noun🔗ShareTacaño, miserableOne who labors hard and lives meanly; a mean fellow."The scrub who lived next door worked long hours at the factory but never seemed to have much money. "El tacaño que vivía al lado trabajaba muchas horas en la fábrica, pero nunca parecía tener mucho dinero.personcharacterhumanmoralattitudeChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareInepto, inútilOne who is incompetent or unable to complete easy tasks."What a scrub! Instead of washing the dishes she put the used food on her face!"¡Qué inútil! ¡En lugar de lavar los platos, se puso la comida usada en la cara!personcharacterattitudejobworkChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareMatorral, malezaA thicket or jungle, often specified by the name of the prevailing plant"oak scrub"Matorral de robleplantenvironmentnaturegeographyareaChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareAnimal mestizo(stock breeding) One of the common livestock of a region of no particular breed or not of pure breed, especially when inferior in size, etc. Often used to refer to male animals unsuited for breeding."The farmer decided to sell the scrub bull because it was too small and its offspring were weak. "El granjero decidió vender el toro mestizo porque era demasiado pequeño y su descendencia era débil.animalagriculturebiologyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareMatorral, malezaVegetation of inferior quality, though sometimes thick and impenetrable, growing in poor soil or in sand; also, brush."The hikers struggled to navigate the dense scrub covering the rocky hillside. "Los excursionistas lucharon por navegar por el denso matorral que cubría la ladera rocosa.environmentplantnatureagricultureChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareSuplenteOne not on the first team of players; a substitute."Because he was a scrub on the basketball team, Michael rarely got to play in the games. "Debido a que era un suplente en el equipo de baloncesto, Michael rara vez jugaba en los partidos.sportpersonChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗ShareMezquino, sucio, despreciableMean; dirty; contemptible; scrubby."The new student was a scrub, constantly forgetting his homework and disrupting class. "El nuevo estudiante era despreciable, olvidando constantemente su tarea y perturbando la clase.characterattitudemoralvalueChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareFrotar, restregarAn instance of scrubbing."The scrub of the whiteboard before the next meeting was thorough. "El frotado de la pizarra antes de la próxima reunión fue exhaustivo.actionprocessChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareCancelaciónA cancellation."The school play was a scrub; it was canceled due to the storm. "La obra de la escuela fue una cancelación; se canceló debido a la tormenta.actioneventChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareCepilloA worn-out brush."The old scrub was too worn to clean the kitchen floor properly. "El viejo cepillo estaba demasiado desgastado para limpiar bien el suelo de la cocina.utensilitemthingChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareFregador, fregadoraOne who scrubs."The scrub diligently cleaned the kitchen floor. "El fregador limpió diligentemente el suelo de la cocina.personjobChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareRopa quirúrgica(in the plural) Clothing worn while performing surgery."The surgeon carefully put on his scrub top and pants before entering the operating room. "El cirujano se puso cuidadosamente su ropa quirúrgica antes de entrar en el quirófano.medicinewearChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareUniforme quirúrgico(by extension, in the plural) Any medical uniform consisting of a short-sleeved shirt and pants (trousers)."The nurses wore their scrubs to work. "Las enfermeras usaron sus uniformes quirúrgicos para trabajar.medicinewearChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareExfolianteAn exfoliant for the body."I use a sugar scrub to make my skin feel smoother in the shower. "Uso un exfoliante de azúcar para que mi piel se sienta más suave en la ducha.bodyappearanceChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareFregar, restregarTo rub hard; to wash with rubbing; usually, to rub with a wet brush, or with something coarse or rough, for the purpose of cleaning or brightening"to scrub a floor"Fregar un suelo.actionutilityworkChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareFregar, restregarTo rub anything hard, especially with a wet brush; to scour"Before starting the painting, the artist scrubbed the canvas with a wet brush to remove the old paint. "Antes de empezar a pintar, el artista fregó el lienzo con un cepillo húmedo para quitar la pintura vieja.actionutilityChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareFrotar, restregarTo be diligent and penurious"to scrub hard for a living"Frotar duro para ganarse la vida.charactermoralvaluebusinesseconomyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareCancelar, suspenderTo call off a scheduled event; to cancel."Engineers had to scrub the satellite launch due to bad weather."Los ingenieros tuvieron que cancelar el lanzamiento del satélite debido al mal tiempo.actionplaneventbusinessChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareDepurar, limpiarTo eliminate or to correct data from a set of records to bring it inline with other similar datasets"The street segment data from the National Post Office will need to be scrubbed before it can be integrated into our system."Los datos de los segmentos de calles de la Oficina Nacional de Correos deberán depurarse antes de que puedan integrarse en nuestro sistema.computingtechnologyinternetstatisticsChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareMover una cinta de grabación hacia adelante y hacia atrás(audio) To move a recording tape back and forth with a scrubbing motion to produce a scratching sound, or to do so by a similar use of a control on an editing system."The sound designer had to scrub through the audio to find the perfect scratching effect for the movie scene. "El diseñador de sonido tuvo que mover el audio hacia adelante y hacia atrás para encontrar el efecto de raspado perfecto para la escena de la película.mediamusicsoundtechnologyelectronicscomputingChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareDesplazarse, navegar(audio, video) To maneuver the play position on a media editing system by using a scroll bar or touch-based interface."The editor used the mouse to scrub through the video, carefully checking each frame for mistakes. "El editor usó el ratón para desplazarse por el video, revisando cuidadosamente cada fotograma en busca de errores.mediatechnologycomputingelectronicsChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
