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pulverizar

to pulverise

verb pool-beh-ree-SAHR Rare

Also means

to smash (a record)

Usage Note

Pulverizar literally means to reduce to powder or spray a liquid, but in sports and journalism it is widely used figuratively to mean shattering a record (pulverizó el récord mundial). It is a regular -ar verb. The noun pulverizador (m) means a sprayer or atomiser.

Examples

"El atleta pulverizó el récord mundial."

Natural Translation

The athlete smashed the world record.

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