- paliza
- paliza sustantivo femenino
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a) (zurra) hiding, beating;◊ su padre le dio una buena paliza his father gave him a good hiding;los matones le pegaron una paliza the thugs beat him upb) (fam) (derrota) thrashing (colloq)2 (fam)a) (esfuerzo):◊ fue una paliza de viaje the journey was a real killer;darse la paliza (fam) (trabajando, estudiando) to work one's butt off (AmE colloq), to slog one's guts out (BrE colloq)b) (aburrimiento) drag (colloq)
paliza
I sustantivo femenino
1 (tunda, somanta) beating: aquellos bárbaros le dieron una paliza, those thugs beat him up
2 (derrota) beating: ¡menuda paliza le dio ayer el Elche al Betis!, Betis got a real thrashing by Elche the other day
3 (esfuerzo físico o mental) slog: nos dimos una paliza limpiando la librería, that was a real chore having to clean the book case
me he dado una paliza que no me tengo, I've really pushed myself to the limits
4 (tostón, rollo) drag, pain: no me des la paliza, stop being such a pain in the neck!
II mf fam bore, pain (in the neck), pest: ¡qué paliza(s) era el camarero!, that waiter was a real pain 'paliza' also found in these entries: Spanish: leña - soberana - soberano - solfeo - tundir - tute - pegar English: battering - beat - beat up - beating - do over - good - hammer - hammering - hiding - rough up - thrash - thrashing - whipping - whitewash - belt - pummel - wallop - whip
English-spanish dictionary. 2013.