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administered the coup de grace

  • 1 asestar el golpe de gracia

    (v.) = administer + the coup de grace, deliver + the coup de grace
    Ex. He was also the only of the partners in crime who administered the coup de grace to each of the murdered women.
    Ex. By then the church was in ruins and Apaches delivered the coup de grâce by torching its remaining timbers and other wooden elements.
    * * *
    (v.) = administer + the coup de grace, deliver + the coup de grace

    Ex: He was also the only of the partners in crime who administered the coup de grace to each of the murdered women.

    Ex: By then the church was in ruins and Apaches delivered the coup de grâce by torching its remaining timbers and other wooden elements.

    Spanish-English dictionary > asestar el golpe de gracia

  • 2 dar el golpe de gracia

    (v.) = administer + the coup de grace, deliver + the coup de grace
    Ex. He was also the only of the partners in crime who administered the coup de grace to each of the murdered women.
    Ex. By then the church was in ruins and Apaches delivered the coup de grâce by torching its remaining timbers and other wooden elements.
    * * *
    (v.) = administer + the coup de grace, deliver + the coup de grace

    Ex: He was also the only of the partners in crime who administered the coup de grace to each of the murdered women.

    Ex: By then the church was in ruins and Apaches delivered the coup de grâce by torching its remaining timbers and other wooden elements.

    Spanish-English dictionary > dar el golpe de gracia

  • 3 compinche

    f. & m.
    1 mate (British), buddy (United States).
    2 buddy, chum, pal, crony.
    * * *
    1 familiar (amigo) chum, pal, mate, US buddy
    2 familiar peyorativo (cómplice) accomplice, sidekick
    * * *
    masculino y femenino ( compañero) (fam) buddy (AmE colloq), mate (BrE colloq); ( cómplice en crimen) partner in crime
    * * *
    = partner in crime, buddy, chum, sidekick.
    Ex. He was also the only of the partners in crime who administered the coup de grace to each of the murdered women.
    Ex. Each volunteer is assigned a staff member ' buddy' for training and supervision.
    Ex. Frank was rather different from his chums, but they were very fond of him.
    Ex. Her sidekick and confidante is Gabrielle, the rightful queen of the Amazons who abdicated her throne in order to join Xena.
    * * *
    masculino y femenino ( compañero) (fam) buddy (AmE colloq), mate (BrE colloq); ( cómplice en crimen) partner in crime
    * * *
    = partner in crime, buddy, chum, sidekick.

    Ex: He was also the only of the partners in crime who administered the coup de grace to each of the murdered women.

    Ex: Each volunteer is assigned a staff member ' buddy' for training and supervision.
    Ex: Frank was rather different from his chums, but they were very fond of him.
    Ex: Her sidekick and confidante is Gabrielle, the rightful queen of the Amazons who abdicated her throne in order to join Xena.

    * * *
    ( fam):
    somos muy compinches we're great buddies ( AmE) o ( BrE) mates ( colloq)
    ( fam)
    buddy ( AmE colloq), mate ( BrE colloq)
    * * *

    Del verbo compincharse: ( conjugate compincharse)

    me compinché es:

    1ª persona singular (yo) pretérito indicativo

    me compinche es:

    1ª persona singular (yo) presente subjuntivo

    se compinche es:

    3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) presente subjuntivo

    compinche sustantivo masculino y femenino ( compañero) (fam) buddy (AmE colloq), mate (BrE colloq);
    ( cómplice en crimen) partner in crime
    compinche mf
    1 pey (de una acción ilegal) accomplice
    2 (de juerga) pal, buddy, chum
    ' compinche' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    colega
    - congénere
    English:
    buddy
    - chum
    - crony
    - sidekick
    - home
    - pal
    * * *
    Br mate, US buddy;
    detuvieron al ladrón y a sus compinches they arrested the robber and his accomplices
    * * *
    m/f fam
    buddy fam ; desp
    crony fam
    * * *
    1) : buddy, pal
    2) : partner in crime, accomplice

    Spanish-English dictionary > compinche

  • 4 cómplice

    adj.
    accessory.
    f. & m.
    accomplice, accessory, ally, associate.
    * * *
    1 accomplice
    * * *
    noun mf.
    * * *
    * * *
    I
    adjetivo conspiratorial
    II
    masculino y femenino accomplice
    * * *
    = conspirator, tempter, knowing, abettor [abetter], aider, partner in crime.
    Ex. She recommenced speaking low like a conspirator: 'Jeanne, I must prepare you for your interview with him'.
    Ex. Economy of space is the great tempter in citation practice since it makes authors abbreviate their citations.
    Ex. 'Much as I hate to admit it,' she added, her face creasing in a knowing smile, 'some of my best friends are librarians, and I can't get over how they tear their colleagues to shreds when they're together' = "Siento mucho admitirlo", ella añadió mientras su cara se arrugaba dibujándose en ella una sonrisa de complicidad, "algunos de mis mejores amigos son bibliotecarios y no puedo entender cómo critican a otros colegas suyos cuando se jutan".
    Ex. Thereafter, it became clear to the city police that the hotel owners acted hand-in-glove with the abettors of prostitution.
    Ex. One of the primary psychological aiders of the Taliban is al-Jazeera TV who is constantly feeding the Arab and Islamic world Taliban propaganda.
    Ex. He was also the only of the partners in crime who administered the coup de grace to each of the murdered women.
    ----
    * cómplices e instigadores = aiders and abettors.
    * robo con cómplice interno = inside job.
    * * *
    I
    adjetivo conspiratorial
    II
    masculino y femenino accomplice
    * * *
    = conspirator, tempter, knowing, abettor [abetter], aider, partner in crime.

