scourge
 transitive verb
 flaxelar
EN He was seized and bound like a common criminal, mocked at as a fool, set aside to give place to a public robber, scourged with five thousand lashes, crowned with a crown of thorns, hustled through the streets by the jewish rabble and the Roman soldiery, stripped of his garments and hanged upon a gibbet and His side was pierced with a lance and from the wounded body of our Lord water and blood issued continually.
GL Collérono, atándoo como un delincuente vulgar, burláronse del como se fose un parvo, flaxelárono con cinco mil azoutes, coroárono cunha coroa de espiñas, empurrárono polas rúas entre a xentalla xudía e a soldadesca romana, quitáronlle a roupa e pendurárono dun patíbulo, e o Seu costado foi furado cunha lanza e do corpo ferido do Noso Señor xermolaron auga e sangue continuamente.
 Fonte: RET (2426)
noun
flaxelo
EN The dream of achieving a world without strife and violence is what led the founders of Unesco to make saving future generations from the scourge of war the organization's prime goal.
GL No que respecta á UNESCO, porque soñaran con instaura-la paz eterna e poñer termo á guerra e á violencia para sempre, os seus fundadores quixeron que a organización fixase como obxectivo primordial preserva-las xeracións vindeiras do flaxelo da guerra.
Fonte: C01 (717)
praga
EN At the beginning of the last century, the muskrats were imported for their fur from America and the present-day Czech Republic, but they soon became a veritable scourge for the inhabitants; their digging and scratching caused major damage to the dikes.
GL A comezos do século pasado estés animais importábanse, pola súa pel, de Checoslovaquia e de América, pero axiña se converteron nunha auténtica praga para os habitantes, pois ó escavar e escaravellar causaban grandes danos nos diques.
Fonte: C22 (222)
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