swat

golpear, aplastar

Dar un golpe rápido, a menudo para matar un insecto o apartarlo.

En inglés sencillo: To hit something quickly, often to kill an insect or push it away.

• She swatted a fly.
• He swatted the ball across the field.
• I tried to swat the mosquito with a newspaper.

Cómo se usa: swat something with something (She swatted the fly with a magazine.)

Sinónimos: hit, slap

Expresiones frecuentes: swat a fly, swat something away

provocar una redada con una denuncia falsa

Inventar una emergencia para que la policía armada acuda a la casa de alguien.

En inglés sencillo: To make a false emergency report so armed police are sent to someone’s home.

• Someone threatened to swat the streamer.
• A teenager swatted his rival using a false emergency call.
• Police arrested the man who had swatted several online players.

Expresiones frecuentes: swat someone online, try to swat

manotazo, golpe

Golpe rápido y fuerte dado con la mano u otro objeto.

En inglés sencillo: A quick, hard hit with a hand or another object.

• He gave the fly a swat.
• One swat sent the ball over the fence.
• She aimed a swat at the mosquito on her arm.

Cómo se usa: a swat at something (He took a swat at the fly.)

Sinónimos: slap, hit, blow

Expresiones frecuentes: give a swat, swat at something