WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2025:
| Principal Translations |
| machaca nf | (instrumento para machacar) | crusher n |
| | | pounder n |
| | | grinder n |
| machaca n común | coloquial (persona que fastidia) | pest n |
| Additional Translations |
| machaca n común | coloquial (subordinado, que trabaja duro) | drudge, dogsbody n |
| machaca nm | (soldado: actúa bajo órdenes) | subordinate n |
WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2025:
| Principal Translations |
| machacar⇒ vtr | (aplastar, golpear) | crush⇒, mash⇒ vtr |
| | (with force) | batter⇒, pound⇒ vtr |
| | Cuando preparo salsa, me gusta machacar los chiles en un mortero. |
| | When I make salsa, I like to crush (or: mash) the chili peppers in a mortar. |
| machacar vtr | coloquial (repetir con insistencia) | trot out vtr phrasal insep |
| | El profesor siempre machacaba las mismas historias aburridas. |
| | The teacher always trotted out the same boring stories. |
machacar con algo,
machacar sobre algo vi + prep | coloquial (insistir, obstinarse) | harp on, harp upon vtr phrasal insep |
| | Pareces disco rayado: siempre estás machacando con lo mismo. |
| | You're like a scratched CD; you're always harping on about the same thing. |
| machacar vtr | coloquial (lastimar, cansar) | hurt⇒ vtr |
| | (figurative) | destroy⇒ vtr |
| | Regalé todos mis zapatos de tacón de aguja porque me machacaban los pies. |
| | I gave away all of my stiletto shoes because they hurt my feet. |
| Additional Translations |
| machacar vtr | ES: coloquial (vencer con ventaja) (figurative) | crush⇒, thrash⇒ vtr |
| | Nos machacaron en el partido de fútbol: perdimos por ocho a cero. |
| | They thrashed us five nil. |
| machacar vtr | ES: coloquial (estudiar mucho) (slang, UK) | swot up on vtr phrasal insep |
| | (slang) | cram⇒ vtr |
| | (informal) | bone up on, pull an all-nighter v expr |
| | (colloquial) | burn the midnight oil v expr |
| | Hay que machacar el temario para aprobar el examen. |
| | We have to swot up on the syllabus to pass the exam. |