destripar

v.

1 to disembowel (sacar las tripas a) (animal, persona).

2 to rip open.

3 to crush down, to squash, to crush.

María destripó las galletas Mary crushed down the cookies.

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destripar

► verbo transitivo

1 (quitar las tripas) to disembowel; (pescado) to gut

2 (cosa) to tear open, cut open

■ destripó el colchón she ripped the mattress open

3 figurado (despachurrar) to crush, squash

■ la rueda le destripó el pie the wheel crushed her foot

4 familiar figurado (un relato) to ruin

■ me destripó el chiste cuando iba por la mitad he ruined my joke when I was only halfway through it

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VT

1) (=quitar tripas a) [+ animal] to gut; [+ persona] to disembowel

2) [+ chiste, cuento] to spoil

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verbo transitivo

a) <res/ave/caza> to gut, disembowel

b) (fam) (matar)

el toro destripó al caballo — the bull ripped the horse's guts out

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= disembowel, gut.

Ex. Ravitch contends that political correctness has disemboweled the literary material taught in schools.

Ex. When white fish are gutted at sea, washed and iced, they have white flesh on landing because they have had time to bleed.

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verbo transitivo

a) <res/ave/caza> to gut, disembowel

b) (fam) (matar)

el toro destripó al caballo — the bull ripped the horse's guts out

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= disembowel, gut.

Ex: Ravitch contends that political correctness has disemboweled the literary material taught in schools.

Ex: When white fish are gutted at sea, washed and iced, they have white flesh on landing because they have had time to bleed.

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destripar [A1 ]

vt

1 ‹res/ave/caza› to gut, disembowel

2 (fam)

(matar): el toro destripó al caballo the bull ripped the horse's guts out

3 (fam); ‹chiste/película› to ruin, spoil

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destripar verbo transitivo
1 (sacar las tripas) to gut, disembowel
2 (sacar el interior) to remove the stuffing from: ha destripado el colchón, he has removed the stuffing from the mattress
3 (estropear) spoil: ¡no me destripes el chiste!, don't spoil my joke!
'destripar' also found in these entries:
English:
disembowel

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destripar vt

1. [sacar las tripas a] [ave, res, conejo] to disembowel;

[pescado] to gut;

el asesino destripaba a sus víctimas the murderer disembowelled his victims

2. [colchón, muñeca] to rip open;

[radio, juguete, aparato] to take apart

3. [película, historia, chiste] to ruin, to spoil

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destripar

v/t

1 animal gut

2 cosa tear open