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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.)
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