martirizar

v.

to martyr.

Su gesto martiriza a Ricardo His gesture martyred Richard.

La secta martirizó a Juana The sect martyred Joan.

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martirizar

Conjugation model [REALIZAR], like realizar

► verbo transitivo

1 to martyr

2 figurado to torment, torture

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VT

1) (Rel) to martyr

2) (=atormentar) to torture, torment

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verbo transitivo

a) (matar) to martyr

b) (atormentar) to torment

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= torment, tantalise [tantalize, -USA], torture.

Ex. Modern scholars are tormented by the abundance of electronically transmittable information available.

Ex. He may have wished to tease and tantalize his readers by insoluble problems.

Ex. They tortured her into revealing her Pin number and safe code before cutting her up and disposing of her in bin liners.

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verbo transitivo

a) (matar) to martyr

b) (atormentar) to torment

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= torment, tantalise [tantalize, -USA], torture.

Ex: Modern scholars are tormented by the abundance of electronically transmittable information available.

Ex: He may have wished to tease and tantalize his readers by insoluble problems.

Ex: They tortured her into revealing her Pin number and safe code before cutting her up and disposing of her in bin liners.

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martirizar [A4 ]

vt

1 (matar) to martyr

2 (atormentar) to torment

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martirizar (conjugate martirizar) verbo transitivo

a) (matar) to martyr

b) (atormentar) to torment

martirizar verbo transitivo
1 Rel to martyr
2 (hacer sufrir) to torment: martiriza a su madre con su comportamiento, his behaviour is making his mother suffer
3 (aburrir, fastidiar) to torture: ¿es necesario que nos martirices con esa música?, do you have to torture us with the sound of that music?
'martirizar' also found in these entries:
English:
martyr
- torment

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martirizar

♦ vt

1. [torturar] to martyr

2. [hacer sufrir] to torment, to torture

♦ See also the pronominal verb martirizarse

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martirizar

v/t tb fig

martyr

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martirizar {21} vt

1) : to martyr

2) atormentar: to torment