Flog in spanish

Azotar

pronunciation: ɑθoʊtɑɹ̩ part of speech: verb
In gestures
azotar

flog1 = azotar, flagelar. 

Example: Despite scrutinizing the evidence minutely, he reaches no conclusion as to the veracity of the incident in which Lawrence depits himself as being flogged by a Turkish bey.

more:

» flog + a dead horse = no llevar a ningún fin, ser una pérdida de tiempo, hacerle una paja a un muerto.

Example: When Harries refuted the view that Africans were 'helpless cogs in the wheels of capitalist industrialization,' he was flogging a dead horse.

» flog + Nombre + to death = repetir hasta la saciedad.

Example: It seems all Hollywood can do now is take an original classic and flog it to death with over-the-top special effects.

flog2 = vender. 

Example: Shops which keep on selling cigarettes to children under 16 will be banned from flogging tobacco.

more:

» flog + Nombre + off = deshacerse de Algo vendiéndolo barato.

Example: They trucks had sat gathering dust ever since, but have now been flogged off for a pittance to a second-hand dealer = Desde entonces los camiones han estado allí muertos de risa, pero ahora se han podido deshacer de ellos vendiéndoselos por cuatro perras a un compraventa de artículos de segunda mano.

Flog synonyms

whip in spanish: látigo, pronunciation: wɪp noun, verbslash in spanish: barra oblicua, pronunciation: slæʃ noun, verbcane in spanish: caña, pronunciation: keɪn nounstrap in spanish: Correa, pronunciation: stræp nounlash in spanish: latigazo, pronunciation: læʃ noun, verbwelt in spanish: verdugón, pronunciation: welt nounlambast in spanish: lambast, pronunciation: læmbæst verbtrounce in spanish: derrotar a, pronunciation: traʊns verblambaste in spanish: criticar severamente, pronunciation: læmbæst verblather in spanish: espuma, pronunciation: læðɜr noun
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