- empapelar
- v.1 to paper, to wallpaper.2 to do (British), to bust (United States) (informal) (delincuente, infractor). (peninsular Spanish)3 to paper up, to wallpaper, to paper.* * *empapelar► verbo transitivo1 (envolver) to wrap up in paper2 (una pared) to wallpaper, paper3 familiar figurado (persona) to try, prosecute* * *verbto wallpaper* * *VT1) [+ cuarto, pared] to paper; [+ caja] to line with paper2)
empapelar a algn — (=abrir expediente) to throw the book at sb; * (=matar) to do sb in *
* * *verbo transitivo <habitación/pared> to wallpaper, papercalles empapeladas de propaganda — streets plastered with progaganda
* * *----* papel de empapelar = wallpaper.* * *verbo transitivo <habitación/pared> to wallpaper, papercalles empapeladas de propaganda — streets plastered with progaganda
* * ** papel de empapelar = wallpaper.* * *empapelar [A1 ]vtA ‹habitación/pared› to wallpaper, paperlas calles estaban empapeladas de propaganda the streets were plastered with progagandaB (Esp fam) ‹delincuente› to book (colloq)* * *
empapelar (conjugate empapelar) verbo transitivo ‹habitación/pared› to wallpaper, paper
empapelar verbo transitivo
1 (cubrir con papel) to wallpaper
2 fam (procesar, expedientar) lo van a empapelar por fraude, he'll be prosecuted for fraud
'empapelar' also found in these entries:
English:
decorate
- paper
- wallpaper
- redecorate
- wall
* * *empapelar vt1. [pared, cuarto] to paper, to wallpaper2. Esp Fam [delincuente, infractor] Br to do, US to bust;lo empapelaron por evadir impuestos he was Br had up o Br done o US busted for tax evasion* * *empapelarv/t wallpaper* * *empapelar vt: to wallpaper* * *empapelar vb to wallpaper
Spanish-English dictionary. 2013.