despacharse

despacharse

► verbo pronominal

1 (desembarazarse) to get rid (de, of)

2 familiar figurado (comer o beber) to put away, polish off

3 familiar (decir a uno lo que viene en gana) to speak one's mind

■ se despachó ante todos antes de presentar su dimisión he gave them all a piece of his mind before handing in his resignation

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VPR

1) (=servirse) to serve o.s.

usted mismo puede despacharse — you can serve yourself

- despacharse con el cucharón

2) Esp

* (=criticar)

despacharse bien o a gusto con algn — [delante de algn] to give sb a piece of one's mind; [a espaldas de algn] to really lay into sb *

se despachó bien con ella por llegar tarde — he gave her a piece of his mind for being late *

se han despachado a gusto con el nuevo gobierno — they really laid into the new government *

se despachó a gusto en su crítica a la película — he didn't pull his punches in his review of the film, he really laid into the film *

3) * (=terminar) [+ libro, tarea] to knock off; [+ comida] to dispose of *; [+ bebida] to knock back *

me despaché la conferencia en media hora — I knocked off my talk in half an hour *

en un momento se despacharon dos botellas de vino — they put away o knocked back two bottles of wine in no time *

4)

despacharse de algo — to get rid of sth

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■despacharse verbo reflexivo to speak one's mind: me despaché a gusto, I spoke my mind
'despacharse' also found in these entries:
English:
dispatch

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vpr

1. [hablar francamente]

despacharse con alguien to give sb a piece of one's mind;

en su discurso se despachó a gusto contra el alcalde he really let fly at the mayor in his speech

2. RP Fam [comer] to polish off, to get through

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despacharse

v/r

1 fam

polish off fam

2

:

despacharse a su gusto speak one’s mind

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vr fam : to gulp down, to polish off