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Spanish
Verb
echar pestes (first-person singular present echo pestes, first-person singular preterite eché pestes, past participle echado pestes)
- (idiomatic, colloquial) to rant (at); to talk trash (about)
- Synonyms: soltar pestes, poner a parir, poner de vuelta y media
echar pestes contra alguien- to talk trash about someone
2021, Guillermo Cabrera Infante, Mapa dibujado por un espía:[…] echaron pestes menores y mayores por las opiniones suyas en Bohemia.- {{..}}they were teasing and slagging off his opinions in Bohemia.
1985, Jorge F. Catalano, Chopin, el esplendor del romanticismo:Eché pestes contra el país, contra el tiempo, contra las costumbres, contra los cerdos y el resto
1891, Benito Pérez Galdós, Ángel Guerra:Entró Ángel, echando pestes contra la iconografía moderna, y al ver al sagreño, su sorpresa y alegría hiciéronle olvidar los horrores artísticos de que abominaba.- In came Ángel, ripping to shreds modern iconography, and when he saw the man from La Sagra, he was so surprised and happy that he forgot about the artistic horrores he abhorred.