    Ex: She recommenced speaking low like a conspirator: 'Jeanne, I must prepare you for your interview with him'.

    Ex: Economy of space is the great tempter in citation practice since it makes authors abbreviate their citations.
    Ex: 'Much as I hate to admit it,' she added, her face creasing in a knowing smile, 'some of my best friends are librarians, and I can't get over how they tear their colleagues to shreds when they're together' = "Siento mucho admitirlo", ella añadió mientras su cara se arrugaba dibujándose en ella una sonrisa de complicidad, "algunos de mis mejores amigos son bibliotecarios y no puedo entender cómo critican a otros colegas suyos cuando se jutan".
    Ex: Thereafter, it became clear to the city police that the hotel owners acted hand-in-glove with the abettors of prostitution.
    Ex: One of the primary psychological aiders of the Taliban is al-Jazeera TV who is constantly feeding the Arab and Islamic world Taliban propaganda.
    Ex: He was also the only of the partners in crime who administered the coup de grace to each of the murdered women.
    * cómplices e instigadores = aiders and abettors.
    * robo con cómplice interno = inside job.

    * * *
    conspiratorial
    le hizo un guiño cómplice she gave him a conspiratorial wink
    accomplice
    ser cómplice de algn to be sb's accomplice
    era cómplice en un asesinato he was (an) accomplice to a murder
    * * *

    cómplice sustantivo masculino y femenino
    accomplice;
    cómplice en algo accomplice to sth
    cómplice mf accomplice, Jur accessory: fue cómplice del secuestro, he was an accessory to the kidnapping
    ' cómplice' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    gancho
    - compinche
    - involuntario
    English:
    accessory
    - accomplice
    - associate
    - connive
    - knowingly
    * * *
    ♦ adj
    conspiratorial;
    una sonrisa/un silencio cómplice a conspiratorial smile/silence
    ♦ nmf
    accomplice;
    ser cómplice de un delito to be an accomplice to o in a crime
    * * *
    m/f accomplice
    * * *
    : accomplice
    * * *
    cómplice n accomplice

    Spanish-English dictionary > cómplice

  • 5 asesinado

    adj.
    murdered, slain.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: asesinar.
    * * *
    asesinado, -a
    SM / F murder victim, murdered person
    * * *
    = murdered, slain.
    Ex. He was also the only of the partners in crime who administered the coup de grace to each of the murdered women.
    Ex. Officers noted that the slain man's gun and ammo were missing.
    * * *
    = murdered, slain.

    Ex: He was also the only of the partners in crime who administered the coup de grace to each of the murdered women.

    Ex: Officers noted that the slain man's gun and ammo were missing.

    Spanish-English dictionary > asesinado

  • 6 puntillazo

    m.
    kick.
    * * *
    SM
    1) (Taur) the decisive, mortal blow in a bullfight
    2)
    * * *
    = kiss of death, coup de grace, killer blow, death blow.
    Ex. The article 'The kiss of death...or life' looks at how changes in Uruguyan copyright laws will affect US publishers.
    Ex. The article 'Baker and Taylor's coup de grace' reports on how the book and video distributor Baker and Taylor has revamped its corporate outline and rethought its mission.
    Ex. Three times she tracked him down and fought him, only to be thwarted as he somehow evaded her killer blow and disappeared into the night.
    Ex. Another employee said the plant's closure would be the death blow for the entire region.
    ----
    * dar el puntillazo a = put + an end to, bring + an end to, bring to + an end.
    * darle el puntillazo = nail it.
    * * *
    = kiss of death, coup de grace, killer blow, death blow.

    Ex: The article 'The kiss of death...or life' looks at how changes in Uruguyan copyright laws will affect US publishers.

    Ex: The article 'Baker and Taylor's coup de grace' reports on how the book and video distributor Baker and Taylor has revamped its corporate outline and rethought its mission.
    Ex: Three times she tracked him down and fought him, only to be thwarted as he somehow evaded her killer blow and disappeared into the night.
    Ex: Another employee said the plant's closure would be the death blow for the entire region.
    * dar el puntillazo a = put + an end to, bring + an end to, bring to + an end.
    * darle el puntillazo = nail it.

    * * *
    * * *
    Taurom coup de grâce [given to the bull using the “puntilla”]

    Spanish-English dictionary > puntillazo

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