Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Spanish term or phrase:
a puro leño
English translation:
to club (someone) to death
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Marcelo González
Mar 1, 2020 22:32
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Would anyone be able to tell me what this phrase, I believe used mostly in Costa Rica, means? I have done a lot of web searches and although I have seen it used in context, I can't find specifically what it means. Here was the context in which it was used:
Pero si, hay otros países que si lo hacen, que si se ve en Facebook, creo que en Japón también hacen hasta… no sé, que lo llevan a la orilla y lo matan a puro leño, a los pobres.
This was a transcript and I was charged with translating it to English.
Thanks in advance for your help.
Pero si, hay otros países que si lo hacen, que si se ve en Facebook, creo que en Japón también hacen hasta… no sé, que lo llevan a la orilla y lo matan a puro leño, a los pobres.
This was a transcript and I was charged with translating it to English.
Thanks in advance for your help.
Proposed translations
(English)
| 3 +3 | to club (someone) to death |
Marcelo González
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References
| a palos / a golpes |
Beatriz Ramírez de Haro
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Mar 16, 2020 00:47: Marcelo González Created KOG entry
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Marcelo González
United States
United States
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Spanish term (edited):
matar a puro leño
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to club (someone) to death
a leño > a palo = to club --- as a verb it sounds more natural in English
They club them to death
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Note added at 9 hrs (2020-03-02 08:26:44 GMT)
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My pleasure, Marisa :-)
They club them to death
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Note added at 9 hrs (2020-03-02 08:26:44 GMT)
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My pleasure, Marisa :-)
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Beatriz Ramírez de Haro
Spain
Spain
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Works in: English to Spanish, French to Spanish, Spanish
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Reference:
a palos / a golpes
Ejemplos de esta expresión en Latinoamérica
UNIVERSIDAD RAFAEL LANDÍVAR FACULTAD DE ...biblio3.url.edu.gt › 2012/05/01 › Gonzalez-Karin
aquí se educa mucho a puro leño, pero en mi casa no, yo odio eso. En mi casa prefiero razonar y hablar,
Los migrantes que infestan - Agencia Prensa Ruralwww.prensarural.org › spip › spip › article17076-
Los migrantes que infestan saltan las murallas, los tratan de canallas, de ladrones de sueños, los muelen a puro leño y los deportan sin piedad
Cuentos populares de bandidos mágicos en Guatemala: las ...books.google.es › books-
Celso A. Lara Figueroa - 1999 - Folklore
Ya se lo llevaron preso, a puro leño el pobre para la cárcel,
UNIVERSIDAD RAFAEL LANDÍVAR FACULTAD DE ...biblio3.url.edu.gt › 2012/05/01 › Gonzalez-Karin
aquí se educa mucho a puro leño, pero en mi casa no, yo odio eso. En mi casa prefiero razonar y hablar,
Los migrantes que infestan - Agencia Prensa Ruralwww.prensarural.org › spip › spip › article17076-
Los migrantes que infestan saltan las murallas, los tratan de canallas, de ladrones de sueños, los muelen a puro leño y los deportan sin piedad
Cuentos populares de bandidos mágicos en Guatemala: las ...books.google.es › books-
Celso A. Lara Figueroa - 1999 - Folklore
Ya se lo llevaron preso, a puro leño el pobre para la cárcel,
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