espulgar

v.

1 to rid of, to clean from lice or fleas (quitar las pulgas).

2 to examine closely, to scrutinize.

Espulgaron todos los secretos They scrutinized all the secrets.

3 to delouse, to remove fleas from.

Espulgaron a los monos They deloused the monkeys.

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espulgar

Conjugation model [LLEGAR], like {{link=llegar}}llegar

► verbo transitivo

1 (desparasitar) to delouse

2 figurado (examinar) to examine, scrutinize

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VT

1) (=quitar la pulgas a) to delouse, get the lice o fleas out of

2) † [+ obra, novela] to scrutinize

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verbo transitivo to delouse

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verbo transitivo to delouse

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espulgar [A3 ]

vt

to delouse

los monos se espulgaban the monkeys were delousing each other o picking the fleas off each other o grooming each other

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espulgar

♦ vt

[de pulgas, piojos] to delouse

♦ See also the pronominal verb espulgarse

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espulgar

v/t delouse

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espulgar {52} vt

1) : to delouse

2) : to scrutinize