- apalear
- v.1 to beat up.2 to thrash, to beat up, to whip, to administer a thrashing.* * *apalear► verbo transitivo1 (grano) to winnow————————apalear► verbo transitivo1 (pegar) to beat, cane, thrash* * *verbto beat, thrash* * *VT1) (=zurrar) to beat, thrash; [+ moqueta] to beat
apalear oro, apalear plata — to be rolling in money
2) (Agr) to winnow* * *verbo transitivoa) <persona, alfombra> to beat; <árbol> to beat the branches ofniños apaleados — battered children
b) <arena/carbón> to shovel* * *verbo transitivoa) <persona, alfombra> to beat; <árbol> to beat the branches ofniños apaleados — battered children
b) <arena/carbón> to shovel* * *apalear [A1 ]vt1 ‹persona› to beat; ‹alfombras› to beat; ‹árbol› to beat the branches ofniños apaleados battered children* * *
apalear (conjugate apalear) verbo transitivoa) ‹persona/alfombra› to beat;
‹árbol› to beat the branches ofb) ‹arena/carbón› to shovel
apalear verbo transitivo to beat, thrash
'apalear' also found in these entries:
English:
batter
- bludgeon
* * *apalear vt1. [golpear] [persona] to beat up;[alfombra] to beat2. [varear]apalear un aceituno to beat olives off the branches of an olive tree* * *apalearv/t beat;ha sido apaleada por la vida she’s had a hard life* * *apalear vt: to beat up, to thrash
Spanish-English dictionary. 2013.