paliza
Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /paˈliθa/ [paˈli.θa] (Spain)
- IPA(key): /paˈlisa/ [paˈli.sa] (Latin America, Philippines)
- Rhymes: -iθa (Spain)
- Rhymes: -isa (Latin America, Philippines)
- Syllabification: pa‧li‧za
Noun
[edit]paliza f (plural palizas)
- (Spain) beating, bashing
- Synonym: (Latin America) golpiza
- Le di una paliza.
- I gave him a beating.
- 2020 November 27, Silvia Ayuso, “El clamor tras la paliza policial a un hombre negro provoca tensión en el Gobierno francés”, in El País[1], retrieved 27 November 2020:
- El vídeo con la brutal paliza a Zecler, sin embargo, parecía haber provocado un punto de inflexión.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- (Spain) rout, hammering, trouncing, beating (the act of completely defeating an army or other enemy force, causing it to retreat in a disorganized manner; (by extension) in politics, sport, etc.: a convincing defeat)
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “paliza”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024
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