English dictionary, thesaurus, translations & etymology
FreeDict.com

mutilar — meaning in English

Spanish → English · translate English → Spanish instead

English meaning

  • butcher noun A person whose trade is preparing and selling meat.
  • disable verb To take away someone's ability to do something, especially by injuring them.
  • maim verb To injure someone so severely that part of their body is permanently damaged or disabled.
  • mangle verb To damage something badly by crushing, tearing, or cutting it out of shape.
  • mutilate verb To severely damage or disfigure something, often by cutting off a part.

Senses

mutilar is used for these senses in English:

  • butcher (transitive) To ruin (something), often to the point of defamation.
  • disable (chiefly, of a person) To impair the physical or mental abilities of; to cause a serious, permanent injury.
  • maim To wound seriously; to cause permanent loss of function of a limb or part of the body.
  • mangle (transitive) To change, mutilate, or disfigure by cutting, tearing, rearranging, etc.

butcher — full definition

  1. noun A person whose trade is preparing and selling meat.
  2. noun Someone who kills brutally or without mercy.
  3. verb To slaughter animals and cut up the meat for sale.
  4. verb To ruin or botch something badly.

disable — full definition

  1. verb To take away someone's ability to do something, especially by injuring them.
  2. verb To turn off or deactivate a function, especially on a device or system.

Related Spanish words