esquilmar
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esquilmar
A transitive verb is a verb that requires a direct object (e.g., I bought a book.).
a. to harvest
Todos los años, los dueños de las tierras contratan a jornaleros para que esquilmen la cosecha.Every year, the landowners hire day laborers to harvest the crop.
2. (to use up)
a. to exhaust
Los sucesivos colonizadores esquilmaron los recursos naturales del país.Successive colonizers exhausted the country's natural resources.
b. to overexploit
Aunque vivimos de la pesca, hacemos todo lo posible por no esquilmar las reservas marinas de pescado.Although we live from fishing, we do everything we can to avoid overexploiting marine fish stocks.
c. to suck dry (a person)
Los señores feudales esquilmaban a sus vasallos exigiéndoles tributos cada vez más altos.The feudal lords sucked their vassals dry by demanding higher and higher tributes from them.
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