- aporrear
- v.1 to bang on (puerta).aporrear el piano to bang o plonk away on the piano2 to beat, to beat up, to club, to pound.El matón aporreó al chico The bully beat the boy.3 to beat on, to wham.4 to beat out, to plonk away at.Aporrea el piano todos los días He beat out the piano every day.* * *aporrear► verbo transitivo1 (persona) to beat, hit, thrash; (puerta) to bang on; (piano) to bang (away) on* * *verbto beat, club* * *1. VT1) (=pegar) to beat, club; (=dar una paliza a) to beat up2) [con el puño] to thump, pound
aporrear el piano — to hammer away at the piano
3) LAm (=vencer) to beat, defeat4) (=acosar) to bother, pester2.See:* * *1.verbo transitivo <puerta/mesa> to bang o hammer on; (fam) <persona> to beat2.aporrearse v pron (Andes fam) to take a tumble (colloq)* * *= pound, club, pummel, knock + the living daylights out of, knock + the hell out out of, cosh, clobber, whack.Ex. A rotary machine invented in Holland in the late seventeenth century did not pound but minced the rags into pulp with revolving knives.Ex. At the time of his arrest he was beaten, kicked and clubbed in the head with the butt of a pistol, resulting in health problems which are not being properly treated in prison = En el momento de su arresto le habían golpeado, dado patadas y golpeado en la cabeza con la culata de una pistola, causándole problemas de salud que están siendo tratados adecuadadamente en la cárcel.Ex. During the German occupation, the Italian populace lived under the grip of fear as Allied bombardments pummeled towns.Ex. One after another, young pianists sat down and knocked the living daylights out of the piano.Ex. This is one of those movies that preaches nonviolence, even as the good guy is knocking the hell out of a few dozen dudes.Ex. An off-duty doorman was coshed over the head as he confronted a man smashing up his car outside a nightclub, a jury heard.Ex. Clobbering the rich with taxes doesn't help anyone.Ex. The assailants, he said, did not know 'if I was straight or gay, I just happened to pass by and got whacked on the head' .* * *1.verbo transitivo <puerta/mesa> to bang o hammer on; (fam) <persona> to beat2.aporrearse v pron (Andes fam) to take a tumble (colloq)* * *= pound, club, pummel, knock + the living daylights out of, knock + the hell out out of, cosh, clobber, whack.Ex: A rotary machine invented in Holland in the late seventeenth century did not pound but minced the rags into pulp with revolving knives.
Ex: At the time of his arrest he was beaten, kicked and clubbed in the head with the butt of a pistol, resulting in health problems which are not being properly treated in prison = En el momento de su arresto le habían golpeado, dado patadas y golpeado en la cabeza con la culata de una pistola, causándole problemas de salud que están siendo tratados adecuadadamente en la cárcel.Ex: During the German occupation, the Italian populace lived under the grip of fear as Allied bombardments pummeled towns.Ex: One after another, young pianists sat down and knocked the living daylights out of the piano.Ex: This is one of those movies that preaches nonviolence, even as the good guy is knocking the hell out of a few dozen dudes.Ex: An off-duty doorman was coshed over the head as he confronted a man smashing up his car outside a nightclub, a jury heard.Ex: Clobbering the rich with taxes doesn't help anyone.Ex: The assailants, he said, did not know 'if I was straight or gay, I just happened to pass by and got whacked on the head' .* * *aporrear [A1 ]vt1 ‹puerta/mesa› to bang o hammer on; «piano» to bang on2 (fam); ‹persona› to beat■ aporrearsev pron(Andes fam) to take a tumble (colloq), to come a cropper (BrE colloq)* * *
aporrear (conjugate aporrear) verbo transitivo ‹puerta/mesa› to bang o hammer on;
‹persona› (fam) to beat
aporrear verbo transitivo (persona) to beat, hit
(puerta) to bang on
'aporrear' also found in these entries:
English:
bludgeon
- club
- pound
- whack
* * *aporrear vt1. [puerta] to bang o hammer on;aporrear el piano to bang o Br plonk o US plunk away on the piano2. [persona] to beat;lo aporreó a puñetazos she beat him with her fists* * *aporrearv/t pound on* * *aporrear vt: to bang on, to beat, to bludgeon* * *aporrear vb to bang on / to hammer at
Spanish-English dictionary. 2013.