achaplar

Asturian

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /at͡ʃaˈplaɾ/, [a.t͡ɕaˈplaɾ]

Verb

achaplar

1. to flatten
2. to crush, smash, squash
3. (figuratively) to humiliate
   • 2007, Pablo Antón Marín Estrada, La ciudá encarnada‎^[1]:

     Esti periódicu nun s'achapla delantre nada nin naide. Sabénlo perbién los que lu compren toles mañanes. Y tolos xixoneses que son xente cabal y de bona fe.

     This newspaper will not humiliate itself in front of anything or anyone. Those who buy it everyday know it well. And all the gijonese that are rational and goodwilled people.