fusilar

v.

1 to execute by firing squad, to shoot.

2 to plagiarize (informal) (plagiar).

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fusilar

► verbo transitivo

1 (ejecutar) to shoot, execute

2 (plagiar) to plagiarize

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verb

to shoot

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VT

1) (=ejecutar) to shoot, execute ( by firing squad )

2) Caribe (=matar) to kill; (Dep) [+ gol] to shoot

3) * (=plagiar) (Literat, Cine) to pinch *, plagiarize; (Com) to pirate, copy illegally

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1.

verbo transitivo

1) (Mil) to shoot

fue fusilado — he was executed by firing squad

2) (fam) (plagiar) to plagiarize, lift (colloq)

2.

fusilarse v pron (fam) <obra/novela> to plagiarize, lift (colloq)

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= cannibalise [cannibalize, -USA], shoot.

Ex. This article considers that the potential for cannibalising existing data base products should be a cause for concern for those database products planning to introduce information products based on CD-ROM = Este artículo considera que la posibilidad de "fusilar" las bases de datos existentes debería ser motivo de preocupación para aquellos productores que planean introducir productos informativos en CD-ROM.

Ex. The book has a blue mottled sheepskin binding signed by Antoine Menard, a famous bookbinder who was shot in Paris by a firing squad in 1871 but feigned death and escaped to Spain.

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* fusilar en el acto = shoot on + sight.

* fusilar sobre la marcha = shoot on + sight.

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1.

verbo transitivo

1) (Mil) to shoot

fue fusilado — he was executed by firing squad

2) (fam) (plagiar) to plagiarize, lift (colloq)

2.

fusilarse v pron (fam) <obra/novela> to plagiarize, lift (colloq)

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= cannibalise [cannibalize, -USA], shoot.

Ex: This article considers that the potential for cannibalising existing data base products should be a cause for concern for those database products planning to introduce information products based on CD-ROM = Este artículo considera que la posibilidad de "fusilar" las bases de datos existentes debería ser motivo de preocupación para aquellos productores que planean introducir productos informativos en CD-ROM.

Ex: The book has a blue mottled sheepskin binding signed by Antoine Menard, a famous bookbinder who was shot in Paris by a firing squad in 1871 but feigned death and escaped to Spain.

* fusilar en el acto = shoot on + sight.

* fusilar sobre la marcha = shoot on + sight.

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fusilar [A1 ]

vt

A (Mil) to shoot

fue fusilado he was shot, he was executed by firing squad

B (fam) (plagiar) to plagiarize, lift (colloq)

■ fusilarse

v pron

(fam); to plagiarize, lift (colloq)

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fusilar (conjugate fusilar) verbo transitivo
1 (Mil) to shoot;

◊ fue fusilado he was executed by firing squad

2 (fam) (plagiar) to plagiarize, lift (colloq)
fusilar verbo transitivo
1 to shoot, execute
2 fam (moda, costura) to copy
'fusilar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
tronar
English:
shoot

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fusilar vt

1. [ejecutar] to execute by firing squad, to shoot

2. Fam [plagiar] to plagiarize

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fusilar

v/t

1 shoot

2 fig fam (plagiar) lift fam

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fusilar vt

1) : to shoot, to execute (by firing squad)

2) fam : to plagiarize, to pirate

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fusilar vb to shoot [pt. & pp. shot]