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golpe

/ˈɡolpe/, [ˈɡol.pe]

blow, hit, knock

Noun golpe m (plural golpes)

  1. hit, blow, strike
  2. punch, jab
  3. knock (door)
  4. bump, bang, bash (sound of a blow or dull impact)
  5. crowd, multitude (of people)
  6. gush (of water), gust (of wind)
  7. blast (of music)
  8. heartbeat
  9. beat; rhythm
  10. (horticulture) bunch of seedlings (in one hole)
  11. (horticulture) hole (for planting seedlings)
  12. (billiards) shot, stroke
  13. (figuratively) stroke (heat, of luck, of genius, etc.)
  14. surprise
  15. heist, job
  16. (golf, baseball) swing
  17. Ellipsis of golpe de estado (“coup d'état”)

Source: Wiktionary available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License

Examples

  • A consecuencia del golpe enloqueció.

    As a result of the blow, he became insane.

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  • La piedra que caía lo mató de un golpe.

    A blow from a falling stone killed him.

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  • La puerta se abrió de golpe.

    The door burst open.

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  • Él me devolvió el golpe.

    He hit me back.

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  • Le di un golpe en la oreja.

    I dealt him a blow on the ear.

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  • El árbol fue talado con un fuerte golpe de su hacha.

    The tree was felled with one hard blow of his ax.

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  • Tom se subió al auto y cerró de golpe la puerta.

    Tom got into the car and slammed the door shut.

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  • No puedes pegar a Tom y esperar que él no te devuelva el golpe.

    You can't hit Tom and expect him not to hit you back.

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  • Es un golpe bajo.

    That's a low blow.

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  • Tom recibió un fuerte golpe en la cabeza.

    Tom received a heavy blow on the head.

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