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Definitions tagged golpear in the street dictionary.

Agarrar a pija

To beat the shit out of someone, to thrash, or to get into a violent physical fight (pija is a vulgar term in Honduras used here for emphasis).

Yesterday they started to agarrar a pija in the hall.

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Hondurasby Anónimo

Pai pai y no estoy

To hit and run or strike and then quickly retreat, referring to either a physical blow or a strategic social move. (The phrase was popularized by Panamanian boxer Jaime Rios to describe his style of punching and immediately backing away).

You know how it is. With that girl it is pai pai y no estoy, man, that is just for having a good time for a bit.

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Panamáby Rita.AP

Sonar

To hit someone hard or beat them up.

A: 'Mom, my cousin got sonaron at school for messing with a kid older than him' B: 'Well, your cousin is a dumbass too, why can't he just behave? Give me a break'

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Panamáby Rita.AP

Sonar

To deliver a beating or a thrashing, specifically used in the context of a mother disciplining her child.

If you keep misbehaving, I am going to sonar you!

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Boliviaby ariadne.sjartha

reventar

1. To beat someone up brutally, often to the point of causing open wounds or serious injury. 2. To ruthlessly mock or roast someone at their expense. (In Panama, the word 'quemar' used in the example means to be unfaithful to a partner).

If I catch you with some woman cheating on me, I will reventar her face and then I am coming for you, you bastard.

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Panamáby Rita.AP

majar

To beat someone to a pulp or pummel them until they are physically destroyed.

A: Those guys went at it with their bare fists, but Joselito majó Lucas. B: Well yeah, Joselito hits the gym.

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Panamáby Rita.AP

Pechear

To square up or get in someone's face with the intent to hit them. (The term derives from pecho, meaning chest, referring to the physical act of confronting someone chest-to-chest.)

Don't mess with that guy because he is going to pechear you.

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Boliviaby ariadne.sjartha

cascar

To give someone a physical beating or a thrashing as punishment for doing something wrong.

If I do not get home sober, my parents are going to cascar me.

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Boliviaby ariadne.sjartha

Sacársela

A phrase referring to committing an act of physical violence, typically beating or punching someone.

A: So what did you say to him when he insulted you? B: Nothing, I felt like sacársela, but I held back.

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Panamáby Rita.AP

Palo limpio

To give someone a sound thrashing or a heavy beating. Although the literal meaning refers to a stick, the phrase describes hitting someone hard and is most often used as a warning or a threat of physical discipline.

A: I told you that if you brought home bad grades again I was going to give you a palo limpio. B: Oh, mom, it is just that I do not understand this math...

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Panamáby Rita.AP

Dar una limpia

To give someone a severe beating or thrashing, jokingly described as being so thorough that it purges all their past mistakes and leaves them clean. (A limpia is traditionally a spiritual cleansing ritual performed by folk healers to remove bad luck or evil spirits, but here the cleansing is purely physical and violent.)

A: 'Dad, I am pregnant.' B: 'Damn that idiot boyfriend of yours! When I catch him I am going to dar una limpia to that bastard!'

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Panamáby Rita.AP

tunda

A severe physical beating or thrashing carried out by one or more people.

A: Did you hear Pedro got a tunda downtown so they could rob him? B: Yeah, I heard he has a broken rib and they knocked a tooth out.

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Panamáby Rita.AP

tucumano

A headbutt delivered to the opponent's forehead (the term is the demonym for someone from the Argentine province of Tucuman).

The fight started, he gave him a tucumano and knocked him to the ground.

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Argentinaby DiegoEFE

ser boleta

To be killed or to be the victim of a severe beating (in Argentina, a boleta is a ticket or receipt, and the phrase implies that someone is finished or their time is up).

Give me the money or sos boleta.

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Argentinaby DiegoEFE

Boletear

To kill someone or to give them a severe beating. It is the verb form of the slang expression 'hacer boleta', which means to finish someone off or take them out. (In Argentina, a boliche is a nightclub).

Poor kid, he left the nightclub and they boletearon him.

