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pound

Main Entry: ¹pound

Function: transitive verb

Language: English

1 crush : machacar, machucar, majar
2 beat : golpear, machacar <she pounded the lessons into them : les machacaba las lecciones> <he pounded home his point : les hizo entender su razonamiento>

intransitive verb

1 beat : palpitar (dícese del corazón)
2 resound : retumbar, resonar
3 : andar con paso pesado <we pounded through the mud : caminamos pesadamente por el barro>

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