maltratar — meaning in English
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English meaning
- 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.
- punish verb To make someone suffer a penalty for wrongdoing or misconduct.
- trample verb To crush or damage something by walking heavily on it.
- wrong adj Incorrect or not true.
Senses
maltratar is used for these senses in English:
- manhandle (transitive) To mishandle; to handle roughly; to mangle.
- maul To handle someone or something in a rough way.
- mistreat (transitive) To treat someone, or something roughly or badly.
- punish (transitive, figuratively) To treat harshly and unfairly.
- trample (by extension) To treat someone harshly.
- wrong To deprive of some right, or to withhold some act of justice.
maul — full definition
- noun A heavy hammer used for driving wedges when splitting logs, or as a weapon.
- verb To injure someone badly by tearing at them, typically said of an animal attack.
- verb To handle roughly or criticise harshly.