Ensuciar (en. Mess)

/en-su-'sjaɾ/

Meaning & Definition

EnglishSpanish

verb

To produce dirt on something.

Children often get their clothes dirty playing in the park.

Los niños suelen ensuciar su ropa al jugar en el parque.

To contaminate or stain something.

Be careful not to dirty the floor with the paint.

Ten cuidado de no ensuciar el suelo con la pintura.

To alter the clean state of a place or thing.

I don't want to dirty my car driving on dirt roads.

No quiero ensuciar mi coche manejando por caminos de tierra.

From the verb 'suciar', which comes from 'sucio'.

get your hands dirty

To perform an activity that dirty, often used in the context of manual work.

ensuciar las manos

do not pollute the environment

To avoid contaminating or harming the natural environment.

no ensucies el ambiente

dirty

That has dirt or stains.

sucio

stain

To leave a mark or stain on something.

manchar

Dirty the image

What you said dirty the project's image.

Lo que dijiste ensució la imagen del proyecto.

Dirty the reputation

Rumors can dirty a person's reputation.

Los rumores pueden ensuciar la reputación de una persona.