Meanings (ES + gloss)
acuchillamiento • cuchillada • estocada • puñalada
An act of stabbing or thrusting with an object.
A knife was flashing in his hand, and just as he was about to take a stab at me, the smith grabbed his arm from behind.
cuchillada • estocada • punzada • punzadura • puñalada
A wound made by stabbing.
I opened the man's linen robe, and there over his heart was a dagger-wound, and beneath the woman's fair breast was a like cruel stab, through which her life had ebbed away.
puñalada
Pain inflicted on a person's feelings.
“I bet you two have really big plans. And might I say, that is just fab,” he said of Lynn's dress. “I'm glad someone noticed,” she replied, seeming to take a stab at me.
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Meanings (ES + gloss)
acuchillar • apuñalar • asestar • clavar • enclavar • ennavajar • estocar
To pierce or to wound (somebody) with a (usually pointed) tool or weapon, especially a knife or dagger.
"There the cause of death was soon ascertained ; the victim of this daring outrage had been stabbed to death from ear to ear with a long, sharp instrument, in shape like an antique…
If you stab him in the heart he won't live long enough to retaliate.
punzar
To cause a sharp, painful sensation (often used with at).
The snow from the blizzard was stabbing at my face as I skied down the mountain.
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