prescindir
Meanings
Verb
1. to do without (intransitive)
Examples4
Un teléfono es algo de lo que no se puede prescindir.
A telephone is something you can't do without.
Tenemos que prescindir del azúcar.
We have to do without sugar.
Tenemos que prescindir del azúcar; estamos cortos.
We have to do without sugar; we're short of it.
En este país no pueden prescindir de los camellos.
They cannot do without camels in this country.