arrollar

v.

1 to roll (up).

María arrolló la lMaría al terminar Mary rolled the yarn when she finished.

2 to knock down, to run over.

El auto veloz arrolló al perrito The speeding car ran over the puppy.

3 to sweep away.

El agua arrolló las casas The water swept away the houses.

4 to crush.

5 to have an overwhelming victory, to carry off the palm, to come off with flying colors, to have an overwhelming triumph.

María arrolló en las elecciones Mary had an overwhelming victory in the...

6 to have an overwhelming victory over, to beat, to defeat utterly, to have an overwhelming triumph over.

María arrolló a su contrincante Mary had an overwhelming victory over her...

7 to wind, to spool.

La máquina arrolla el hilo The machine winds the thread.

8 to wrap.

Arrolló la tortilla e hizo un taco He wrapped the tortilla and made a taco.

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arrollar

► verbo transitivo

1 (envolver) to roll (up)

2 (el viento) to sweep away

3 (al enemigo) to crush, rout

4 (atropellar) to run over

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I

VT

1) (=enrollar) [gen] to roll up; [+ cable, cuerda, hilo] to coil, wind

2) (=arrastrar) [río] to sweep away, wash away; [+ enemigo] to rout; [+ adversario] to crush; [+ peatón] to run over, knock down

arrollaron a sus rivales — they crushed their rivals

3) [+ persona] [en debate] to crush; (=asombrar) to dumbfound, leave speechless

II

VT = arrullar 1.

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verbo transitivo

1)

a) vehículo to run over; muchedumbre/agua/viento to sweep o carry away

b) (derrotar, vencer) to crush, overwhelm

2) <papel/cable> enrollar 1)

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verbo transitivo

1)

a) vehículo to run over; muchedumbre/agua/viento to sweep o carry away

b) (derrotar, vencer) to crush, overwhelm

2) <papel/cable> enrollar 1)

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arrollar¹

¹ = devastate.

Ex: The article 'Sorting a mountain of books' relates how when the law library was devastated by fire what had been a library became a jumble of 100,000 books and periodicals.

arrollar²

² = win by + a landslide.

Nota: Generalmente usado en el contexto de las elecciones o votaciones.

Ex: The polls mean nothing at this point -- if he wins by a landslide fantastic but we are in June not October, long way between there and now.

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arrollar [A1 ]

vt

A

1 «vehículo» to run over; «muchedumbre» to sweep o carry away; «agua/viento» to sweep o carry away

2 (derrotar, vencer) to crush, overwhelm

B ‹papel/carne/cable› enrollar

■ arrollar

vi

(triunfar) to triumph

arrolló en los mundiales he achieved a crushing o resounding victory o he triumphed in the world championships

dondequiera que iba arrollaba con su simpatía everywhere he went he won people over with his warmth

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arrollar (conjugate arrollar) verbo transitivo

a) [vehículo] to run over;

[muchedumbre/agua/viento] to sweep o carry away

b) (derrotar, vencer) to crush, overwhelm

arrollar verbo transitivo
I (atropellar) to run over
II vi Dep Pol to win easily

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arrollar

♦ vt

1. [atropellar] to knock down, to run over;

lo arrolló un coche he was knocked down o run over by a car

2. [tirar] [sujeto: agua, viento] to sweep away

3. [vencer] to crush

4. [enrollar] to roll (up)

♦ vi

[ganar todos los premios] to sweep the board; [vencer claramente] to achieve a crushing victory

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arrollar

v/t

1 AUTO run over

2 fig

crush, overwhelm

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arrollar vt

1) : to sweep away, to carry away

2) : to crush, to overwhelm

3) : to run over (with a vehicle)