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Argentinaby DiegoEFE

trompear

In colloquial speech, to get into a fistfight, trade blows, or scrap (derived from trompa, a slang term for snout or mouth).

My cousins started to trompear over their dad's car.

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Perúby HUVE84

linchar

To execute or violently assault a crime suspect via mob justice without a legal trial (often a form of community vigilantism in response to a perceived lack of police authority).

In Cajamarca they lincharon a suspected child rapist.

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Perúby HUVE84

ponchar

1. To hook up or have sex. 2. To strike out a batter in baseball. 3. To miss or fail an attempt to land a blow or make a move (baseball is a major sport in Panama and much of its slang is derived from the game).

I took her to a hotel to ponchar. | He wanted to hit me, but he ponchó.

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Panamáby Rita.AP

Espolsar

To beat the dust out of bedding using a specialized handheld beater, a regional term from Murcia used to humorously show respect to linens that have been cruelly martyred by the cleaning process (the tool used is called an espolsaor).

After breakfast don't forget to espolsar the sheets.

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Españaby NikoIzq

Brear

To pummel or beat someone up repeatedly (used in the region of Murcia).

Don't fight with him or he is going to brear you.

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Españaby NikoIzq

chancar

1. To crush, mash, or grind something into bits or powder. 2. To beat someone up or give them a thrashing.

1. My mom lost the tool she used to chancar the garlic. 2. Tell him that if he doesn't give it back, I'm going to go chancar him.

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Perúby HUVE84

cascar

To beat someone up or hit them (in Colombia, it ranges from a parent giving a child a smack to a serious physical fight).

His mom is going to cascar him for not listening!

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Colombiaby HCol

Aporreao

1. Banged up, sore, or bruised after a fall or a hit. 2. Stoned or high after smoking marijuana (a play on the word porro, which means joint).

'I am feeling aporreao' or 'I ended up aporreao after hitting that chair'

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Venezuelaby Mariabarros09

Apaturrar

To squash, flatten, or crush something by applying pressure, compressing it, or hitting it.

That meat needs to be apaturrar-ed. They apaturraron me in that store (negocio is often used to refer to a physical shop).

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Venezuelaby Mariabarros09

Arreventao

A person who has just been brutally beaten or pummeled. (Dominican speakers often drop the d in words ending in ado, turning reventado into arreventao).

That poor guy you saw on the corner is an arreventao, they really beat the hell out of him.

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República Dominicanaby Esno84

tiraera

A persistent, back-and-forth verbal feud or argument between two people (often used to describe lyrical beef or diss tracks in the urban music scene).

Juan and Pedro are having a tiraera.

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Puerto Ricoby Anónimo

reventar

To bash someone or hit them very hard, or to slam into something with great force.

If you don't shut up, I'm going to reventar your mouth!!!!!

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Puerto Ricoby Anónimo

abimbao

To be completely stuffed or bloated from overeating: can also mean being physically swollen or having been badly beaten.

He ate so much he ended up abimbao. They beat him until he was abimbao.

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República Dominicanaby Anónimo

Pangar

To smash or pinch your fingers, usually by catching them in a door or drawer (common in the Caribbean region of Colombia).

I pangué my fingers in the bedroom door.

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Colombiaby Anónimo

guamear

To beat someone up or hit them hard. (Derived from the Mexican noun guamazo, which refers to a heavy blow or a punch).

If you do not give me the math homework, I am going to guamear you after school.

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Méxicoby Anónimo

Cachar

To pistol-whip someone: to hit someone with the butt of a handgun (the word tabla in the example is a common slang term for a firearm).

If you keep talking nonsense to me, I am going to cachar you with my piece.

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República Dominicanaby Anónimo

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

aruñar

To scratch something with your fingernails. It is often characterized as a tactic used by women to defend themselves against an attack or to get back at someone.

If you keep annoying me I swear I will aruño you.

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República Dominicanaby toto

Agolpiá

A slang term for a heavy beating or a beatdown. It is a more emphatic Dominican version of the word golpiza (beating) used to describe a physical thrashing with extra intensity or flavor.

That guy got a hell of an Agolpiá, they gave him everything but advice.

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República Dominicanaby Anónimo