Rapapolvo in english
Dust
pronunciation: dʌst part of speech: noun
pronunciation: dʌst part of speech: noun
In gestures
rapapolvo = tongue-lashing ; telling-off ; dressing-down ; bollocking.
Example: Iranian President went to Columbia University expecting tough questions but instead he got a tongue-lashing from the students.Example: Similarly, a class that has been involved in a telling-off for any one of the myriad trivial transgressions their flesh is heir to can arrive at the next lesson aggressively uncooperative or giggly.Example: 'I just had a royal dressing down by Tilly'.Example: I had a few bollockings from him, but that made you work harder to avoid them.more:
» echar un rapapolvo = tell + Nombe + off ; give + Nombre + a dressing-down ; give + Nombre + a telling-off ; chew + Nombre + up ; bite + Posesivo + head off ; jump down + Posesivo + throat ; snap + Posesivo + head off ; lecture ; tear + a strip off + Nombre ; give + Nombre + a bollocking ; give + Nombre + the dickens ; give + Nombre + a mouthful ; let + Nombre + have it ; jump all over + Alguien [Usado generalmente con el sentido de regañar] ; take + Nombre + to task ; give + Nombre + a good talking-to .
Example: Teachers should tackle bad behaviour in class by praising their pupils instead of telling them off, according to research published today. Example: Teachers can reduce a child to tears by picking them out in an assembly and giving her a dressing down in front of the whole school. Example: A ward sister then arrived and gave them a telling off for not getting on with their work. Example: A war of words went up when Jewish zealots redacted out this or that word or phrase in order to deny Joshua, and the Christians chewed them up for it. Example: From the very beginning I have been hard on him because I didn't trust him -- sometimes biting his head off and others accusing him of having ulterior motives. Example: I jumped down his throat because he's a liar, a backstabber, an overall jerk, and a pathetic excuse for a human being. Example: The manager just about snapped her head off and and berated her in front of us -- it was so uncomfortable. Example: She tried to sneak out, her dad ran after her, and started lecturing her about trust and told her to go to bed. Example: Jenkins was actually in tears because you tore a strip off her for handing in a report ten minutes late!. Example: I didn't have the heart or energy to give her a bollocking -- thankfully she never repeated the act. Example: She dropped onto the settee under the window, crossing her legs in a way that would have her mother giving her the dickens. Example: Joel said they came over to see what was going on but he told them to get out of my face and gave them a mouthful. Example: When she refused, Sandler let her have it with a stream of expletives and yelled, 'I'm going to rip your throat out!'. Example: The left will jump all over her for being xenophobic, racist, and mean-spirited. Example: I am frequently taken to task as someone who would try to destroy the integrity of certain catalogs on the West Coast. Example: He said she's a good girl and a good worker but she just needs someone to give her a good talking-to = Dijo que ella es una buena chica y una buena trabajadora pero que sólo necesita que alguien le lea la cartilla.