Translation for "apabullar" to english

Apabullar

verb

• crush
• squash

Translation examples

crush verb

—En tal caso, lo apabullaré con mi magnificencia, para alegrarle —dijo ella.
“Then I shall crush him with my magnificence, so as to gladden him,” she said.

Pero, a juicio de Mary, si Georgiana esperaba apabullar a Cal por ese medio, erró el cálculo, porque el mozo no dio la más mínima señal de haber visto ni oído nada.
But, according to Mary, if Georgiana had expected to crush Cal by this means, she had reckoned falsely. Cal apparently neither saw nor heard her.

Discutían por cualquier cosa, los militares, la censura, la economía, los secuestros, las bombas, los diarios, la represión, el petróleo, mientras la abuela suspiraba y mamá terciaba a favor de papá pero con mesura, no fuese cosa de apabullar al abuelo y pudrirlo todo.
They argued about the army, censorship, the economy, the disappearances, the bombings, the newspapers, the repression, petrol, while grandma heaved loud sighs and mamá took papá’s side, though she was more measured than he was – it was important not to crush grandpa and ruin things completely.

squash verb

Se va a apabullar la semana que viene.
It's getting squashed next week.