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  • 21 doblegarse a

    (v.) = bow down before, bow to
    Ex. The problem was that the stiff-necked men of science refused to bow down before the idols of political expediency.
    Ex. In connection with that, I think it's the greater part of wisdom in a situation like this to bow to those who know more about the matter than I do.
    * * *
    (v.) = bow down before, bow to

    Ex: The problem was that the stiff-necked men of science refused to bow down before the idols of political expediency.

    Ex: In connection with that, I think it's the greater part of wisdom in a situation like this to bow to those who know more about the matter than I do.

    Spanish-English dictionary > doblegarse a

  • 22 someterse a

    v.
    1 to submit to, to bow to, to fall under, to subject oneself to.
    María se somete a la presión Mary submits to pressure.
    2 to abide by.
    María se somete a sus exigencias Mary abides by his demands.
    * * *
    * * *
    (v.) = truckle to, bow down before, bow to
    Ex. He knew that he could not truckle to her forever.
    Ex. The problem was that the stiff-necked men of science refused to bow down before the idols of political expediency.
    Ex. In connection with that, I think it's the greater part of wisdom in a situation like this to bow to those who know more about the matter than I do.
    * * *
    (v.) = truckle to, bow down before, bow to

    Ex: He knew that he could not truckle to her forever.

    Ex: The problem was that the stiff-necked men of science refused to bow down before the idols of political expediency.
    Ex: In connection with that, I think it's the greater part of wisdom in a situation like this to bow to those who know more about the matter than I do.

    Spanish-English dictionary > someterse a

  • 23 ídolo

    m.
    1 idol, graven image, stone figure, icon.
    2 idol, artist with many fans, movie idol, hero.
    * * *
    1 idol
    * * *
    SM idol
    * * *
    masculino idol
    * * *
    = idol, cult figure, cult hero.
    Ex. The problem was that the stiff-necked men of science refused to bow down before the idols of political expediency.
    Ex. In his early years he consciously emulated both the painterly style and persona of the much-admired artist Drouais, who became something of a cult figure in early 19th c. Paris.
    Ex. His mistaken assumption that cult heroes are supermen, and his unswerving devotion to an empirical testing of the play impose significant limitations on his account.
    ----
    * ídolo de masas = crowd-pleaser.
    * * *
    masculino idol
    * * *
    = idol, cult figure, cult hero.

    Ex: The problem was that the stiff-necked men of science refused to bow down before the idols of political expediency.

    Ex: In his early years he consciously emulated both the painterly style and persona of the much-admired artist Drouais, who became something of a cult figure in early 19th c. Paris.
    Ex: His mistaken assumption that cult heroes are supermen, and his unswerving devotion to an empirical testing of the play impose significant limitations on his account.
    * ídolo de masas = crowd-pleaser.

    * * *
    1 ( Relig) idol
    los ídolos de los jóvenes teenage idols o heroes
    * * *

    ídolo sustantivo masculino
    idol
    ídolo sustantivo masculino idol
    un ídolo de la música pop, a pop idol
    ' ídolo' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    expectante
    - lipotimia
    English:
    idol
    - cult
    - hero
    * * *
    ídolo nm
    1. [religioso] idol
    2. [persona] idol
    * * *
    idol
    * * *
    ídolo nm
    : idol
    * * *
    ídolo n idol

    Spanish-English dictionary > ídolo

  • 24 σκληροτραχηλεί

    σκληροτραχηλέω
    stiff-necked: pres ind mp 2nd sg (attic epic doric ionic)
    σκληροτραχηλέω
    stiff-necked: pres ind act 3rd sg (attic epic doric ionic)

    Morphologia Graeca > σκληροτραχηλεί

  • 25 σκληροτραχηλεῖ

    σκληροτραχηλέω
    stiff-necked: pres ind mp 2nd sg (attic epic doric ionic)
    σκληροτραχηλέω
    stiff-necked: pres ind act 3rd sg (attic epic doric ionic)

    Morphologia Graeca > σκληροτραχηλεῖ

  • 26 σκληροτράχηλον

    σκληροτράχηλος
    stiff-necked: masc /fem acc sg
    σκληροτράχηλος
    stiff-necked: neut nom /voc /acc sg

    Morphologia Graeca > σκληροτράχηλον

  • 27 τραχηλιώδεις

    τραχηλιώδης
    stiff-necked: masc /fem acc pl
    τραχηλιώδης
    stiff-necked: masc /fem nom /voc pl (attic epic)

    Morphologia Graeca > τραχηλιώδεις

  • 28 инат

    1. същ. obstinacy, stubborness, wilfulness, pigheadedness, mulishness, cussedness
    правя нещо на инат на някого do s.th. out of spite for s.o., do s.th. to spite s.o., do s.th. in defiance of s.o.
    2. прил. obstinate, stubborn. mulish, pigheaded, self-willed, wilful, refractory, obdurate
    инат като магаре as stubborn as a mule
    * * *
    ина̀т,
    м., само ед. разг.
    1. obstinacy, stubbornness, wilfulness, pigheadedness, mulishness, cussedness; правя нещо на \инат на някого do s.th. out of spite for s.o., do s.th. to spite s.o., do s.th. in defiance of s.o.;
    2. като прил. неизм. obstinate, stubborn, mulish, pig-headed, self-willed, wilful, refractory, obdurate, cussed, stiff-necked; \инат като магаре as stubborn as a mule.
    * * *
    bull-headed; cussedness; mule; mulish; stiff-necked; stubborn: You are as инат as a mule. - Упорит си като магаре.; stubbornness
    * * *
    1. ИНАТ като магаре as stubborn as a mule 2. правя нещо на ИНАТ на някого do s.th. out of spite for s.o., do s.th. to spite s.o., do s.th. in defiance of s.o. 3. прил. obstinate, stubborn. mulish, pigheaded, self-willed, wilful, refractory, obdurate 4. същ. obstinacy, stubborness, wilfulness, pigheadedness, mulishness, cussedness

