rattrap

A noun that can refer to a device for catching rats, a difficult or entangling situation, or a filthy, run-down, dilapidated building or housing.

• 🇪🇸Sustantivo que puede designar un dispositivo para atrapar ratas, una situación complicada o enredada, y también un edificio o vivienda sucio, viejo y destartalado.

1. Difficult entangling situation B2 informal

   A problematic or complicated situation from which it is hard to escape.

   • He found himself in a financial rattrap after losing his job.
   • The legal dispute turned into a rattrap for both parties.
   • She realized the relationship was a rattrap she needed to leave.

   🇪🇸Atolladero, trampa complicada

   Sinónimos: bindentanglementfixjammessmiremorasspicklepredicamentquagmiresnaretrapweb

2. Filthy run-down housing B2 informal

   A dirty, neglected, or dilapidated building or living space.

   • The apartment was a rattrap with peeling paint and broken windows.
   • They lived in a rattrap on the outskirts of the city.
   • The old hotel was a rattrap, infested with pests.

   🇪🇸Vivienda cochambrosa

   Sinónimos: dumpfleabagholehovelpigstyshackslum

   Antónimos: mansionpalaceshowplace

3. Trap for catching rats A2 formal

   A device designed to capture or kill rats.

   • He set a rattrap in the basement to catch the rodents.
   • The old-fashioned rattrap snapped shut when the rat touched the bait.
   • She bought a new rattrap from the hardware store.

   🇪🇸Trampa para ratas

• rattraps plural form
• rattraps' possessive plural form
• rattrap's possessive singular form