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Meaning of sentina | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1

[sɛnˈtiː.na]

Definitions

bilgewater in the hold of a ship
declension-1
the dregs, scum, or rabble of the population
declension-1, figuratively

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العربية إنكلية جَمَّة

Català estirabot sentina

Čeština kecy outor

Deutsch Bilge Bilgenwasser Bilgewasser

Ελληνικά σεντίνα σεντινόνερο

English Bilge bilgewater dregs Scum

Español sentina

Suomi höpöpuhe paisua palle pilssi pilssivesi pullistua

Français Bilge eau de cale fond de cale sentine

Galego varenga

Italiano acqua di sentina fesserie idiozie sciocchezze sentina

Nederlands buik flauwe kul kielruimte kielwater lensruimte onzin pastoor ruimwater

Polski obło zenza zęza

Русский днище

Svenska kölvatten

中文幹話 /干话

Examples

“Nam sī tē interficī iusserō, residēbit in rē pūblicā reliqua coniūrātōrum manūs; sīn tū, quod tē iam dūdum hortor, exieris, exhauriētur ex urbe tuōrum comitum magna et perniciōsa sentīna reī pūblicae.”

For if I order you to be killed, the residue [of your] band of conspirators remain in the republic; but, as I have been urging you to do for a long time now, if you depart, [then] your companions — [those] awful and dangerous dregs of the republic — will be drained out from the city.

CEFR level

Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

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