aplastar

aplastar (present tense aplastas, past tense aplastis, future tense aplastos, imperative aplastez, conditional aplastus)

1. to crush, to squeeze, to squash, to swat (soft objects)
2. (figuratively) to oppress

Conjugation of aplastar

		present		past		future
infinitive		aplastar		aplastir		aplastor
tense		aplastas		aplastis		aplastos
conditional		aplastus		—		—
imperative		aplastez		—		—
adjective active participle		aplastanta		aplastinta		aplastonta
adverbial active participle		aplastante		aplastinte		aplastonte
nominal active participle	singular	aplastanto		aplastinto		aplastonto
	plural	aplastanti		aplastinti		aplastonti
adjective passive participle		aplastata		aplastita		aplastota
adverbial passive participle		aplastate		aplastite		aplastote
nominal passive participle	singular	aplastato		aplastito		aplastoto
	plural	aplastati		aplastiti		aplastoti

From a- +‎ plasta (“flattened object”, noun) +‎ -ar.

• IPA^(key): /aplasˈtaɾ/ [a.plasˈt̪aɾ]

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• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: a‧plas‧tar

aplastar (first-person singular present aplasto, first-person singular preterite aplasté, past participle aplastado)

1. (transitive) to crush, smash, squash
2. (transitive) to flatten
3. (transitive) to squash (to put down by force or intimidation)
4. (intransitive, pronominal, colloquial, Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Colombia, Ecuador) to sit comfortably, especially by slumping down on a seat

• “aplastar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
• “aplastar”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010