maltratar — meaning in English
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English meaning
- bully noun A person who deliberately mistreats, threatens, or intimidates others they see as weaker.
- maltreat verb To treat someone or something cruelly or unfairly.
- maul noun A heavy hammer used for driving wedges when splitting logs, or as a weapon.
- mistreat verb To treat someone or something badly or cruelly.
- torment noun Severe physical or mental suffering.
- wrong adj Incorrect or not true.
Senses
maltratar is used for these senses in English:
- bully (transitive) To act aggressively towards.
- maltreat To treat badly, to abuse. [from 18th c.]
- maul To handle someone or something in a rough way.
- maul (figuratively) To criticise harshly.
- mistreat (transitive) To treat someone, or something roughly or badly.
- torment (transitive) To cause severe suffering to (stronger than to vex but weaker than to torture.)
- wrong To treat unjustly; to injure or harm; to do wrong by.
bully — full definition
- noun A person who deliberately mistreats, threatens, or intimidates others they see as weaker.
- verb To intimidate or act aggressively toward someone, typically someone perceived as weaker.
- adj Excellent or first-rate (dated, informal).
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