How is the word pozo negro translated from Spanish to English

English translation
cesspool
noun

Depósito subterráneo que recoge las aguas residuales.

An underground tank that holds waste water.

Examples with “pozo negro”

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  • El pozo negro hay que vaciarlo dos veces al año. — The cesspool needs emptying twice a year.

  • El barrio se convirtió en una cloaca de delincuencia. — The district became a cesspool of crime.

  • Cavaron un pozo negro nuevo detrás del granero. — They dug a new cesspool behind the barn.

  • La novela describe el pueblo como una cloaca de codicia. — The novel describes the town as a cesspool of greed.

  • ¿El pozo negro está conectado a las tuberías de la cocina? — Is the cesspool connected to the kitchen pipes?

  • ¿Por qué esta calle, antes tranquila, se ha convertido en una cloaca? — Why has this once quiet street turned into a cesspool?

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