remachar

v.

1 to rivet.

Ellos remachan cuero They rivet leather.

2 to drive home, to stress.

3 to hammer home, to stress, to reiterate, to pound down.

Ellos remacharon sus intenciones They hammered home their intentions.

4 to smash.

Ellos remacharon la pelota de tennis They smashed the tennis ball.

5 to spike.

Ellos remacharon la pelota de voleibol They spiked the volleyball.

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remachar

► verbo transitivo

1 (clavo etc) to clinch; (metal) to rivet

2 figurado (confirmar) to drive home, hammer home, stress

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1. VT

1) (Téc) [+ metales] to rivet; [+ clavo] to clinch

2) [+ aspecto, asunto, punto]

quisiera remachar este punto que considero de extrema importancia — I would like to stress this point, which I think is extremely important

el político remachó ese punto recordándoles qué había pasado — the politician really hammered home the point by reminding them what had happened

3) (=finalizar) to finish off

2.

See:

remacharse

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1.

verbo transitivo

1) <clavo> to clinch; <perno/chapas> to rivet

2) (recalcar) to repeat, reiterate; (finalizar) to round off, finish off

2.

remachar vi (en tenis) to smash; (en voleibol) to spike

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= rivet.

Ex. When the books were shelved fore-edge outwards, the chains were attached to a staple riveted to an edge of one of the boards.

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* remacharlo = nail it.

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1.

verbo transitivo

1) <clavo> to clinch; <perno/chapas> to rivet

2) (recalcar) to repeat, reiterate; (finalizar) to round off, finish off

2.

remachar vi (en tenis) to smash; (en voleibol) to spike

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= rivet.

Ex: When the books were shelved fore-edge outwards, the chains were attached to a staple riveted to an edge of one of the boards.

* remacharlo = nail it.

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remachar [A1 ]

vt

A

1 ‹clavo› to clinch; ‹perno/roblón› to rivet

2 ‹chapas/plásticos› to rivet

B

1 (recalcar) to repeat, reiterate

nos lo remachó tantas veces he repeated it so often, he rammed the point home so often

2 (finalizar) to round off, finish off

■ remachar

vi

(en tenis) to smash; (en vóleibol) to spike

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remachar (conjugate remachar) verbo transitivo

a) ‹clavo› to clinch;

‹perno/chapas› to rivet

b) (recalcar) to repeat, reiterate;

(finalizar) to round off, finish off
verbo intransitivo (en tenis) to smash;
(en vóleibol) to spike
remachar verbo transitivo
1 (un clavo) to clinch, hammer home
(unir con remaches) to rivet
2 fam (subrayar) to hammer home
'remachar' also found in these entries:
English:
rivet
- hammer
- smash

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remachar vt

1. [clavo] to clinch

2. [poner remaches a] to rivet

3. [recalcar] to stress;

remachó que era un acuerdo provisional he stressed that it was a provisional agreement

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remachar

v/t

1 mesa, silla rivet

2 instrucción, ordén repeat

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remachar vt

1) : to rivet

2) : to clinch (a nail)

3) : to stress, to drive home

remachar vi

: to smash, to spike (a ball)