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

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Las tijeras son para cortar pero pueden usarse también para apuñalar. Scissors are meant for cutting but can also be used to stab.

¡Me apuñaló por la espalda! He stabbed me in the back!

Tom fue apuñalado hasta la muerte. Tom was stabbed to death.

Estuve a punto de ser apuñalado. I was about to be stabbed.

Apuñalaron a Tom en el brazo. Tom got stabbed in the arm.

Ella lo apuñaló con un cuchillo. She stabbed him with a knife.

Ella me apuñaló por la espalda. She stabbed him in the back.

A Tom le apuñalaron con un cuchillo. Tom was stabbed with a knife.

Tom apuñaló a Mary por la espalda. Tom stabbed Mary in the back.

Tom apuñaló a Mary con una lanza. Tom stabbed Mary with a spear.

Tom apuñaló a Mary con un cuchillo de cazador. Tom stabbed Mary with a hunting knife.

Tom fue apuñalado hasta la muerte por alguien en el metro. Tom was stabbed to death by someone on the subway.

Oí que una mujer apuñaló a un hombre por comerse su almuerzo. I heard that a woman stabbed a man for eating her lunch.

Alguien apuñaló a Tom con un pica hielo, pero ya está bien. Someone stabbed Tom with an ice pick, but he's OK now.

La policía piensa que Tom fue apuñalado antes que le rajaran la garganta. The police think that Tom was stabbed before his throat was slit.

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