Was heißt »ver­pras­sen« auf Englisch?

Das Verb ver­pras­sen lässt sich wie folgt von Deutsch auf Englisch übersetzen:

  • blow
  • squander
  • fritter away

Deutsch/Englische Beispielübersetzungen

Es war dumm von ihm, das Geld für solche Nebensächlichkeiten zu verprassen.

It was foolish of him to waste his money on such trifles.

Tom hat das gesamte ihm von seinem Vater hinterlassene Vermögen verprasst und ist letztlich auf der Straße gelandet.

Tom squandered all of the assets that his father had left him and ended up on the street.

Synonyme

aa­sen:
flesh
pras­sen:
splurge
ver­pul­vern:
throw away
ver­tun:
be mistaken (L=S)
busy
make a mistake (L=S)
oneself
romp around
something
waste
with
ver­zo­cken:
gamble away
weg­schmei­ßen:
throw away
weg­wer­fen:
throw away

Englische Beispielsätze

  • Place a charge on the door to blow it up.

  • I just need to blow off some steam.

  • Strong winds can blow away unsecured items.

  • I use a blow dryer to dry my hair.

  • Saturn's atmosphere has winds which can blow at over 1800 kilometers per hour.

  • The rapid rotation of Uranus causes winds up to 600 kilometers per hour to blow in its atmosphere.

  • Neptune has winds in its atmosphere which blow at over 2000 kilometers per hour!

  • First you squander your health to acquire money; then your money to get your health back.

  • Losing the job she loved so much was a severe blow for Mary.

  • As a result of the blow, he became insane.

  • You're only going to get one shot at this, so don't blow it.

  • Waving her sword, she rushed so violently on the lion that he had barely time to spring on one side, so as to avoid the blow.

  • Take an axe, and cut off the head of the calf with one blow. With a second, split its head in two, and in its brain you will see a bright red ball. Bring that to me.

  • With one blow of the axe, he killed the calf, and with the second split its brain.

  • That's a low blow.

  • I am master of all the birds in the world, and have only to blow my whistle and every one will come to me.

  • Tom is using the blow torch.

  • The teacher was about to finish the useless discussion when his face was hit by a blow from a pupil's fist.

  • I'm about to blow my top.

  • A strong wind began to blow.

Ver­pras­sen übersetzt in weiteren Sprachen:

Quellen:
  1. [Übersetzungen] Wiktionary-Autoren: verprassen. In: Wiktionary – Das freie Wörterbuch, 2024, [online] de.wiktionary.org, CC BY-SA 3.0
  2. [Thesaurus] OpenThesaurus-User: verprassen. In: OpenThesaurus – Das freie Wörterbuch für Synonyme, 2024, [online] openthesaurus.de, CC BY-SA 4.0
  3. [Satzbeispiele] User-generated content: Satz Nr. 942997, 3938859, 3454595, 3165731, 3018199, 2871396, 3955705, 3955722, 3957429, 2585331, 4184608, 2264679, 4438908, 4540446, 4600543, 4600548, 2077773, 4869723, 1486343, 1409150, 1399776 & 5336161. In: tatoeba.org, CC BY 2.0 FR