English-Spanish translations for throw away

• botar
• desechar
  Desechar estos logrados planes sería como hacer pagar a justos por pecadores. To scrap these successful schemes now would be to throw away the baby with the bath water.
  Pero no por ello se tiene que desechar todo el informe: lo hemos puesto en la resolución legislativa y esperamos que usted, señora Presidenta, pueda exponer exactamente cuál es nuestro razonamiento. But you do not throw away the whole report for that: we have put it into the legislative resolution and we hope that you, Madam President, will be able to set out exactly what our reasoning is.
• echar
  No obstante, es inconcebible, señor Presidente, que vayamos a echar por tierra el euro de esta manera. It is nonetheless inconceivable, Mr President, that we throw away the euro in this way.
  – O bien el Parlamento sigue colaborando con las fuerzas de progreso que existen en Turquía, o podemos echar por la borda toda la influencia que tenemos. Either the Parliament continues to engage with such forces of progress as exist in Turkey, or we can throw away all leverage we have.
• tirar
  También hubiéramos dado la impresión de que teníamos dinero suficiente para tirar por la ventana, cosa que hubiera sido realmente deplorable. It would have also given the impression that we had money to throw away and that would have been a bad thing.
  Por lo tanto no hemos de tirar por la borda el gran trabajo que se ha realizado, aunque hemos de reconocer abiertamente los problemas que existen. Let us not, then, throw away any of the great work that has been done, but let us openly acknowledge the problems that exist.
  . – Señor Presidente, los chinos tienen un proverbio al efecto que expresa que uno debe tirar el reloj antes de comenzar a negociar. – Mr President, the Chinese have a proverb to the effect that one should throw away one’s watch before beginning to negotiate.

Definition of throw away

• To discard , to toss out, to put in the trash, to dispose of
• To waste, to squander
• To intentionally throw an incomplete pass

Examples

• He wanted to throw away the cup, but he couldnt find a trash can.
• Dont throw the newspaper away, it goes in the recycle bin!
• Voting for a third-party candidate sometimes feels like throwing your vote away.
• The team threw away its chance at the semifinals.

Related words

• throw money away
• throwaway
• throw-away