- acribillar
- v.1 to perforate, to pepper with holes.acribillar a alguien a balazos to riddle somebody with bulletsme han acribillado los mosquitos the mosquitoes have bitten me all overacribillar a alguien a preguntas (figurative) to fire questions at somebody2 to riddle, to fill with perforations, to pierce with numerous holes, to honeycomb.3 to bite all over, to cover with stings.La costurera abatanó la tela The seamstress fulled the fabric.4 to bring down, to shatter.Ella se abandonó al amor She gave herself over to love.* * *acribillar► verbo transitivo1 to riddle, pepper2 figurado to harass, pester■ acribillar a alguien a preguntas to bombard somebody with questions* * *verbto pepper* * *VT1) to riddle, pepper
acribillar a balazos — to riddle with bullets
acribillar a puñaladas — to cover with stab wounds
2) (=fastidiar) to pester, badgeracribillar a algn a preguntas — to bombard sb with questions
* * *verbo transitivoa) (llenar de agujeros)lo acribillaron a balazos — they riddled him with bullets
los mosquitos me han acribillado — I've been bitten all over by mosquitos
b) (asediar)me acribillaron a preguntas — they fired a barrage of questions at me
* * *= pelt.Ex. Every day, Internet users are pelted with spam, hoaxes, urban legends, and scams - in other words, untrustworthy data.----* acribillar a Alguien a preguntas = pepper + Nombre + with questions.* * *verbo transitivoa) (llenar de agujeros)lo acribillaron a balazos — they riddled him with bullets
los mosquitos me han acribillado — I've been bitten all over by mosquitos
b) (asediar)me acribillaron a preguntas — they fired a barrage of questions at me
* * *= pelt.Ex: Every day, Internet users are pelted with spam, hoaxes, urban legends, and scams - in other words, untrustworthy data.
* acribillar a Alguien a preguntas = pepper + Nombre + with questions.* * *acribillar [A1 ]vt1(llenar de agujeros): lo acribillaron a balazos they riddled him with bulletslos mosquitos me han acribillado the mosquitoes have bitten me all over2(asediar): me acribillaron a preguntas they fired a barrage of questions at me, they bombarded me with questions* * *
acribillar (conjugate acribillar) verbo transitivoa) (llenar de agujeros):◊ lo acribillaron a balazos they riddled him with bulletsb) (asediar):◊ me acribillaron a preguntas they fired a barrage of questions at me
acribillar verbo transitivo to riddle, pepper: los mosquitos me acribillaron esta noche, I was bombarded by mosquitoes last night o the mosquitoes had a field day on me
fig (a preguntas) to bombard
'acribillar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
freír
- freírse
English:
mow
* * *acribillar vt1. [llenar de agujeros] to perforate, to pepper with holes;acribillar a alguien a balazos to riddle sb with bullets;me han acribillado los mosquitos the mosquitos have bitten me all over2. [molestar]acribillar a alguien a preguntas to fire questions at sb;los acribillaron a fotografías cuando salieron del hotel they were caught in a blaze of flashbulbs as they left the hotel* * *acribillarv/t:acribillar a alguien a balazos riddle s.o. with bullets;me acribillaron a preguntas they bombarded me with questions* * *acribillar vt1) : to riddle, to pepper (with bullets, etc.)2) : to hound, to harass
Spanish-English dictionary. 2013.