degollar

v.

1 to cut or slit the throat of (cortar la garganta).

¡como lo pille, lo degüello! (figurative) I'll kill him if I catch him!

2 to cut someone's throat, to shear someone's neck, to behead, to cut the throat of.

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degollar

Conjugation model [AGORAR], like {{link=agorar}}agorar

► verbo transitivo

1 (cortar la garganta) to slit the throat of

2 (decapitar) to behead, decapitate

3 figurado (arruinar) to ruin, spoil

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VT

1) (=cortar la garganta de) [+ persona] to cut the throat of, slit the throat of; [+ animal] to slaughter

lo degollaron — they cut o slit his throat

2) (=decapitar) [+ persona] to behead; [+ toro] to kill badly, butcher

3) (=masacrar) to massacre

4) (=arruinar) [+ comedia, papel] to murder

5) (Cos) to cut low in the neck

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verbo transitivo <persona/animal>

lo degollaron — they slit his/its throat

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= behead, decapitate.

Ex. On July 2, 1834, the figurehead of President Andrew Jackson on the U.S. frigate Constitution was beheaded.

Ex. Animals were first anesthetized and then decapitated and brains were removed, frozen with dry ice powder, and stored in a deep freezer.

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verbo transitivo <persona/animal>

lo degollaron — they slit his/its throat

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= behead, decapitate.

Ex: On July 2, 1834, the figurehead of President Andrew Jackson on the U.S. frigate Constitution was beheaded.

Ex: Animals were first anesthetized and then decapitated and brains were removed, frozen with dry ice powder, and stored in a deep freezer.

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degollar [A12 ]

vt

‹persona/animal›

lo degollaron they slit his/its throat

la miró con cara de cordero or ternero degollado he looked at her all doe-eyed (colloq)

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degollar (conjugate degollar) verbo transitivo ‹persona/animal›:

◊ lo degollaron they slit his/its throat

degollar vtr (a una persona o animal) to cut the throat of

'degollar' also found in these entries:
English:
cut
- slit

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degollar vt

1. [cortar la garganta a] to cut o slit the throat of;

[decapitar] to behead;

¡como lo pille, lo degüello! I'll kill him if I get my hands on him!

2. Fam [interpretar mal] to murder

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degollar

v/t cut the throat of; fig fam

murder fam

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degollar {19} vt

1) : to slit the throat of, to slaughter

2) decapitar: to behead

3) : to ruin, to destroy