azotar

to whip

azotar(ah-soh-tahr)

transitive verb

1. (to punish with a scourge)

a. to whip

¿Sabías que antiguamente azotaban a los ladrones en público?

Did you know that in the past thieves were whipped in public?

b. to flog

Hasta no hace mucho aquí todavía se azotaba a los delincuentes.

Until recently criminals still used to be flogged here.

2. (to thrash)

a. to spank

Recuerdo que mi abuelo nos azotaba cuando hacíamos algo malo.

I remember my grandfather spanking us when we did something wrong.

b. to slap

Santi no va a aprender la lección si lo azotas.

Santi won't learn his lesson if you slap him.

3. (to pound)

a. to lash

Desde el acantilado podíamos ver las olas azotando las rocas.

From the cliff, we could see the waves lashing the rocks.

b. to batter

El temporal ha azotado grandes áreas de la costa este.

The storm has battered large areas of the east coast.

4. (to do heavy damage to)

a. to devastate

Una plaga de langostas ha azotado los campos del norte del país.

A plague of locusts has devastated the fields in the north of the country.

5. (to close forcefully)

(Mexico)

a. to slam

Úrsula salió del departamento azotando la puerta.

Úrsula left the apartment slamming the door.

azotar

transitive verb

1. (pegar, golpear)

a. to beat

2. (en el trasero)

a. to smack, to slap

3. (con látigo)

a. to whip

4. (fig)

a.

la epidemia azotó la regiónthe region was devastated by the epidemic

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azotar

transitive verb

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

2

azotar las calles to loaf around the streets

pronominal verb

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