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mazzolato

English translation: pounded / beaten to death

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Italian term or phrase:mazzolato
English translation:pounded / beaten to death
Entered by: Ernesto Samper Nieto

17:45 Sep 8, 2003
Italian to English translations [Non-PRO]
Italian term or phrase: mazzolato
The execution type will be by
mazzalto.
phyllis tugman-alexander
pounded / beaten to death
Explanation:
Actually, this pair is Italian>English and not Spanish>English. Mazzolato means, literally, "beaten or pounded to death", as opposed to "guillotined" (decapitato), as seen in the following excerpt from the Count of Montecristo by Alexandre Dumas. See reference.

"Not at all; on the contrary, you will give me great pleasure. You will, one or other of you, perhaps both, return it to me at Paris. M. Bertuccio, lay covers for three." He then took Franz's tablets out of his hand. "`We announce,' he read, in the same tone with which he would have read a newspaper, `that to-day, the 23d of February, will be executed Andrea Rondolo, guilty of murder on the person of the respected and venerated Don Cesare Torlini, canon of the church of St. John Lateran, and Peppino, called Rocca Priori, convicted of complicity with the detestable bandit Luigi Vampa, and the men of his band.' Hum! `The first will be mazzolato, the second decapitato.' Yes," continued the count, "it was at first arranged in this way; but I think since yesterday some change has taken place in the order of the ceremony."
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Summary of answers provided
5 +3pounded / beaten to death
Ernesto Samper Nieto
5 +2mazzolato
Alfredo Gonzalez
5 +2bludgeoned to death
Sean Lyle
4blows (from a mallet)
Giovanna Cerruti


  

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mazzolato


Explanation:
Mazzolato: Knocked on the head, as opposed to having your head cut off.

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Note added at 8 mins (2003-09-08 17:54:32 GMT)
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AquĆ­ una referencia de El Conde de Montecristo:

http://www.bibliotecasvirtuales.com/biblioteca/dumas/ElConde...

saludos

Alfredo Gonzalez
Local time: 00:08
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish

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pounded / beaten to death


Explanation:
Actually, this pair is Italian>English and not Spanish>English. Mazzolato means, literally, "beaten or pounded to death", as opposed to "guillotined" (decapitato), as seen in the following excerpt from the Count of Montecristo by Alexandre Dumas. See reference.

"Not at all; on the contrary, you will give me great pleasure. You will, one or other of you, perhaps both, return it to me at Paris. M. Bertuccio, lay covers for three." He then took Franz's tablets out of his hand. "`We announce,' he read, in the same tone with which he would have read a newspaper, `that to-day, the 23d of February, will be executed Andrea Rondolo, guilty of murder on the person of the respected and venerated Don Cesare Torlini, canon of the church of St. John Lateran, and Peppino, called Rocca Priori, convicted of complicity with the detestable bandit Luigi Vampa, and the men of his band.' Hum! `The first will be mazzolato, the second decapitato.' Yes," continued the count, "it was at first arranged in this way; but I think since yesterday some change has taken place in the order of the ceremony."



    Reference: http://www.literature.org/authors/dumas-alexandre/the-count-...
Ernesto Samper Nieto
Colombia
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Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
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bludgeoned to death


Explanation:
or, "clubbed to death"

A "mazzuola" is a bludgeon, or club.

A form of punishment in the Italian republics at least in 17th and 18th centuries, combined as an exemplary punishment, as with hanging in England, with drawing and quartering.

By the way, as a matter of interest, why was it said to be Spanish, and why "Technical/Engineering"?

Sean Lyle
Local time: 07:08
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish

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blows (from a mallet)


Explanation:
The execution type will be by blows from a mallet
or
The execution type will be by mallet

ciao

Giovanna Cerruti
Italy
Native speaker of: Native in ItalianItalian
PRO pts in pair: 191
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