amolar

v.

1 to irritate, to annoy (informal).

Su grosería amuela a las chicas His rudeness annoys the girls.

2 to whet, to sharpen, to grind, to rub with sandstone.

El afilador amuela el hacha The knife grinder whets the axe.

3 to ruin, to destroy.

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amolar

Conjugation model [CONTAR], like {{link=contar}}contar

► verbo transitivo

1 to sharpen, grind

■ amoló el cuchillo he ground the knife sharp

2 familiar (molestar) to bother, annoy

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1. VT

1) (Téc) to grind, sharpen

2) (=fastidiar) to pester, annoy; (=perseguir) to harass, pester

3) (=estropear) to damage, ruin

4) Méx *** (=arruinar) to screw up ***, fuck up ***

¡lo amolaste! — you screwed it up! ***, you fucked it up! ***

2.

See:

amolarse

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= sharpen.

Ex. Instructors may sharpen a difference of opinion between two students and also may tactfully cut short long-winded contributions in a debate.

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* piedra de amolar = sharpening stone.

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= sharpen.

Ex: Instructors may sharpen a difference of opinion between two students and also may tactfully cut short long-winded contributions in a debate.

* piedra de amolar = sharpening stone.

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amolar [A10 ]

vt

(AmL fam)

1

(perjudicar): si me pillan me amuelan if they catch me they'll give me a bad time

ese tramposo me amoló that cheating creep really messed things up for me

2 (estropear, dañar) to wreck

me amoló los cassettes he wrecked my cassettes

■ amolarse

v pron

A

(AmL fam) (aguantarse): el pobre tiene que amolarse: no más the poor guy will just have to put up with it

no hizo caso ahora ¡que se amuele! he didn't take any notice, so now it's his problem!

B (Méx fam) (descomponerse) to go wrong, bust

se amoló la lavadora the washing machine went wrong o bust

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amolar

♦ vt

1. [afilar] to grind, to sharpen

2. Fam [molestar] to irritate, to annoy

3. Ven Fam [timar] to rip off;

me han amolado 20 bolívares they conned me out of 20 bolivars

4. Méx Fam [estropear] to ruin;

mi teléfono está amolado my telephone's bust

5. Méx Fam [hacer daño a] to do in, to beat to a pulp

♦ See also the pronominal verb amolarse

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amolar

v/t

:

amolar a alguien fam get on s.o.’s nerves, Br

get up s.o.’s nose fam ; de muelas, artritis etc bother s.o., give s.o. trouble;

¡no amueles! fam you’re joking!, you’re kidding (me)! fam

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amolar {19} vt

1) : to grind, to sharpen

2) : to pester, to annoy