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él clavó

stuck, drove in, pierced

→ clavar
clav to drive in, nail, stab + ó 3rd-person singular preterite
verb · 3rd-person singular, past tense Rare #45,005
stuck, drove in, pierced In these examples, it describes piercing or driving something sharp into someone or something.
SP: Se clavó una espina en el dedo.
EN: She got a thorn stuck in her finger.
Conjugation of clavar
Indicative past
SingularPlural
Third clavó —

Tom le clavó las costillas a Mary.

Tom stabbed Mary in the ribs.

¡Ella te clavó sus uñas!

She dug her nails into you!

— Laurence Anyways (2012)

Él le clavó su cuchillo al árbol.

He stuck his knife into the tree.

¿Se clavó?

Did it get stuck?

— Exterminio: El templo de huesos (2026)

Me clavó una navaja en las tripas.

He stabbed me in the guts with a knife.

— Los excéntricos Tenenbaums (2001)