pedrada

f.

1 throw of a stone.

2 blow or hit with a stone (blow).

a pedradas by stoning

3 blow with a stone, hairbow.

4 direct remark, brickbat.

5 hint, allusion, overtone, innuendo.

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pedrada

► nombre femenino

1 blow with a stone

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FRASEOLOGÍA

matar a alguien a pedradas to stone somebody to death

pegarle una pedrada a alguien to hit somebody with a stone

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SF

1) (=acción) throw of a stone; (=golpe) hit o blow from a stone

matar a algn a pedradas — to stone sb to death

pegar una pedrada a algn — to throw a stone at sb

2) (=comentario molesto) snide remark, dig *

3)

sentar como una pedrada —

la cosa le sentó como una pedrada — he took it very ill, the affair went down very badly with him

me sienta como una pedrada tener que irme — I hate having to go

- venir como pedrada en ojo de boticario

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femenino

1) (golpe)

me dio una pedrada en la cabeza — she hit me on the head with a stone

la pedrada le dio justo en la frente — the stone caught o hit him right on the forehead

lo mataron a pedradas — he was stoned to death

2) (Méx fam) (indirecta) hint

deja de echarme pedradas! — stop dropping hints!

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femenino

1) (golpe)

me dio una pedrada en la cabeza — she hit me on the head with a stone

la pedrada le dio justo en la frente — the stone caught o hit him right on the forehead

lo mataron a pedradas — he was stoned to death

2) (Méx fam) (indirecta) hint

deja de echarme pedradas! — stop dropping hints!

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pedrada

feminine

A

(golpe): me dio/pegó una pedrada en la cabeza she hit me on the head with a stone

la pedrada le dio justo en la frente the stone caught o hit him right on the forehead

lo mataron a pedradas he was stoned to death

lo rompió de una pedrada he smashed it with a stone/rock

caer or sentar como una pedrada (fam); to go down very badly

le cayó como una pedrada al director it went down very badly with the director

venirle a algn como pedrada en ojo de boticario (fam); to be just what sb needs/needed, to be just what the doctor ordered (colloq), to be just the ticket (colloq)

B (Méx fam) (indirecta) hint

¡deja de echarme pedradas! stop dropping hints!

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pedrada sustantivo femenino
1 (golpe):

◊ me dio una pedrada en la cabeza she hit me on the head with a stone

2 (Méx fam) (indirecta) hint
pedrada f (golpe) blow from a stone
(lanzamiento) throw of a stone

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pedrada nf

1. [golpe]

rompió la ventana de una pedrada he smashed the window with a stone;

recibieron a la policía a pedradas the police were met by a hail of stones;

el árbitro recibió una pedrada en la cabeza the referee was hit on the head by a stone;

matar a pedradas a alguien to stone sb to death;

pegar una pedrada a alguien to hit sb with a stone;

Comp

Fam

venir como pedrada en ojo de boticario to be just what one needed

2. Méx Fam [indirecta] snide remark;

tirar pedradas a alguien to make snide remarks about sb

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pedrada

f blow with a stone;

me dio una pedrada en la cabeza he hit me over the head with a stone

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pedrada nf

1) : blow (with a rock or stone)

la ventana se quebró de una pedrada: the window was broken by a rock

2) fam : cutting remark, dig

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pedrada n

casi me rompe el cristal de una pedrada he threw a stone and nearly broke my window