flay

/fleɪ/

Translation

› (un animal)

⇨ despellejar

›

⇨ flagelar

to flay sb alive (inform)

⇨ despellejar vivo,va

He'll be flayed alive when his parents find it out

Sus padres lo van a despellejar vivo cuando se enteren

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

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