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salpicar

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to splash

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to taint

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salpicar(

sahl

pee

kahr

)

A transitive verb is a verb that requires a direct object (e.g. I bought a book.).

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

A transitive verb is a verb that requires a direct object (e.g. I bought a book.).

transitive verb

1. (con líquido)

a. to splash, to spatter

2. (en reputación)

This refers to an idiomatic word or phrase for which there is no word-for-word translation.

no direct translation

el escándalo salpicó al presidentethe president was tainted by the scandal

3. (diseminar)

a. to pepper

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

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Verb Conjugations for salpicar

Present Participle: salpicando

Past Participle: salpicado

Indicative

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	Present	Preterite	Imperfect	Conditional	Future
yo	salpico	salpiqué	salpicaba	salpicaría	salpicaré
tú	salpicas	salpicaste	salpicabas	salpicarías	salpicarás
él/ella/Ud.	salpica	salpicó	salpicaba	salpicaría	salpicará
nosotros	salpicamos	salpicamos	salpicábamos	salpicaríamos	salpicaremos
vosotros	salpicáis	salpicasteis	salpicabais	salpicaríais	salpicaréis
ellos/ellas/Uds.	salpican	salpicaron	salpicaban	salpicarían	salpicarán

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