despachar
verbo:transitivo
1 (atender) [+problema, asunto] to deal with; [+correspondencia] to deal with; see to
el consejo despachó todos los temas pendientes the council dealt with all the outstanding issues; quisiera dejar despachado este asunto hoy I would like to get this matter settled out of the way today;o
2 (terminar) (Com) [+informe, negocio] to finish (familiar) [+libro, tarea] to knock off; (familiar) [+comida] to dispose of; (familiar) [+bebida] to knock back; (familiar)
ya llevo medio capítulo despachado I've already knocked off half a chapter; (familiar)
despachamos el helado entre nosotros between us we disposed of the ice cream; (familiar)
4 (servir) to serve
¿le están despachando, señora? are you being served, madam?; en seguida le despacho I'll be with you right away
verbo:intransitivo
1 (Com) [+dependiente] to serve; [+establecimiento] to be open (for business)
a partir de las cinco no despachan they are not open (for business) after five
verbo:pronominal
despacharse1 (servirse) to serve o.s.
usted mismo puede despacharse you can serve yourself
despacharse con el cucharón (familiar) (sirviendo comida) to help o.s. to the biggest best portion;o to look after number one
2 (España) (familiar) (criticar)
despacharse bien a gusto con algno (delante de algn) to give sb a piece of one's mind; (a espaldas de algn) to really lay into sb; (familiar) se despachó bien con ella por llegar tarde he gave her a piece of his mind for being late; (familiar) se han despachado a gusto con el nuevo gobierno they really laid into the new government; (familiar)
se despachó a gusto en su crítica a la película he didn't pull his punches in his review of the film; he really laid into the film; (familiar)
3 (familiar) (terminar) [+libro, tarea] to knock off [+comida] to dispose of; (familiar) [+bebida] to knock back; (familiar)
me despaché la conferencia en media hora I knocked off my talk in half an hour; (familiar) en un momento se despacharon dos botellas de vino they put away knocked back two bottles of wine in no time;o (familiar)
