- achuntar
- v.1 to do properly, to get right, to do at the right time.2 to hit the target, to hit the bull's eye.* * *Cono Sur1.VT (=hacer bien) to do properly, get right2.VI (=acertar) to guess right; (=dar en el clavo) to hit the nail on the head* * *verbo intransitivo1) (Chi fam) (dar, pegar)
achuntarle a/en algo: lo tiró y le achuntó a la caja he threw it and it landed right in the box; tiró a la canasta pero no le achuntó — he shot at the basket but he missed (it)
2) (Chi fam) (acertar)achuntar(le) a algo — to get something right
le achuntó al número premiado — she got the winning number
le achuntaste con el regalo — your present was perfect
* * *verbo intransitivo1) (Chi fam) (dar, pegar)achuntarle a/en algo: lo tiró y le achuntó a la caja he threw it and it landed right in the box; tiró a la canasta pero no le achuntó — he shot at the basket but he missed (it)
2) (Chi fam) (acertar)achuntar(le) a algo — to get something right
le achuntó al número premiado — she got the winning number
le achuntaste con el regalo — your present was perfect
* * *achuntar [A1 ]viA(Chi fam) (dar, pegar) achuntar(le) A/ EN algo: lo tiró y le achuntó a la caja he threw it and got it in the box o and it landed right in the boxtiró a la canasta pero no le achuntó he shot at the basket but he missed (it)achúntale bien en el medio hit it smack dab (AmE) o (BrE) smack bang in the middle (colloq)achuntarle medio a medio con algo (Chi fam); to get sth just right o spot-onle achuntó medio a medio con ese corte de pelo that haircut really suits himB(Chi fam) (acertar): le achuntaste con el regalo your present was perfectachuntar(le) A algo to get sth rightle achuntó al número premiado she got the winning numberno achuntarle a una (fam): no le achunta a una he gets it wrong every timeno le achunta a una con la ortografía she can't seem to spell anything right o correctly* * *achuntar viChile Fam1. [acertar] to get it right2. [embocar]no le achunto nunca a la papelera I never manage to get it in the wastepaper basket
Spanish-English dictionary. 2013.