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martillo — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • flatter verb To praise someone, often more than they deserve, in order to please them or win favour.
  • gavel noun A small ceremonial mallet used by a judge, chairperson, or auctioneer to call for order or to confirm a decision.
  • hammer noun A hand tool with a heavy head, used for driving nails, breaking things apart, or shaping metal.

Senses

martillo is used for these senses in English:

  • flatter A flat-faced fulling hammer.
  • gavel A wooden mallet, used by a courtroom judge, or by a committee chairman, struck against a sounding block to quieten those present, or by an auctioneer to accept the highest bid at auction.
  • hammer (anatomy) The malleus, a small bone of the middle ear.
  • malleus (anatomy) The small hammer-shaped bone of the middle ear.

flatter — full definition

  1. verb To praise someone, often more than they deserve, in order to please them or win favour.
  2. verb To make someone or something look better than usual.

gavel — full definition

  1. noun A small ceremonial mallet used by a judge, chairperson, or auctioneer to call for order or to confirm a decision.
  2. verb To use a gavel, or to formally open or close a session by striking one.

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