Translation for "chastise him" to spanish

Chastise him

• castigarlo
• castigalle

Translation examples

castigarlo

He attempted a flagrant insolence, and I was about to chastise him.
Intentó una flagrante insolencia, y estaba a punto de castigarle como corresponde.

Vera knows she should chastise him, but his smile is so infectious that she is lost.
Vera sabe que debería castigarlo, pero su sonrisa es tan contagiosa que la desarma.

Her way of greeting Talley was to throw her hands up in despair and chastise him.
Su manera de saludar a Talley era levantar las manos en actitud de supuesta desesperación y castigarlo.

But the young man answered bitterly, “Shall I not chastise him, being older brother to him and his father gone?
Pero el joven contestaba amargamente: –¿No debo castigarle, siendo yo su hermano mayor y habiendo muerto nuestro padre?