hunt down

dar caza, perseguir y capturar

Buscar y perseguir a una persona o animal hasta capturarlo o matarlo.

En inglés sencillo: To search for and follow a person or animal until you catch or kill them.

• The police hunted down the thief.
• Hunters tracked the wolf for days before hunting it down.
• They finally hunted down the prisoner who had escaped last month.

Cómo se usa: hunt someone/something down (The police hunted the escaped prisoner down.)

Sinónimos: track down, capture

Expresiones frecuentes: hunt down someone, hunt down an animal, hunt down the suspect

localizar, encontrar

Encontrar a alguien o algo después de una búsqueda larga o difícil.

En inglés sencillo: To find someone or something after a long or difficult search.

• I finally hunted down the book.
• She hunted down an old friend through an online group.
• Can you hunt down a spare part for this washing machine?

Cómo se usa: hunt someone/something down (I hunted the book down in a secondhand shop.)

Sinónimos: track down, find, locate

Expresiones frecuentes: hunt down something, hunt down a copy, hunt down an address

perseguir y exterminar

Perseguir violentamente a personas para matarlas o destruir su grupo.

En inglés sencillo: To pursue people violently in order to kill them or destroy their group.

• The regime hunted down its opponents.
• Armed groups hunted down families who had fled the fighting.
• Survivors feared they would be hunted down and killed.

Cómo se usa: hunt someone down (The soldiers hunted them down after the village fell.)

Sinónimos: persecute, exterminate

Expresiones frecuentes: hunt down enemies, hunt down someone, hunt down survivors