acribillar
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Spanish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From a- + Late Latin cribellō (“to sift”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
acribillar (first-person singular present acribillo, first-person singular preterite acribillé, past participle acribillado)
- (transitive) to riddle, pepper (with holes, bullets etc.)
- 1973 September 11, Salvador Allende, Ultimas palabras:
- El pueblo debe defenderse, pero no sacrificarse. El pueblo no debe dejarse arrasar ni acribillar, pero tampoco puede humillarse.
- The people must defend themselves, but they must not sacrifice themselves. The people must not let themselves be destroyed or riddled with bullets, but they cannot be humiliated either.
- 2011, Enrique Larroque, La Orden Secreta:
- se encontraba ante dos profesionales del ejército y con pistolas le acribillaron el cuerpo, dejándole muerto.
- he found himself in front of two army professionals and with pistols they riddled his body with bullets, leaving him dead.
- (transitive) to pester, badger
Conjugation[edit]
Conjugation of acribillar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
Selected combined forms of acribillar
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
Derived terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “acribillar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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