- desollar
- v.to skin.si lo pillo, lo desuello (figurative) if I catch him I'll skin him alive* * *desollar► verbo transitivo1 to skin, flay2 figurado (persona) to injure\FRASEOLOGÍAdesollar vivo,-a figurado to skin alive* * *1. VT1) (=quitar la piel a) to skin, flay2)
desollar vivo a algn — (=hacer pagar) to fleece sb; (=criticar) to tear sb to pieces
2.See:* * *verbo transitivo <animal> to skin, flaydesollar vivo a alguien — to pull somebody to pieces
* * *verbo transitivo <animal> to skin, flaydesollar vivo a alguien — to pull somebody to pieces
* * *desollar [A10 ]vt‹animal› to skin, flaydesollar vivo a algn to pull sb to pieces, tear sb to shreds■ desollarsev pron‹rodilla/codo› to graze, take the skin off* * *
desollar (conjugate desollar) verbo transitivo ‹animal› to skin, flay
desollar verbo transitivo
1 (quitar la piel) to skin
2 fig (criticar) to pull to pieces
'desollar' also found in these entries:
English:
flay
- skin
* * *desollar♦ vt1. [despellejar] to skin;si lo pillo, lo desuello (vivo) if I catch him, I'll skin him alive2. [criticar] to flay, to criticize♦ See also the pronominal verb desollarse* * *desollarv/t skin;¡te voy a desollar vivo! I’ll skin you alive!;desollar a alguien/algo vivo fig famde crítica pull s.o./sth to pieces oshreds* * *desollar vt: to skin, to flay
Spanish-English dictionary. 2013.