scourge

azote, lacra

Persona o cosa que causa graves sufrimientos o problemas a mucha gente durante largo tiempo.

En inglés sencillo: A person or thing that causes serious suffering or trouble for many people over time.

• War remains a terrible scourge.
• They worked to end the scourge of poverty.
• The cruel ruler was the scourge of the region.

Cómo se usa: the scourge of something (The region still faces the scourge of hunger.); a scourge on someone/something (The disease became a scourge on the whole community.)

Sinónimos: plague, curse, menace, affliction

Antónimos: blessing

Expresiones frecuentes: scourge of poverty, a terrible scourge, fight the scourge

látigo, azote

Látigo de cuero usado para castigar a personas u obligarlas a moverse.

En inglés sencillo: A leather whip used to punish people or force them to move.

• The guard carried a scourge.
• He struck the prisoner with a leather scourge.
• The museum displays several old scourges.

Sinónimos: whip, lash

Expresiones frecuentes: leather scourge, with a scourge, wield a scourge

azotar, atormentar

Causar grandes sufrimientos o problemas a personas o lugares durante mucho tiempo.

En inglés sencillo: To cause people or places great suffering or trouble over a long time.

• War scourged the region.
• Disease had scourged the island for years.
• Repeated droughts scourge the farming communities.

Sinónimos: afflict, torment, plague

Expresiones frecuentes: scourge a nation, scourge the land, scourge a population

azotar, flagelar

Golpear a una persona o animal con un látigo, a veces para hacer que se mueva.

En inglés sencillo: To hit a person or animal with a whip, sometimes to make them move.

• The guards scourged him.
• The driver scourged the horses forward.
• Prisoners were scourged for refusing orders.

Cómo se usa: scourge someone/something with something (The guard scourged the prisoner with a leather whip.)

Sinónimos: whip, flog, lash

Expresiones frecuentes: scourge a prisoner, scourge someone forward, scourge a horse