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Atropellar
This is a discussion thread for the Daily Spanish Word for March 25, 2009
atropellar (verb) — to run over, to knock down, to trample. Look up atropellar in the dictionary Atropellaron un perro y no se detuvieron para ayudarle. They ran over a dog and didn't stop to help it.
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¡Los niños atropelló los tulipanes en mi jardin ayer!
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Atropellar means to run over but with a bump. Does that make sense?
Uno no atropella flores, pero las pisotea Hurry, to the dictionary! |
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Um, so more like;
¿ 'Los niños pisotearon los tulipanes, y el toro antropelló la valla.' ? |
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Fazor, I think you're trying to use it like run over. I think the bull would probably have run into the fence but I don't think it would have run it over. "El toro atropelló al banderillero", "el coche atropelló el peatón". El toro se estrelló contra la valla. |
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The sentence ran over meaning Atropellar.
Then I can use him into of the English of the following way. Today I ran over to a cat with my truck but I'm not guilty to do it. Yesterday I run over to a cap because I never didn't see he cross the street . I appreciate your help.
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If that's the use, though, I don't see why you can't "antropellar" flowers. Kids run through (and in the process, crush) flowers all the time.
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@Fazor: "atropellar" usually gives the idea of wheels...
When it comes about people, you can say figuratively "José me atropelló en el pasillo", but when it comes about plants, "pisotear" is a more common verb. "Los niños atropellaron los tulipanes" would mean they ran over them with a bicycle or so.
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Ah, okay. I accidently did that to a friend's neighbor's roses when I lost control of a moped once. :blush:
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Generally when anybody says atropellar would mean some body, human or animal, was ran over but with a vehicle of any kind, except, I guess, I ship. :-) Would that clear a bit more the term? |
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atropellar, to knock down, to run over, to trample |
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