salpicar

to splash

to taint

salpicar(sahl-pee-kahr)

transitive verb

1. (to spray with liquid)

a. to splash

Tirémonos de bomba a la piscina y así salpicamos a nuestras mamás.

Let's cannonball into the pool and splash our moms.

b. to spatter

¡Ese coche me salpicó barro a propósito!

That car spattered me with mud on purpose!

c. to sprinkle

Salpica las hojas de rúcula con jugo de limón.

Sprinkle the arugula leaves with lemon juice.

2. (to affect)

a. to taint

El escándalo de corrupción salpicó a todos en el Congreso.

The corruption scandal tainted everyone in Congress.

b. to ruin

El caso de acoso sexual salpicó a dos miembros del cuerpo docente.

Two members of the faculty were ruined by the sexual harassment case.

3. (to spread)

a. to pepper

Su primer poema estaba salpicado de repeticiones y metáforas.

Her first poem was peppered with repetition and metaphor.

salpicar

transitive verb

1. (con líquido)

a. to splash, to spatter

2. (en reputación)

a.

el escándalo salpicó al presidentethe president was tainted by the scandal

3. (diseminar)

a. to pepper

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salpicar

transitive verb

1 (manchar) (de barro, pintura) to splash;de with; (de agua) to sprinkle;de with; [+tela] to dot; fleck;de with;

salpicar un coche de barro

salpicar agua sobre el suelo to sprinkle water on the floor; la multitud de islas que salpican el océano the host of islands dotted about the ocean; este asunto salpica al gobierno this affair hasn't left the government untouched; the government has been tainted by this affair

2 [+conversación, discurso] to sprinkle;de with