gutter

• Sustantivo que designa un canal o conducto, generalmente situado en el borde de un tejado o a lo largo de una calle, destinado a recoger y desviar el agua de lluvia. También puede referirse a una zanja o conducto similar para el drenaje de aguas.

A noun referring to a channel or trough, typically at the edge of a roof or street, designed to carry away rainwater.

1. Drainage channelA2formal

   A channel at the edge of a road or roof for carrying away rainwater.

   Canal de desagüe

   • The leaves clogged the gutter on the roof.
   • Water flowed down the gutter into the drain.
   • He cleaned the gutters to prevent flooding.

   Sinónimoschannelconduitditchdraingullytroughwatercourse

2. Poor or degraded stateB2informal

   A state of poverty, degradation, or low moral character.

   Estado de degradación o pobreza

   • He was dragged from the gutter to become a successful businessman.
   • The movie portrays life in the gutter of society.
   • She rose from the gutter to achieve great things.

   Sinónimosabjectiondebasementdegradationdepravitydestitutionpovertysqualorwretchedness

• Verbo que describe una llama o vela que arde de manera irregular y amenaza con apagarse, o el fluir del agua por un canal o desagüe.

A verb used to describe a flame or candle burning unsteadily and threatening to go out, or to describe a flow of water in a channel.

1. C1formal

   To flow or stream in a channel, like water in a gutter.

   Fluir en canal

   • Rainwater gutters down the street after a storm.
   • The melted snow gutters along the pavement.
   • Water gutters from the roof into the drain.

   Sinónimoschannelcourseflowrunstreamtrickle

2. Flicker or burn unsteadilyC2formal

   To burn or flicker unsteadily, as a candle flame does when it is about to go out.

   vacilar (una llama)

   • The candle guttered in the drafty room.
   • Her hope guttered like a dying flame.
   • The lamp guttered and then went out completely.

   Sinónimosflickerfluttersputterwaver