empty shell

ˈɛmpti ʃɛl
empty shell: outer covering left after contents are removed
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Translation of empty shell from English into Spanish

Noun

1.

object

outer covering left after contents are removed
  • The beach was covered in empty shell after the storm.La playa estaba cubierta de conchas vacías después de la tormenta.
2.

metaphor

person or thing lacking real value or purpose
  • After the tragedy, he became an empty shell.Después de la tragedia, se convirtió en una cáscara vacía.
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Expressions with empty shell: examples in English and translations in Spanish

cascarón vacío
After the tragedy, he felt like just an empty shell.
soy solo una cáscara vacía
After the loss, I'm just an empty shell with no joy left.

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  • empty shell: outer covering left after contents are removed
    (object) concha vacía

Synonyms and analogies of empty shell in English

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Examples of empty shell in a sentence

  • After the snail moved on, only an empty shell remained.
  • The company is now just an empty shell.
  • He smiled, but he was an empty shell inside.

Translations of "empty shell" in Context ordered by category and frequency

Noun
cáscara vacíanf.

Will remain an empty shell, which is useful for crafts.

Seguirá siendo una cáscara vacía, que es útil para la artesanía.

cascarón vacíonm.

Ever since the accident, I feel like I'm just an empty shell.

Desde el accidente, siento que soy solo un cascarón vacío.

concha vacíanf.

And left an empty shell of me.

Y me dejo en una concha vacía.

carcasa vacíanf.

Nearby, the empty shell of a half-submerged springbok awaits.

Cerca, la carcasa vacía de un springbok semihundido en el agua espera.

envoltorio vacíonm.

This attitude is called sloth, that erodes life from within until it leaves it like an empty shell.

Esta actitud se llama la pereza, que erosiona la vida desde el interior hasta dejarla como un envoltorio vacío.

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Other translations for empty shell:

  • carroceríanf.
  • envoltura vacían.

empty shell: Examples and translations in context

That afterward, I'll be nothing but an empty shell.

Después de eso, no seré nada que una cáscara vacía.

The man himself is an empty shell rotting from the feet up.

El hombre en sí es una cáscara vacía podrida por completa.

All there is in that hospital is an empty shell.

Lo único que hay en el hospital es una cáscara vacía.

It looks gorgeous, but it's just an empty shell.

Se ve bien desde fuera pero es como una cáscara vacía.

Unfortunately - the apartment is a bit of an empty shell.

Por desgracia - el apartamento es un poco de una cáscara vacía.

It is empty shell designed for difficult movements but no emotion.

Es una cáscara vacía diseñada con movimientos difíciles pero sin emoción.

And what was left of me was an empty shell.

Y lo que quedó de mí fue una cáscara vacía.

An empty shell of loveliness is now dusted with decay.

Una cáscara vacía de la belleza está espolvoreado con caries.

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