arrasado

razed

adjective ah-rrah-SAH-doh Rare

Also means

devastated

Usage Note

Arrasado is the past participle of arrasar (to raze, to sweep away) used as an adjective. It describes a place completely destroyed or swept flat — un pueblo arrasado por el fuego (a village razed by fire). Figuratively, con los ojos arrasados en lágrimas (eyes brimming with tears) is a fixed literary expression that learners will encounter in prose. The feminine form is arrasada.

Examples

"El incendio dejó el bosque completamente arrasado."

Natural Translation

The fire left the forest completely devastated.

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