espetar

v.

1 to blurt out, to tell straight out (palabras).

Elsa espetó la verdad Elsa blurted out the truth.

2 to skewer (meat).

Espetamos el pollo entero para asar We skewered the whole chicken to roast

3 to scold.

Ellos espetaron al chico They scolded the boy.

4 to snap at, to blurt out to.

Me espeta Ricardo Ricardo blurts out to me.

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espetar

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1 (carne etc) to skewer

2 (clavar) to stab

3 figurado (decir) to blurt out

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1. VT

1) (=atravesar) [gen] to transfix, pierce, run through; [+ carne] to skewer, spit

2) (=realizar) [+ orden] to rap out; [+ lección, sermón] to read; [+ pregunta] to fire

espetar algo a algn — to spring sth on sb, broach a subject (unexpectedly) with sb

2.

See:

espetarse

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1) (fam)

a) (soltar de repente) <grosería> to spit ... out; <noticia> to blurt ... out

le espetaron la noticia así — they blurted the news out to him just like that

b) (hacer escuchar) <discurso/sermón> to inflict ... on

2) <carne/pescado> (con asador) to put ... on a spit; (con pincho) to skewer

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verbo transitivo

1) (fam)

a) (soltar de repente) <grosería> to spit ... out; <noticia> to blurt ... out

le espetaron la noticia así — they blurted the news out to him just like that

b) (hacer escuchar) <discurso/sermón> to inflict ... on

2) <carne/pescado> (con asador) to put ... on a spit; (con pincho) to skewer

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espetar [A1 ]

vt

A (fam)

1 (soltar de repente) ‹grosería› to spit … out; ‹noticia› to blurt … out

le espetaron la noticia así they sprang the news on him just like that, they blurted the news out to him just like that

2 (hacer escuchar) ‹discurso/sermón› to inflict … on

nos espetó un sermón sobre los buenos modales he inflicted a lecture about good manners on us, he made us sit through a lecture on good manners, he lectured us on good manners

B

1 ‹carne/pescado› (con un asador) to put … on a spit; (con un pincho) to skewer

2 ‹persona› to run … through

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espetar vt

1. Fam [decir] to snap;

de pronto me espetó que me callara he suddenly snapped at me to be quiet;

“¡he dicho que no!”, espetó ella “I said no!” she snapped

2. [carne] to skewer

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espetar

v/t

1 run through

2 GASTR put on a spit; en pincho skewer

3 decir come out with, blurt out

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espetar vt

1) : to blurt out

2) : to skewer