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1 desplumar
v.1 to pluck (ave).Juana despluma gallinas Joan plucks hens.2 to fleece (informal) (estafar).3 to take all the money from, to rip off, to squeeze out.El ladrón desplumó a mi padre The thief ripped off my father.* * *1 (quitar las plumas) to pluck1 to moult* * *1. VT1) [+ ave] to pluck2) * (=estafar) to fleece *2.See:* * *verbo transitivoa) < ave> to pluckb) (fam) < persona> to fleece (colloq)* * *= fleece.Ex. Roosevelt's measures to prevent big business fleecing the public were popular and the election of 1904 provided him with the chance to run for president in his own right.* * *verbo transitivoa) < ave> to pluckb) (fam) < persona> to fleece (colloq)* * *= fleece.Ex: Roosevelt's measures to prevent big business fleecing the public were popular and the election of 1904 provided him with the chance to run for president in his own right.
* * *desplumar [A1 ]vt1 ‹ave› to pluck* * *
desplumar ( conjugate desplumar) verbo transitivo
desplumar verbo transitivo
1 (un ave) to pluck
2 fam (dejar sin dinero) to clear out
' desplumar' also found in these entries:
English:
clean out
- pluck
- fleece
* * *desplumar vt1. [ave] to pluckun ladrón me desplumó a thief took all my money* * *v/t1 ave pluck2 figfleece* * *desplumar vt: to pluck (a chicken, etc.) -
2 esquilar
v.1 to shear.2 to fleece, to clip, to shear.* * *1 (pelo) to clip2 (ovejas) to shear* * *VT [+ ovejas] to shear; [+ pelo] to clip, crop* * *verbo transitivo to shear, clip* * *= fleece, shear.Ex. By then they had developed an improved method for fleecing sheep.Ex. All the activity on a sheep station was directed to one end: shearing the sheep and sending the wool away to the city.* * *verbo transitivo to shear, clip* * *= fleece, shear.Ex: By then they had developed an improved method for fleecing sheep.
Ex: All the activity on a sheep station was directed to one end: shearing the sheep and sending the wool away to the city.* * *esquilar [A1 ]vtto shear, clip* * *
esquilar ( conjugate esquilar) verbo transitivo
to shear, clip
esquilar verbo transitivo to shear
' esquilar' also found in these entries:
English:
shear
- shears
* * *esquilar vtto shear* * *v/t shear* * *esquilar vttrasquilar: to shear* * *esquilar vb to shear -
3 esquilmar
v.1 to overexploit (recursos).2 to harvest.Esquilmaron el maíz They harvested the corn.3 to swindle, to acquire by deception, to acquire by trickery, to cheat.Esquilmaron a ese pobre hombre They swindled that poor man.* * *1 (cosecha etc) to harvest* * *VT1) [+ cosecha] to harvest2) [+ tierra] to impoverish, exhaust3) * [+ jugador] to skin ** * *verbo transitivo1) (Agr) to harvest* * *= fleece, take + Nombre + to the cleaners.Ex. Roosevelt's measures to prevent big business fleecing the public were popular and the election of 1904 provided him with the chance to run for president in his own right.Ex. Let me guess... you work in an all male workplace full of divorced men whose wives took them to the cleaners?.* * *verbo transitivo1) (Agr) to harvest* * *= fleece, take + Nombre + to the cleaners.Ex: Roosevelt's measures to prevent big business fleecing the public were popular and the election of 1904 provided him with the chance to run for president in his own right.
Ex: Let me guess... you work in an all male workplace full of divorced men whose wives took them to the cleaners?.* * *esquilmar [A1 ]vtA ( Agr) to harvestB1 ‹riquezas/recursos› to exhaust; ‹fortuna› to squander2 ‹persona› to suck … dry* * *
esquilmar verbo transitivo
1 Agr to harvest
2 (riquezas) to exhaust, impoverish: tantas cosechas acaban por esquilmar la tierra, after so many harvests, the land will become exhausted
* * *esquilmar vt1. [terreno, campo de cultivo] to exhaust, overcultivate;[recursos, riqueza natural] to overexploit; [bancos de pescado] to deplete2. [fortuna, herencia] to squander* * *v/t2 a alguien suck dry -
4 desuello
m.1 the act of flaying, fleecing, or skinning.2 forwardness, impudence, insolence.3 extortion, or an exorbitant price.pres.indicat.1st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: desollar.* * *SM1) (=acto) skinning, flaying2) (=descaro) brazenness, insolence3) * (=robo) extortion¡es un desuello! — it's daylight robbery!
* * *masculino skinning, flaying* * *masculino skinning, flaying* * *skinning, flaying* * *desuello2 nm[de animales] skinning -
5 esquileo
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