What does esterilizado in Spanish mean?

What is the meaning of the word esterilizado in Spanish? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use esterilizado in Spanish.

The word esterilizado in Spanish means sterilize, sterilize, get snipped. To learn more, please see the details below.

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Meaning of the word esterilizado

sterilize

verbo transitivo (desinfectar)

(transitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat.")
Los dentistas esterilizan sus instrumentos antes de usarlos.
Dentists sterilize their instruments before using them.

sterilize

verbo transitivo (castrar)

(transitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat.")
El veterinario esterilizó a la gata para que no vuelva a criar.
The veterinarian sterilized the female cat so that she would not breed again.

get snipped

verbo pronominal (hacerse estéril) (informal)

(verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.")
Mi marido se esterilizó porque ya tenemos siete hijos.
My husband got snipped because we already have seven children.

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