English-Spanish translations for container

• recipiente
  Podría convertirse en un enorme recipiente de petróleo. It could become one huge oil container.
  Las características del material hacen que la valorización de los recipientes de cerámica usados carezca de sentido. The characteristics of the material make the recovery of the used ceramic containers pointless.
  Cuando se preparan los espaguetis que en Italia son un plato nacional muy rico, se usa un colador, o sea, un recipiente lleno de agujeros que sirve para colar el agua. When we cook spaghetti, which is a delicious Italian national dish, we use a colander, a container full of holes which drains the water off the spaghetti.
• contenedor
  Es peligroso que los contenedores se caigan de los buques. Containers falling off ships are dangerous.
  Contenedores perdidos en el mar y compensación (debate) Containers lost at sea and compensation (debate)
  Entiendo que se perderán contenedores durante tormentas fuertes. I appreciate that containers will be lost in severe storms.

Definition of container

• Someone who contains; something that contains
• A very large, typically metal, box used for transporting goods
• Someone who holds people in their seats or in a calm state
• An abstract data type whose instances are collections of other objects

Related words

• containerization
• containerize
• containership
• container-deposit
• container (tavaroita
• container ship
• container port
• container for waste glass
• container vessel