wipe out

liquidar

exterminar

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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.).

transitive verb phrase

1. (to cancel)

a. liquidar (a debt or deficit)

The lottery win enabled the family to wipe out all their debts in one fell swoop.Al ganar la lotería, la familia pudo liquidar todas sus deudas de un plumazo.

b. eliminar (an advantage or disadvantage)

The oppostion leader declared that putting an end to corruption would wipe out all the country's problems.El líder de la oposición declaró que poner fin a la corrupción eliminaría todos los problemas del país.

c. hacer perder (the lead)

A concerted enemy offensive in April wiped out all the gains made by our troops in the preceding months.En abril, una ofensiva enemiga coordinada hizo que nuestras tropas perdieran todas las posiciones ganadas en meses anteriores.

2. (to destroy completely)

a. exterminar

Over-hunting virtually wiped out the American buffalo in the 19th century.En el siglo XIX, la práctica de la caza llevada al exceso estuvo a punto de exterminar el bisonte americano.

b. erradicar

The vaccination campaign succeeded in wiping out smallpox.La campaña de vacunación consiguió erradicar la viruela.

c. aniquilar

The invading army wiped out all those who got in its way.El ejército invasor aniquiló a todo aquel que se interpuso en su camino.

d. acabar con

The regime used the secret police to wipe out all political opposition.El régimen recurrió a la policía secreta para acabar con toda oposición política que pudiera haber.

e. hacer desaparecer

Contagious European diseases wiped out many indigenous populations in the Americas.Las enfermedades contagiosas traídas de Europa hicieron desaparecer muchas poblaciones indígenas en América.

3. (to remove)

a. borrar

The teacher asked one of her students to wipe out all she had written on the board.La profesora pidió a uno de sus alumnos que borrara todo lo que había escrito en la pizarra.

4. (computing)

a. borrar

I pressed the wrong key and wiped out all the data I'd entered.Me equivoqué de tecla y borré todos los datos que había metido.

5. (to erase from memory)

a. borrar

He was determined to wipe out the memory of last year's championship defeat, and start afresh.Estaba resuelto a borrar el recuerdo de su derrota del año anterior y empezar de nuevo.

6. (to clean)

a. limpiar

Wipe out the saucepan and add some more olive oil.Limpia la cacerola y vuelve a añadir aceite de oliva.

A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g. skinny, grandma).

(colloquial)

(to defeat)

a. derrotar

The last time we played them, they wiped us out 18-2.La última vez que jugamos con ellos, nos derrotaron 18-2.

A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g. skinny, grandma).

(colloquial)

(to exhaust)

a. dejar hecho polvo

A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g. skinny, grandma).

(colloquial)

The 500 meter ascent, on top of the 18 kilometers I'd already walked, wiped me out.La subida de 500 metros, añadida a los 18 kilómetros que ya había caminado, me dejó hecha polvo.

A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g. skinny, grandma).

(colloquial)

(to kill)

a. liquidar

A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g. skinny, grandma).

(colloquial)

We'd had orders to wipe out certain members of a rival gang.Habíamos recibido órdenes de liquidar a ciertos miembros de una pandilla rival.

b. borrar del mapa

A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g. skinny, grandma).

(colloquial)

I was so mad, if I'd had a gun I would have wiped him out.Estaba tan furioso que, si llego a tener una pistola, lo borro del mapa.

An intransitive verb phrase is a phrase that combines a verb with a preposition or other particle and does not require a direct object (e.g. Everybody please stand up.).

intransitive verb phrase

10.

A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g. skinny, grandma).

(colloquial)

(to lose one's balance)

Regionalism used in the United States

(United States)

a. caerse

The surfer wiped out, and the waves sent her and her board hurtling towards the shore.La surfera se cayó, y las olas las lanzaron a ella y a su tabla hacia la orilla.

b. darse un batacazo

A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g. skinny, grandma).

(colloquial)

I wiped out trying to avoid another snowboarder.Me di un batacazo tratando de esquivar a otro snowboarder.

wipe out

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.).

transitive verb phrase

1. (erase; memory)

a. borrar

2. (debt)

a. saldar

3. (destroy; family, species)

a. hacer desaparecer

wipe out

transitive verb

1 (clean) [+container] limpiar

I emptied the ashtrays and wiped them out

2 (eliminate) [+town, people, army] aniquilar; [+species] exterminar; [+disease] erradicar

experts say if the island is not protected, the spill could wipe out the Gulf's turtle population they started a military campaign to wipe out the guerrilla army in a few years this species could be wiped out all together if action is not taken now to save it smallpox had been more or less wiped out

[+opposition] derrotar de forma aplastante; aniquilar

the man is a fanatic who is determined to wipe out any opposition to the way he conducts himself their brilliant attacking completely wiped out the opposing team

3 (erase) [+past, memory] borrar

the deal that would, in one fell swoop, rewrite history, wipe out the company's past embarrassments he was the only one in the world who could wipe out memories of her terrible experiences the Bills have a chance to wipe out the memory of last year's Super Bowl defeat

4 (cancel) [+debt] liquidar; [+gains] cancelar

they don't see inflation wiping out their paper debt quite so clearly a rescue package through which Maxwell is prepared to wipe out Tottenham's debts the effect of all this may well be to more than wipe out the 24 per cent rise in profits a late round of selling wiped out modest early gains in the New York Stock Market the slump in the pound wiped out any gains won by Chancellor Norman Lamont

5 (exhaust) dejar hecho polvo (informal)

that climb has really wiped me out!

6 (bankrupt) dejar en la ruina or bancarrota

the stock market crash of 1987 wiped him out it was a fine harvest - but falling prices wiped them out

7 (kill) liquidar (informal); borrar del mapa (informal)

the Mafia wanted him wiped out showed the priority the Mafia attached to wiping him out Stinking little savages. Wipe them out, I say. Wipe them off the face of the earth I'll do more than touch you, I'll wipe you out

Collins Complete Spanish Electronic Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers 2011

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