Violent Words

Acribillar – to ridlde with bullits
Ajuste de cuentas – revenge
Ametrallar – to machinegun someone
Atropellar – to run over with a car
Asesino a sueldo – hired killer
Balear – to shoot
Dar una paliza – to beat someone
Dar una lección – to teach a lesson to someone
Degollar – to cut someone’s throat
Descuatizar – quarter someone
Despachar – to kill someone
Destruir el pueblo a balazos – to shoot up the town
Diezmembrar – to dismember
Disparar contra – to shoot at
Escopetar – to shotgun
Estrangular – to strangle
Garrotear – to beat with a stick
Gatillero – a triggerman or killer
Linchar – to lynch
Matar – to kill
Matar a golpes – to beat to death
Matar a pedradas to stone to death
Matar a tiros – to shoot to death
Matón – a bully
Romper o partir la madre – to someone’s ass
Sicario – a paid assassin
Ultimar – to kill
Valpulear – to beat
Victimizar – to victimize
Volverle la cara al revés – to turn someone’s face inside out

Tiquismos

  • Leñear – to beat with a stick
  • Madrear – to hit
  • Pichasear – to hit (vulgar)