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castigar

[kastiˈɡaɾ]

verb

LanguageSpanish (Spain)

Meaning
  1. to punish, to castigate
  2. to ground, gate
  3. to punish
  4. To impose a penalty on someone because they have done something wrong or disobeyed a rule.
Examples

El profesor tuvo que castigar al alumno por su mal comportamiento.

The teacher had to punish the student for his bad behavior.

Pronunciationkastiˈɡaɾ

Part of speechverb

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Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.