blot

UK:**UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈblɒt/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/blɑt/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(blot)

Inflections of 'blot' (v): (⇒ conjugate)
blots
v 3rd person singular
blotting
v pres p
blotted
v past
blotted
v past p
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WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2026:

Principal Translations
InglésEspañol
blot [sth] vtr(remove excess ink)secar vtr
 Charles put down his quill and blotted the paragraphs he had written.
 Charles bajó su cálamo y secó los párrafos que había escrito.
blot [sth] vtr(remove spillage)borrar vtr
 Vicky spilled her wine, so I blotted the carpet with a sheet of kitchen towel.
 Vicky derramó su vino y borré la alfombra con una hoja de papel de cocina.
blot [sth] vtrfigurative (disgrace) (figurado)mancillar vtr
 The incident blotted the politician's reputation.
blot n(blemish, stain)mancha nf
 It was obvious from the blots of ink on his hands that he worked in printing.
 Era evidente por las manchas de tinta en sus manos que trabajaba en la imprenta.
blot nfigurative, pejorative (stain on reputation)mancha nf
  tacha nf
  mácula nf
 The theft is a blot on Fred's otherwise exemplary record.
 El robo es una mancha en el registro de Fred que, de no ser por eso, sería ejemplar.
blot nfigurative, pejorative ([sth] that spoils appearance)mancha nf
 That Brutalist building is a blot on the landscape.
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WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2026:

Locuciones verbales
InglésEspañol
blot [sth] out,
blot out [sth]
vtr phrasal sep
(shut out, exclude, block)tapar, bloquear vtr
  excluir, eliminar, tachar vtr
 Suddenly there was a gust of wind and a dark cloud blotted out the sun.
 De repente hubo una ráfaga de viento y una nube negra tapó el sol.
blot [sth] out,
blot out [sth]
vtr phrasal sep
figurative (forget)bloquear vtr
 (ES)correr un tupido velo loc verb
 She tried to blot out the memory of his murder.
 Trató de bloquear la imagen de su asesinato.
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WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2026:

Compound Forms:
InglésEspañol
blot your copybook v exprfigurative (spoil record)manchar su reputación loc verb
 Poor discipline on the field blotted the team's copybook.
dot blot n(biology: identifying technique) (Med.)dot blot nm
 (Med.)hibridación de mancha, hibridación en mancha loc nom f
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