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prescindir

to do without, to dispense with

p ɾ e s θ i n ˈd i ɾ
verb Rare #34,556
to do without, to dispense with Often used with “de”: “prescindir de algo” = “to do without something.”
SP: Podemos prescindir del coche y ir en metro.
EN: We can do without the car and go by subway.

En este país no pueden prescindir de los camellos.

In this country, they cannot do without camels.

Esperaba prescindir de esto.

I was hoping to do without this.

— La cinta blanca (2009)

No, gracias, estoy decidida a prescindir de él.

No, thank you, I'm determined to do without it.

— Locuras de verano (1955)

Tan seguido como pueda prescindir de ellos.

As often as I can do without them.

— El señor de los anillos: La comunidad del anillo (2001)

Un teléfono es algo de lo que no se puede prescindir.

A phone is something you can't do without.

Tenemos que prescindir del azúcar; estamos cortos.

We’ll have to do without sugar; we’re running low.

Incluso, ya puedo prescindir de él.

I can even do without it now.

— Solaris (1972)

Tenemos que prescindir del azúcar.

We need to do without sugar.