Usage examples of "aplastar" in Spanish with translation to English

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Translations: all11 crush5 squash5 swat1
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No puedo aplastar moscas con mi libro. I cannot squash flies with my book.
Es difícil aplastar una mosca con tus propias manos. It's hard to swat a fly with your bare hand.
El rey aplastó a sus enemigos. The king crushed his enemies.
¿Has aplastado un tomate alguna vez? Have you ever squashed a tomato?
Tom aplastó la caja con su pie. Tom crushed the box with his foot.
¿Has aplastado alguna vez una mosca con la mano? Have you ever squashed a fly with your hand?
La caja fue aplastada durante el traslado y los contenidos se esparcieron por fuera. The box was crushed during transport and the contents flew out.
Aplastó el insecto con el talón de su pie. He squashed the insect with the heel of his foot.
Un examen más cercano reveló que el cráneo había sido aplastado por un fuerte golpe. Closer examination revealed that the skull had been crushed by some heavy blow.
¿Cuándo fue la última vez que aplastaste a una araña? When was the last time you squashed a spider?
Por un largo tiempo, la sociedad fue fuertemente jerárquica y desigual, compuesta principalmente de campesinos. La población más retrasada y empobrecida era aplastada por el yugo de los impuestos, guerras y hambrunas. For a long time society was strongly hierarchal and unequal, primarily composed of peasants. The most backward, impoverished population, were crushed by the weight of the taxes, wars, and famines.
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