azotar

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to smack

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azotar

transitive verb

1to beat (pegar, golpear); to smack, to slap (en el trasero); to whip (con látigo)

la epidemia azotó la región (figurative) -> the region was devastated by the epidemic

azotar [ah-tho-tar’]

article & verb transitive

1To whip, to lash, to horsewhip, to flagellate.

2Azotar el aire, to act to no purpose. (Metaphorical)

3Azotar con paleta, to inflict the punishment called cobbing on board English ships. (Nautical)

4Azotar la ampolleta, to flog the glass, when the steersman turns it before the sand has entirely run out. (Nautical)

verb reflexive

5To put on airs. (Mexico)

azotar

verbo:transitivo

1 (latigar) to whip; flog; (zurrar) to thrash; spank; (Agr) to beat; [+lluvia, olas] to lash

un viento huracanado azota la costa a hurricane is lashing the coast

azotar las calles to loaf around the streets

verbo:pronominal

azotarse (México) (darse aires) to put on airs; fancy o.s.

	Presente	Pretérito	Imperfect	Futuro	Subjuntivo
Yo	azoto	azoté	azotaba	azotaré	azote
Tú	azotas	azotaste	azotabas	azotarás	azotes
Ella/Él/Usted	azota	azotó	azotaba	azotará	azote
Nosotros	azotamos	azotamos	azotábamos	azotaremos	azotemos
Vosotros	azotáis	azotasteis	azotabais	azotaréis	azotéis
Ellos/Ustedes	azotan	azotaron	azotaban	azotarán	azoten

Gerund: azotando / Participle: azotado / Complete azotar conjugation >

Paid English to Spanish translation

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foreseeable, predictable