sobar la badana
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USAGE NOTE
This idiom may be literally translated as "to thrash the leather."
sobar la badana
A transitive verb phrase is a phrase that combines a verb with a preposition or other particle and requires a direct object (e.g., take out the trash.).
1. (colloquial) (idiom) (to hit repeatedly) (Spain)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
An idiom is a phrase with a meaning different from the literal meaning of the separate words that make it up (e.g., break a leg).
Regionalism used in Spain
a. to beat up (colloquial)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
La policía detuvo al novio de Úrsula porque le sobaba la badana.The police arrested Ursula's boyfriend for beating her up.
b. to give a licking (colloquial)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
Mamá te va a sobar la badana cuando vea lo que acabas de hacer.Mom is going to give you a licking when she sees what you just did.
c. to beat the shit out of (vulgar)
A word or phrase that is crude, indecent, and generally rejected by society.
Unos matones le sobaron la badana al pobre hombre.Some thugs beat the shit out of the poor man.
d. to give a beating
Mi viejo nos sobaba la badana si hacíamos novillos.My old man would give us a beating if we skipped school.
e. to tan ... hide (idiom) (old-fashioned)
An idiom is a phrase with a meaning different from the literal meaning of the separate words that make it up (e.g., break a leg).
A word or phrase that is seldom used in contemporary language and is recognized as being from another decade, (e.g., cat, groovy).
El abuelo Martín te va a sobar la badana si se entera de que has hurgado en sus papeles.Grandpa Martin will tan your hide if he finds out you've been poking your nose into his papers.
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