aplastar
Meanings
Verb
1. to crush, smash, squash (transitive)
2. to flatten (transitive)
3. to squash (to put down by force or intimidation) (transitive)
4. to sit comfortably, especially by slumping down on a seat (intransitive, pronominal, colloquial, Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Colombia, Ecuador)
Examples18
Te clavaré mi guitarra / Te aplastaré con mi piano
I'll stab you with my guitar / I'll crush you with my piano
Tom aplastó la caja con su pie.
Tom crushed the box with his foot.
El pueblo fue aplastado por los impuestos.
The population was crushed by the taxes.
El rey aplastó a sus enemigos.
The king crushed his enemies.
Se aplastaron contra la pared.
They flattened themselves against the wall.
Aplastaron toda resistencia.
They crushed all resistance.