tiznar

v.

1 to blacken.

2 to slander, to badmouth, to defame.

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tiznar

► verbo transitivo

1 to blacken, soil with soot

2 figurado to blacken, soil

► verbo pronominal tiznarse

1 to blacken

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1. VT

1) (=ennegrecer) to blacken, black; (=manchar) to smudge, stain (de with)

2) [+ reputación] to stain, tarnish; [+ nombre, carácter] to defame, blacken

2.

See:

tiznarse

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1.

verbo transitivo to blacken (with soot/coal)

2.

tiznarse v pron (refl) to blacken oneself (with soot/coal)

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= smudge, blacken.

Ex. At this stage the powder is just 'sitting' on the paper and would be easily smudged, so before the copy appears in the take-up tray the image is fixed by exposure to heat.

Ex. Villagers must share their island with a volcano, an active, smoking one that soils clothes hanging on the clothesline and in winter blackens the snow.

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1.

verbo transitivo to blacken (with soot/coal)

2.

tiznarse v pron (refl) to blacken oneself (with soot/coal)

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= smudge, blacken.

Ex: At this stage the powder is just 'sitting' on the paper and would be easily smudged, so before the copy appears in the take-up tray the image is fixed by exposure to heat.

Ex: Villagers must share their island with a volcano, an active, smoking one that soils clothes hanging on the clothesline and in winter blackens the snow.

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tiznar [A1 ]

vt

to blacken (with soot/coal)

■ tiznarse

v pron

(refl) to blacken oneself (with soot/coal)

se tiznó la cara con un corcho quemado he blackened his face with a burnt cork

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tiznar verbo transitivo to blacken

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tiznar

♦ vt

to blacken

♦ See also the pronominal verb tiznarse

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tiznar

v/t blacken

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tiznar vt

: to blacken (with soot, etc.)