guillotinar

Senses

1. 1.

   to guillotine

   to execute by guillotine; to behead with a guillotine

2. 2.

   to guillotine (figurative)

   to cut or trim abruptly, especially paper or cloth with a guillotine-type cutting machine

Examples

• "Durante la Revolución Francesa, muchos nobles fueron guillotinados."

  During the French Revolution, many nobles were guillotined.

• "La imprenta guillotina el papel para obtener hojas de tamaño uniforme."

  The printing press guillotines the paper to obtain sheets of uniform size.

• "El verdugo guillotinó al condenado en la plaza pública."

  The executioner guillotined the condemned man in the public square.

Usage

A formal, somewhat literary verb related to the historical instrument of execution. Widely used in historical contexts and occasionally in industrial/printing contexts for the cutting machine. Regular -ar verb conjugation (guillotino, guillotinas, etc.).