il leone ha spolpato la carcassa dell'antilope

spolpare v.tr.

1 to take* the flesh off (sthg.), to strip the flesh off (sthg.); to pick the meat from (sthg.): il leone ha spolpato la carcassa dell'antilope, the lion stripped the flesh off the anthilope carcass; il cane ha spolpato ben bene l'osso, the dog has picked the bone clean; spolpare un pollo, to pick the meat from a chicken // la malattia lo ha spolpato, his illness has reduced him to skin and bone

2 (fig. fam.) to fleece, to skin, to rip off; to clean out: in quel negozio ti spolpano, they fleece you in that shop.

◘ spolparsi v.intr.pron.

1 (non com.) ( dimagrire) to lose* flesh, to grow* thin

2 (fig. fam.) ( impoverire) to become* poor.

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verbo transitivo

1) to remove the flesh from [coniglio, pollo]; to pick [sth.] clean [ osso]

2) fig. (impoverire) to fleece

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spolpare

/spol'pare/ [1]

verbo transitivo

 1 to remove the flesh from [coniglio, pollo]; to pick [sth.] clean [ osso]

 2 fig. (impoverire) to fleece.