fusilar
fusilar
fusilar(
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)A transitive verb is a verb that requires a direct object (e.g. I bought a book.).
1. (to kill with a firearm)
El líder político fue fusilado por un escuadrón de fusilamiento en la plaza principal.The political leader was shot by a firing squad in the main square.
b. to execute by firing squad
Los terroristas fueron capturados y fusilados.The terrorists were captured and executed by firing squad.
2. (colloquial) (to copy illegally)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
a. to plagiarize (United States)
Regionalism used in the United States
El profesor admitió que fusiló un ensayo de uno de sus alumnos.The professor admitted that he plagiarized one of his students' papers.
b. to plagiarise (United Kingdom)
Fusiló un par de párrafos de la tesis de su compañera de clases.She plagiarised two paragraphs of her classmate's thesis.
c. to pinch (colloquial)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
Esa escena la fusiló el director de una película paquistaní que nadie conoce.That is a scene the director pinched from an unknown Pakistani movie.
fusilartransitive verb
A transitive verb is a verb that requires a direct object (e.g. I bought a book.).
1. (ejecutar)
a. to execute by firing squad, to shoot
2. (colloquial)
a. to plagiarize
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