivar, construir ni para ningún otro fin.

En inglés sencillo: Land that is not being used for farming, buildings, or any other purpose.

• Children played on the wasteland.
• The council turned unused wasteland into a park.
• There is a patch of wasteland behind the factory.

Sinónimos: waste ground, vacant land

Expresiones frecuentes: urban wasteland, patch of wasteland, develop the wasteland

desierto, páramo

Lugar o ámbito de actividad que parece vacío, aburrido o sin nada que merezca disfrutarse.

En inglés sencillo: A place or area of activity that seems empty, dull, or lacking anything worth enjoying.

• He called the town a cultural wasteland.
• Without its music clubs, the district felt like a wasteland.
• She dismissed evening television as an intellectual wasteland.

Expresiones frecuentes: cultural wasteland, creative wasteland, intellectual wasteland