punish

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈpʌnɪʃ/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/ˈpʌnɪʃ/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(pun′ish)

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WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2025:

Principal Translations
InglésEspañol
punish [sb]⇒ vtr (penalty for offence)castigar⇒ vtr
  sancionar⇒ vtr
Note: Ante complemento directo de persona debe usarse la preposición «a».
 The teacher punished her student for being late to class.
 El profesor castigó al estudiante por llegar tarde a clases.
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Additional Translations
InglésEspañol
punish [sth]⇒ vtr (treat harshly) (figurado)dar una paliza loc verb
  (figurado)castigar⇒ vtr
 The rider was really punishing his horse, pushing him ever faster even though it was obvious the poor animal was exhausted.
 El jinete estaba dándole una paliza a su caballo, forzándolo a pesar de que era obvio que estaba exhausto.
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'punish' aparece también en las siguientes entradas:
In the English description:
bring to justice - castigate - chastise - come down hard on - come down on - correct - crack down - deal with - discipline - do for - execute - ferule - fix sb's wagon - fix your wagon - flay alive - give a taste of your own medicine - give it to - give what for - ground - hang - keelhaul - let have it - let off - paddle - penalize - scourge - skin alive - strafe - tawse - teach a lesson - throw the book at
Spanish:
castigar - empurar - escarmenar - penar - punir - aplicar un castigo - currar - escarmentar - justiciar - cancerar - castigar a alguien por algo - flagelar - penalizar

Collocations: punish [students, your children, offenders], punished for [being late, not doing their homework, insolence, cheating], punished for your [actions, behavior, mistakes, sins], more...

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