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1 acorralar
v.1 to corner (also figurative).El abogado arrinconó al acusado The lawyer put the defendant in a corner.2 to round up, to pen in, to pen up, to corral.3 to trap.* * *1 to corner (ganado) to pen in, round up* * *verb1) to corner2) corral* * *VT (Agr) [+ ganado] to pen, corral; (=arrinconar) to corner; (=intimidar) to intimidate* * *verbo transitivoa) <animal/fugitivo> to cornerb) < ganado> to round up* * *= corner, hem + Nombre + in.Ex. Okay, the jig's up! Your dean or department chair corners you and says: 'I think it's high time you taught your Introduction to Library History course on the Internet'.Ex. The world of work is no longer constrained by the four physical dimensions of space and time that have hemmed us in for most of recorded history.* * *verbo transitivoa) <animal/fugitivo> to cornerb) < ganado> to round up* * *= corner, hem + Nombre + in.Ex: Okay, the jig's up! Your dean or department chair corners you and says: 'I think it's high time you taught your Introduction to Library History course on the Internet'.
Ex: The world of work is no longer constrained by the four physical dimensions of space and time that have hemmed us in for most of recorded history.* * *acorralar [A1 ]vt1 (rodear) to cornercuando se vio acorralado sacó el revólver when he saw he was cornered he drew his revolveracorralado por la jauría brought to bay o cornered by the hounds2 (intimidar) to cornertodos lo atacaron y se sintió acorralado they all attacked him and he felt corneredse sentía acorralado por el pánico he felt panic-stricken3 ‹ganado› to round up* * *
acorralar ( conjugate acorralar) verbo transitivo
acorralar verbo transitivo to corner
' acorralar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
arrinconar
- sitiar
English:
pen
- round up
- corner
* * *acorralar vt1. [rodear] to corner;la policía acorraló a los fugitivos en una esquina the police cornered the fugitives;los visitantes acorralaron al equipo local en su área the visitors penned the home team inside their penalty areael ministro se vio acorralado por el entrevistador the minister was backed into a corner by the interviewer3. [ganado] to pen, to corral* * *v/t tb figcorner* * *acorralar vtarrinconar: to corner, to hem in, to corral* * *acorralar vb to corner
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