Polyglot Dictionary

paliza

/paˈlisa/

la noun B2

el (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
las palizas

Meaning

  1. beating

    • Le dieron una paliza.

      They beat him up.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

zurra

paliza and zurra are close synonyms for "beating"; zurra is slightly more colloquial or old-fashioned.

Similar in other languages

Portuguese

sova

sova is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "beating."

Practice

1 What does paliza mean?

2 Fill the gap: Le dieron una ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches paliza?

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