Aplastar in english
Smash
pronunciation: smæʃ part of speech: verb, noun
pronunciation: smæʃ part of speech: verb, noun
In gestures
aplastar = devastate ; squash ; crush ; steamroller ; turn + Nombre + into a grease spot ; flatten.
Example: The article 'Sorting a mountain of books' relates how when the law library was devastated by fire what had been a library became a jumble of 100,000 books and periodicals.Example: The article has the title 'Reorganizing organizations and information: how knowledge technologies squash heirarchy and alter the role of information'.Example: The article is entitled 'Dinosaurs to crush flies: computer catalogues, classification and other barriers to library use'.Example: When push comes to shove, it seems that short-term economic interests steamroller scientific arguments.Example: Jet Li is a charming drunk with a devil-may-care grin and enough skill to keep himself from being turned into a grease spot.Example: This article describes how the organisation has been flattened into one unit during the changeover from a manual system to an automated statewide library system.more:
» aplastar con el pie = trample .
Example: Over time, much of the original grassland was either plowed and planted or trampled to dust, causing the topsoil to dry up and blow away.» aplastar de un manotazo = swat [Generalmente referido a insectos] .
Example: Nearby workers rescued a man after he swatted one bee and was swarmed by others that stung him more than 200 times.» morir aplastado = crush to + death .
Example: This article presents a hypothetical case in which a lawyer is crushed to death when a bookcase collapses on him = Este artículo presenta una caso hipotético en el que un abogado murió aplastado al caérsele encima una estantería.