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1 arrasar
v.1 to destroy, to devastate.2 to ravage, to destroy, to wipe out, to demolish.Los soldados arrasaron el pueblo The soldiers ravaged the town.3 to raze, to level with ground, to devastate, to lay flat.Los tractores arrasaron la tierra The tractors razed the land.* * *1 (destruir) to raze, destroy2 (allanar) to level, smooth1 (disco, libro, película) to be a smash hit, sweep the board; (deportista) to sweep to victory\arrasar con (gen) to sweep away 2 (comer) to polish off 3 (destrozar) to destroy 4 (robar) to get away with, make off with* * *verb1) to level2) raze3) sweep the board, be a runaway success* * *1. VT1) (=nivelar) to level; [+ edificio] to demolish; [esp en guerra] to raze to the ground; [ciclón, terremoto] to devastate2) (=colmar) to fill to the brim2. VI1) (Meteo) to clear2) (=triunfar) to triumph, achieve a great success; (Pol etc) to sweep the board3.See:* * *1.verbo intransitivo2. 3.arrasar con algo: la inundación arrasó con las cosechas the flood devastated the crops; las tropas arrasaron con la zona the soldiers laid waste to the area; arrasaron con toda la comida — they polished off all the food (colloq)
arrasarse v pronlos ojos se le arrasaron en or de lágrimas — tears welled up in her eyes
* * *1.verbo intransitivo2. 3.arrasar con algo: la inundación arrasó con las cosechas the flood devastated the crops; las tropas arrasaron con la zona the soldiers laid waste to the area; arrasaron con toda la comida — they polished off all the food (colloq)
arrasarse v pronlos ojos se le arrasaron en or de lágrimas — tears welled up in her eyes
* * *arrasar11 = lay + waste to, flatten, sweep away, rip through, raze, annihilate, devastate.Ex: The mutilation of periodicals is laying waste to vital and expensive periodical collections in all kinds of library across the USA, and it seems to strike academic libraries with particular virulence.
Ex: This article describes how the organisation has been flattened into one unit during the changeover from a manual system to an automated statewide library system.Ex: Librarians should ensure that the principles they stand for are not swept away on a tide of technological jingoism.Ex: Storms in this part of the world are common and the people didn't seem to bat an eyelid at the prospect of a 135km wind ripping through their town.Ex: The motel, which was built in 1953, will be razed to make way for a parking lot.Ex: He intends to annihilate all the major world powers, until Islamic nations dominate the planet.Ex: The article 'Sorting a mountain of books' relates how when the law library was devastated by fire what had been a library became a jumble of 100,000 books and periodicals.* arrasar completamente = raze + Nombre + to the ground.* epidemia + arrasar = epidemic + rage.* fuego + arrasar = fire + sweep through.arrasar22 = take + no prisoners, take + Nombre + by storm, win by + a landslide.Ex: He broke all the rules on and off the stage and took no prisoners in his wild pursuit of pleasure, pain, tragedy, and hope.
Ex: He was a confident, unspoiled, talented, hard-working young man when he moved to a strange town as a youngster and took it by storm.Ex: The polls mean nothing at this point -- if he wins by a landslide fantastic but we are in June not October, long way between there and now.* arrasar con = eat + Posesivo + way through.* * *arrasar [A1 ]viBoca Júniors volvió a arrasar Boca Juniors swept to victory againla película continúa arrasando the movie continues to be a huge box-office hitarrasar CON algo:la inundación arrasó con las cosechas the flood devastated o destroyed the crops o swept the crops awaylas tropas arrasaron con todo lo que encontraron a su paso the soldiers laid waste to everything that lay in their patharrasaron con toda la comida they polished off all the food ( colloq)los ladrones arrasaron con todas las joyas the thieves made off with all the jewelrylos cubanos arrasaron con las medallas the Cubans walked off with o carried off all the medalslos populares arrasaron en las urnas the populares won the elections by a landslide■ arrasarvt‹zona› to devastate; ‹edificio› to destroy, raze … to the groundel granizo arrasó los viñedos the hail destroyed o devastated the vineyardsel sistema que fue arrasado por la revolución the system that was swept away by the revolutionsintió que los ojos se le arrasaban en or de lágrimas she felt tears welling up in her eyescon los ojos arrasados en or de lágrimas with his eyes full of o brimming with tears* * *
arrasar ( conjugate arrasar) verbo intransitivo arrasar con algn ‹ con contrincante› to demolish sb. ;
‹ con enemigo› to destroy sb.;
arrasar con algo: la inundación arrasó con las cosechas the flood devastated the crops;
arrasaron con toda la comida they polished off all the food (colloq)
verbo transitivo ‹ zona› to devastate;
‹ edificio› to destroy
arrasar
I verbo transitivo to devastate, destroy: el fuego arrasó toda la zona, the fire devastated the entire area
II vi (en una votación) to win by a landslide
' arrasar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
barrer
English:
bulldoze
- raze
- flatten
- level
- obliterate
- waste
* * *♦ vt[destruir] [edificio, cosecha] to destroy; [zona] to devastate;el fuego arrasó el castillo the fire destroyed the castle, the castle was burned to the ground in the fire♦ vi1.arrasar con [destruir] to destroy;el huracán arrasó con toda la cosecha the hurricane destroyed the entire harvest;los niños arrasaron con todos los pasteles the children made short work of the cakesel equipo brasileño arrasó en la primera fase the Brazilian team swept everything before it in the first stage;la película arrasó en toda Europa the movie was a massive success throughout Europe* * *I v/t devastateII v/i fambe a big hit* * *arrasar vt1) : to level, to smooth2) : to devastate, to destroy3) : to fill to the brim
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