astonish

UK: /əˈstɒn.ɪʃ/ US: /-ˈstɑː.nɪʃ/ [astonishes]

Translation

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⇨ asombrar

⇨ dejar pasmado,da

He astonished everyone when he said he was getting married

Dejó pasmado a todo el mundo cuando anunció su boda

(Definition of astonish v from the Diccionario Cambridge Compact English-Spanish © Cambridge University Press and Ediciones SM 2011)

to get rid of something or someone that is not wanted or needed

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