junk [dʒʌŋk]
sustantivo
1 (worthless things) trastos (m) viejos; cacharros (informal) (m); (bric-à-brac) cachivaches (m); (cheap goods) baratijas (f); (things thrown away) desperdicios (m); desechos (m); (iron) chatarra (f) 2 (rubbish) porquería (f) the play is a lot of junk la obra es una chapuza or porquería; this umbrella is a piece of junk este paraguas es una porquería; he eats nothing but junk no come más que porquerías; he talks a lot of junk no dice más que tonterías
verbo transitivo
[+object] tirar; tirar a la basura; [+idea, theory etc] desechar Consumers will not have to junk their old cassettes to use the new format The Socialists junked dogma when they came to office in 1982
modificador
junk bond (n) bono (m) basura
junk dealer (n) vendedoravendedora (m) (f) de objetos usados;a vendedora
junk food (n) comida (f) basura
junk heap (n) to end up on the junk heap terminar en el cubo de la basura
junk mail (n) propaganda (f) por correo
junk room (n) trastero (m)
junk shop (n) tienda (f) de objetos usados