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Tag: dañar

Definitions tagged dañar in the street dictionary.

Corotos del pesebre

This expression refers to someone who has broken a fundamental agreement or messed with something highly personal and off-limits to another person. (The pesebre is a traditional Christmas nativity scene, which is considered a sacred and fragile display in Venezuelan homes.)

I fell in love with your sister... Dude, you messed with the corotos del pesebre. / You scratched your mother's car! You have messed with the corotos del pesebre!

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Venezuelaby Johanabra30

Destrampar

To break, wreck, or bust something, making it unusable or broken down.

Don't give the phone to the kid, he'll destrampa it. | I dropped the TV remote and it destrampó.

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Panamáby Rita.AP

La dañaste

Used to tell someone they messed up, blew it, or made a mistake. It indicates that the person did something that was not the way to go or handled a situation incorrectly.

You messed up (La dañaste) because you did not listen to me.

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República Dominicanaby Esno84

mellen

to tarnish or damage the reputation or image of something.

example: to mellen a company, product, or brand.

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Globalby Anónimo

Descocotar

To break or wreck a device or appliance, especially by roughly handling or twisting its moving parts until they snap or malfunction (derived from cocote, a regional term for neck).

Look at that damn kid! Because he kept messing with it, he descocoto that fan! Now it does not even spin anymore!

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República Dominicanaby Elvis L Santos

desturcar

1. To wreck or trash an object, leaving it useless. 2. To beat someone up or give them a thrashing. 3. To take a sudden, nasty fall or wipe out.

1. You already desturcaste the computer. 2. The thieves almost desturcan me. 3. I almost desturco off the bike.

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Puerto Ricoby Anónimo

Desguañangar

Describes any object or thing that has been wrecked, mangled, or has completely fallen apart.

The access bridge to the interior of the country desguañangó (the interior refers to the provinces outside the capital city).

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Panamáby Anónimo