Killing in spanish

Asesinato

pronunciation: ɑsesinɑtoʊ part of speech: noun
In gestures

kill2 = matar, asesinar, eliminar, cancelar. 

Example: He was looking for the book 'Flowers and Bullets and Freedom to kill' = Estaba buscando el libro "Flores, balas y libertad para matar".

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» dress to + kill = vestir de etiqueta, vestir de gala, emperifollarse, vestirse muy sexi, ir de tiros largos, vestir de tiros largos.

Example: It is not merely in dressing to kill that the female of the species is deadlier than the male.

» have + time to kill = no tener nada que hacer, tener tiempo de sobra.

Example: Almost half of women surveyed strongly agreed that they pick up their phone when they have time to kill.

» if looks could kill... = si las miradas mataran..., hay miradas que matan.

Example: The book 'If Looks Could Kill' is a juicy, tell-all, insider's look at the true world of fashion.

» kill + a joke = estropear un chiste.

Example: Under normal circumstances, nothing kills a joke faster than trying to explain it.

» kill for + Posesivo + country = matar por + Posesivo + país.

Example: As he took his dying breath, the last thing that he thought he'd tell me is 'It's better to die for nothing than to kill just for your country'.

» kill + Nombre + stone dead = matar en seco, matar en el acto, cortar en seco, dar al traste con.

Example: Having built up your reputation for over half a century you have managed to kill it stone dead in only a few seconds.

» kill + Nombre + with kindness = mimar, agasajar, tratar con bondad, colmar de atenciones, abrumar con atenciones.

Example: But somewhere between killing them with kindness and berating them at boot camps, there must be another way.

» kill off = acabar con, exterminar, poner fin a, dar fin a.

Example: 'Hyperindividualised' news was always one of the reasons the internet was supposed to be going to kill off print = Noticias hiperindividualizadas" siempre fueron una de las razones por las que se suponía que internet acabaría con la prensa escrita.

» kill + the chance = desperdiciar una ocasión.

Example: Infrastructures are necessary to lure investment into communities and their absence kills chances of industrial and economic development.

» kill + the goose that lays the golden egg(s) = matar la gallina de los huevos de oro.

Example: If we keep increasing taxes we will kill the goose that lays the golden eggs.

» kill + the messenger = matar al mensajero.

Example: It is up to us to stop 'killing the messenger' or giving the messenger, and ourselves, a hard time, and instead pay attention to the message.

» kill + the momentum = desmotivar, quitar las ganas de, desanimar.

Example: Papers by Lin and coleagues advocate post-processing of downloaded bibliographic text in a way that does not kill the momentum for futher searching.

» kill + time = matar el tiempo, pasar el rato.

Example: It concluded that the library had an untapped pool of users: the parents bringing children; friends and family coming with users; and people attending meetings or just killing time.

» licence to kill = licencia para matar.

Example: The Japanese claim the whales will be used for 'scientific research', a loophole that gives them a licence to kill.

» shoot and kill = matar de un disparo.

Example: Police are investigating a homicide after a 23-year-old man was shot and killed around 2:15 Wednesday morning.

» shoot to + kill = disparar a matar, tirar a matar.

Example: The main issue discussed was the justification of the 'shoot to kill' policy adopted by Israel against Arab infiltrators across the 1949 demarcation lines.

» train + Nombre + to kill = adiestrar para matar, formar para matar, entrenar para matar.

Example: Men, trained to kill and brutalised by the experience of battle, found it difficult to return to civilian life and continued to act violently.

killing = asesinato, homicidio, exterminio, matanza. 

Example: This article reports on the coverage by the New York Times of the killing of a hostage victim during a highjack.

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» go on + a killing spree = empezar a matar a lo loco, empezar a matar a todo el mundo, empezar a matar a diestro y siniestro.

Example: It is a very odd movie about an expectant mother who goes on a killing spree because her unborn baby is telling her to.

» killing machine = máquina de matar. [Persona o animal entrenado o diseñado especialmente para matar]

Example: Their success is down to them being perfectly adaptive and efficient killing machines.

» killing spree = matanza indiscriminada.

Example: The author recounts the cross-country killing spree of Mickey and Mallory, a couple who owe something to Marlon Brando, James Dean, and Bonnie and Clyde.

» make + a killing = hacer un gran negocio, hacer + Posesivo + agosto, forrarse.

Example: And he's dressed as if he just made a killing at a rummage sale!.

» mass killing = genocidio, masacre, matanza.

Example: By way of background, Mr. Pateman also denies that the Khmer Rouge committed mass killings in Cambodia.

» pain-killing = analgésico, calmante.

Example: This receptor mediates the pain-killing effects of ketamine at low doses.

» political killing = asesinato político.

Example: The author explains the devastation that affected libraries and archives during the war, genocide and political killings that befell Rwanda 1990-94.

» terror killing = asesinato terrorista.

Example: More alarming in this context is the orchestration of a major new wave of terror killings and bombings by the mysterious and suspiciously well-armed Boko Haram.

Killing synonyms

kill in spanish: matar, pronunciation: kɪl part of speech: verb cleanup in spanish: limpiar, pronunciation: klinəp part of speech: noun debilitating in spanish: debilitante, pronunciation: dəbɪləteɪtɪŋ part of speech: adjective humorous in spanish: humorístico, pronunciation: hjumɜrəs part of speech: adjective exhausting in spanish: agotador, pronunciation: ɪgzɔstɪŋ part of speech: adjective draining in spanish: drenando, pronunciation: dreɪnɪŋ part of speech: adjective humourous in spanish: chistoso, pronunciation: hjumʊrəs part of speech: adjective sidesplitting in spanish: divertidísimo, pronunciation: saɪdɪsplɪtɪŋ part of speech: adjective putting to death in spanish: dar muerte, pronunciation: pʌtɪŋtudeθ part of speech: noun violent death in spanish: muerte violenta, pronunciation: vaɪələntdeθ part of speech: noun
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