massacrare

massacre

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massacrare v.tr.

1 to massacre, to slaughter, to butcher: massacrarono tutta quella povera gente indifesa, they massacred all those poor, helpless people // Nerone fece massacrare molti cristiani, Nero had many Christians massacred

2 (picchiare con violenza) to beat* (up), (fam.) to beat* to a pulp: lo massacrò di colpi, he beat the stuffing out of him

3 (spossare) to exhaust; (fam.) to do* in, to kill; (sl.) to knacker: il lavoro mi ha massacrato, the job exhausted me

4 (rovinare) to spoil, to ruin, to murder: ha massacrato il libro con la sua pessima traduzione, he has completely spoilt (o he has ruined o murdered) the book with his terrible translation.

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[massa'krare]

verbo transitivo

1) (uccidere) to massacre, to slaughter, to butcher

2) (malmenare) to beat* [persona]

massacrare qcn. di botte — to knock o beat the living daylights out of sb. colloq.

3) (stremare)

questo caldo mi sta massacrando — this heat is killing me

4) colloq. (stracciare) to slaughter, to take* apart [squadra]

5) colloq. (rovinare) to mangle [musica, traduzione]; to massacre, to murder [lingua]

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massacrare

/massa'krare/ [1]

verbo transitivo

 1 (uccidere) to massacre, to slaughter, to butcher

 2 (malmenare) to beat* [persona]; massacrare qcn. di botte to knock o beat the living daylights out of sb. colloq.

 3 (stremare) questo caldo mi sta massacrando this heat is killing me

 4 colloq. (stracciare) to slaughter, to take* apart [squadra]

 5 colloq. (rovinare) to mangle [musica, traduzione]; to massacre, to murder [lingua].