lisiar

v.

to maim, to cripple.

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lisiar

► verbo transitivo

1 to cripple

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VT [gen] to injure (permanently), hurt (seriously); (=tullir) to cripple, maim

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1.

verbo transitivo to damage ... permanently

2.

lisiarse v pron (refl)

se lisió la columna vertebral — he damaged his spine

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= maim, fudge, cripple, lame.

Ex. There is nothing 'fair' about the arms trade and is is an insult to the children who are killed and maimed every day by land-mines deliberately designed to look like toys and butterflies.

Ex. This adaptation of David Leavitt's novel wobbles between comedy and melodrama, ultimately fudging the novel's spiky empathy.

Ex. The objection to it seems to be that by reading rubbish children cripple their own imaginative, linguistic or moral powers.

Ex. He was assaulted by a gang of white rowdies who beat him over the head with pistols bruising him severely and laming him.

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* lisiar a Alguien de por vida = lame + Nombre + for life.

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1.

verbo transitivo to damage ... permanently

2.

lisiarse v pron (refl)

se lisió la columna vertebral — he damaged his spine

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= maim, fudge, cripple, lame.

Ex: There is nothing 'fair' about the arms trade and is is an insult to the children who are killed and maimed every day by land-mines deliberately designed to look like toys and butterflies.

Ex: This adaptation of David Leavitt's novel wobbles between comedy and melodrama, ultimately fudging the novel's spiky empathy.

Ex: The objection to it seems to be that by reading rubbish children cripple their own imaginative, linguistic or moral powers.

Ex: He was assaulted by a gang of white rowdies who beat him over the head with pistols bruising him severely and laming him.

* lisiar a Alguien de por vida = lame + Nombre + for life.

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lisiar [A1 ]

vt

to cripple, lame

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lisiar verbo transitivo to cripple
'lisiar' also found in these entries:
English:
cripple
- lame
- maim

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lisiar

♦ vt

to maim, to cripple

♦ See also the pronominal verb lisiarse

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lisiar

v/t cripple

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lisiar vt

: to cripple, to disable

♦ See also the reflexive verb lisiarse