Meanings (ES + gloss)
azotar • dar un portazo
To shut with sudden force so as to produce a shock and noise.
Britain’s borders: wide open to Covid, slammed shut for people in need [title]
Don't slam the door!
azotar • dejar caer
To put in or on a particular place with force and loud noise. (Often followed by a preposition such as down, against or into.)
Don't slam that trunk down on the pavement!
The New South Wales police commissioner has defended the officer who was filmed slamming an Indigenous boy face-first on to a pavement in Sydney, saying the officer “had a bad day”…
azotar
To strike forcefully with some implement.
But Wolves went in front when Steven Fletcher headed in Stephen Hunt's cross and it was 2-0 when Geoffrey Mujangi Bia slammed in his first for the club.
calumniar • derramar ponzoña
To speak badly of; to criticize forcefully.
Don't ever slam me in front of the boss like that again!
Union leaders slammed the new proposals.
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