- desvalijar
- v.1 to burgle (casa).mis nietos me han desvalijado la nevera (figurative) my grandchildren have cleaned out my fridge2 to plunder, to loot, to rob, to burgle.Ellos roban casas They burglarize homes.* * *desvalijar► verbo transitivo1 (a alguien) to rob■ me desvalijaron I was robbed2 (un lugar) to burgle■ desvalijaron la tienda the shop was burgled3 figurado to strip (bare), clean out■ tu amigo me desvalija la nevera cada vez que viene your friend cleans out my fridge every time he comes* * *verbto ransack, rob* * *VT [+ persona] to rob; [+ cajón, caja fuerte] to rifle; [+ casa, tienda] to ransack* * *verbo transitivoa) <casa/tienda> to ransackb) <persona> (robar) to rob; (en juego) (fam) to clean ... out (colloq)
dejamos la puerta abierta y nos desvalijaron — (fam) we left the door open and they cleaned us out (colloq)
* * *= plunder, rifle.Ex. Close on such paradeground excitements comes the popular sport of plundering for projects.Ex. English, on the other hand, has been accused of waylaying other languages in dark alleys and rifling their pockets for loose vocabulary.* * *verbo transitivoa) <casa/tienda> to ransackb) <persona> (robar) to rob; (en juego) (fam) to clean ... out (colloq)dejamos la puerta abierta y nos desvalijaron — (fam) we left the door open and they cleaned us out (colloq)
* * *= plunder, rifle.Ex: Close on such paradeground excitements comes the popular sport of plundering for projects.
Ex: English, on the other hand, has been accused of waylaying other languages in dark alleys and rifling their pockets for loose vocabulary.* * *desvalijar [A1 ]vt1 ‹casa/tienda› to ransack2 ‹persona› (robar) to rob; (en el juego) (fam) to clean … out (colloq)dejamos la puerta abierta y nos desvalijaron (fam); we left the door open and they took everything o (colloq) they cleaned us out* * *
desvalijar (conjugate desvalijar) verbo transitivoa) ‹casa/tienda› to strip … bareb) ‹persona› (robar) to rob;
(en juego) (fam) to clean … out (colloq)
desvalijar vtr (una casa, tienda) to burgle, ransack
(a una persona) to rob, clean out familiar
'desvalijar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
saquear
English:
burgle
- rifle
* * *desvalijar vt[casa] to burgle, US to burglarize; [persona, tienda] to rob; [banco] to raid, to rob; Figmis nietos me han desvalijado la nevera my grandchildren have cleaned out my fridge* * *desvalijarv/t persona rob; apartamento burglarize, burgle* * *desvalijar vt1) : to ransack2) : to rob* * *desvalijar vb1. (lugar) to burgleme desvalijaron el piso cuando estuve de vacaciones my flat was burgled when I was on holiday2. (persona) to rob [pt. & pp. robbed]unos ladrones lo desvalijaron en el metro he was robbed on the underground
Spanish-English dictionary. 2013.