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pedrada

stone throw

noun peh-DRAH-dah Rare
People & Society Crime

Also means

blow from a stone

Usage Note

Pedrada is a 'blow-noun' formed from piedra (stone) + -ada, a suffix that regularly forms nouns meaning a blow or hit. The phrase a pedradas means 'by throwing stones' — los expulsaron a pedradas (they drove them out with stones). The variant matar dos pájaros de una pedrada exists, though the usual form is de un tiro.

Examples

"La ventana se rompió de una pedrada."

Natural Translation

The window was broken by a stone throw.

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