Barely 100 metres from the Parliament building, having halted at a red light, I heard an enormous bang and the passenger-side window of my car was smashed in.

A apenas 100 metros de distancia del edificio parlamentario, me detuve con mi coche en un semáforo en rojo, cuando oí un golpe enorme y la ventana del asiento del copiloto se rompió.

smash

smash {m}

smash(also: coping, punch line, spike)

remate {m}

smash(also: rivet, spike)

remache {m}

smash(also: crash)

encontronazo {m} [coll.] (entre coches)

smash(also: smash hit, wow)

exitazo {m} [coll.]

her latest single is a smash

su último disco es un exitazo

smash(also: accident, clash, collision, crash)

choque {m}

to smash {verb}

to smash(also: to break, to break off, to break up, to bust up)

romper {vb}

the smash of the waves on the rocks

el ruido de las olas al romper contra las rocas

An ax that smashed through household furniture?

¿O de un hacha que rompió los muebles del hogar?

If, however, I pick it up and smash it over Mr Fatuzzo's head," - this is exactly what he said - "Mr Fatuzzo's head will be in pieces and the glass will not have been used for drinking".

En cambio, si yo lo cojo y se lo parto en la cabeza del Sr. Fatuzzo," - textualmente dijo esto - "Fatuzzo se rompe la cabeza y el vaso no se ha utilizado para beber."

to smash(also: to bat, to flick, to hit, to knock)

golpear {vb}

to smash

estrellar {vb}

to smash(also: to catch, to surprise, to break in pieces, to plough up)

cachar {v.t.}

to smash(also: to break, to break off, to split, to cleave)

partirse {r. v.}

to smash(also: to burst, to die of exhaustion, to work one's guts out)

reventarse {r. v.}

to smash(also: to break, to break down, to break up, to tear)

romperse {r. v.}

to smash(also: to crush)

apachurrar {vb}

to smash(also: to wreck)

cargarse {vb} [Spa.] [coll.] (romper, estropear)

to smash

clotear {v.i.} [Chile] [coll.] (jarrón)

to smash(also: to crush)

machacarse {vb} [coll.] (dedo)

to smash(also: to hit)

machucar {v.t.} [coll.] (golpear)

to smash(also: to hit)

machucarse {vb} (golpear)

to smash

partir {v.t.} (romper)

The junta has said that it is their intention to try and smash the party as a whole.

La junta ha afirmado que tiene intención de aplastar al partido en su conjunto.

I'll smash your face in

¡te voy a partir la cara!

if you don't shut up I'll smash your face in

como no te calles te voy a partir la boca

to smash(also: to break up)

picar {v.t.} (deshacer, romper)

to smash(also: to smash to pieces)

trizarse {vb} (hacerse trizas)

to smash {transitive verb}

to smash(also: to break up)

picar (piedra){v.t.}

to smash(also: to mangle, to vandalize, to shatter, to bust up)

destrozar {vb}

Forty-eight years later, that beautiful island of Sri Lanka has been smashed by a terrorist group now recognised as the most powerful terrorist organisation in the world.

Cuarenta y ocho años después, esa hermosa isla de Sri Lanka ha sido destrozada por un grupo terrorista, ahora reconocido como la organización terrorista más poderosa del mundo.

to smash(also: to break up, to fragment, to shatter)

hacer añicos {vb}

to smash(also: to drub, to put down, to bear down, to beat down)

aplastar {vb}

The junta has said that it is their intention to try and smash the party as a whole.

La junta ha afirmado que tiene intención de aplastar al partido en su conjunto.

That which makes us human, the barbarians have smashed; how can you deprive a child of water, of food, of sleep, and still be part of humanity?

Los bárbaros han aplastado lo que nos hace humanos;¿cómo se puede privar a un niño de agua, de alimentos, de sueño, y seguir formando parte de la humanidad?

That which makes us human, the barbarians have smashed; how can you deprive a child of water, of food, of sleep, and still be part of humanity?

Los bárbaros han aplastado lo que nos hace humanos; ¿cómo se puede privar a un niño de agua, de alimentos, de sueño, y seguir formando parte de la humanidad?

to smash(also: to mop up, to put down, to damp, to damp down)

sofocar {vb}

to smash(also: to do away with, to end, to kill off, to abate)

acabar con {vb}

to smash(also: to unhinge, to break up, to break, to crack)

desarticular {vb}

to smash(also: to blight, to confound, to dish, to pull apart)

echar por tierra {vb}

to smash(also: to bring down, to shatter, to devour, to explode)

destruir {vb}

Once upon a time, those who did not see the new age wanted to smash Gutenberg's printing press.

En algún momento, quienes no veían los nuevos tiempos, quisieron destruir la imprenta de Gutenberg.