    Български-английски речник > инат

  • 29 SVÍRI

    m.
    1) neck, esp. of an ox;
    * * *
    a, m. [A. S. swîra], the neck, esp. of an ox or beast of burden; beygt hefi ek svíra á feitari bukkum en þú ert, bowed the neck, metaphor from an ox under the yoke, Fms. xi. 237; þit brutuð svíra minna andskota, Th. 9; saur-stokkinn svíri, Fms. vi. (in a verse); til svíra, Þd. 7; hár vigra söngr of svírum, Hornklofi; lýðr þessi er með hörðum svíra, stiff-necked, Stj. 312 (harð-svíraðr, stiff-necked); herða þeir sinn svíra gegn Guði, 639; en er blóðit út springr af svíranum (= strjúpi), Karl. 56: svíra vín = blood, Km. 7.
    II. a bust, image; svírar ok mannlíkan tvau gylld með kopar, Dipl. iii. 4.
    2. of the beaks of a ship of war at stem and stern; var hvárr-tveggi svírinn (both fore and aft), ok svá stafninn, með gulli lagðr, Fms. i. 179, Hkr. i. 284; sporðrinn ok svírarnir báðir, iii. 25; búnir enni-spænir ok svírarnir, Fms. v. 304; búnir svírar, vii. 51 (in a verse).
    III. Svíri, the local name of a neck-shaped ridge in Brekka Gils-fjörðr in western Icel.

    Íslensk-ensk orðabók > SVÍRI

  • 30 contumāx

        contumāx ācis, adj. with comp.    [com-+ 1 TEM-], insolent, unyielding, obstinate, stiff-necked: quis contumacior?: animus, Ta.: voltus, Cu.: lima, Ph.
    * * *
    contumacis (gen.), contumacior -or -us, contumacissimus -a -um ADJ
    proud/unyielding/stubborn/defiant; (usu. bad); insolent/stiff-necked/obstinate; willfully disobedient to decree/summons; not yielding, immovable (things)

    Latin-English dictionary > contumāx

  • 31 itsepintainen

    yks.nom. itsepintainen; yks.gen. itsepintaisen; yks.part. itsepintaista; yks.ill. itsepintaiseen; mon.gen. itsepintaisten itsepintaisien; mon.part. itsepintaisia; mon.ill. itsepintaisiin
    importunate (adje)
    obdurate (adje)
    obstinate (adje)
    persistent (adje)
    pertinacious (adje)
    pressing (adje)
    stiff-necked (adje)
    stubborn (adje)
    tenacious (adje)
    tough (adje)
    unbending (adje)
    urgent (adje)
    * * *
    • persistent
    • tough
    • stiff-necked
    • tenacious
    • unbending
    • unshaken
    • unyelding
    • urgent
    • subborn
    • wilful
    • willful
    • pertinacious
    • refractory
    • stubborn
    • dogged
    • obstinate
    • obdurate
    • importunate
    • pressing

    Suomi-Englanti sanakirja > itsepintainen

  • 32 надменный

    1) General subject: ( as) proud as Lucifer, aloof, arrogant, assuming, bumbling, cavalier, disdainful, haught, haughty, high minded, high stomached, high-stomached, highty tighty, highty-tighty, hoity toity, hoity-toity, huffish, huffy, imperious, insolent, lofty, lordly, overly, proud, proud stomached, puffed, puffed up, puffed-up, snippy, sovereign, sovran, stiff as a ramrod, sublime, supercilious, upstage, wrapped in cellophane, prancing
    2) Colloquial: bumptious
    4) Rare: high-minded, tossy
    5) Religion: stiff-necked
    6) Psychology: superior
    7) Scottish language: paughty, prideful
    10) Taboo: stiff-assed

    Универсальный русско-английский словарь > надменный

  • 33 स्तम्भ् _stambh

    स्तम्भ् 1 Ā.; 5, 9 P. (स्तम्भते, स्तभ्नोति, स्तभ्नाति, स्तम्भित or स्तब्ध; the स् of the root being changed to ष् after prepositions ending in इ or उ and also after अव)
    1 To stop, hinder, arrest, suppress; कण्ठः स्तम्भितबाष्पवृत्ति- कलुषः Ś.5.4.
    -2 To make firm or stiff, to make immoveable.
    -3 To stupefy, paralyze, benumb; प्राणा दध्वंसिरे गात्रं तस्मम्भे च प्रिये हते Bk.14.55.
    -4 To prop support, uphold, sustain.
    -5 To become stiff, rigid or immoveable.
    -6 To be proud or elated, be stiff-necked.
    -7 To occupy, spread; ततः पुण्याहघोषो$भूद्दिवं स्तब्ध्वेव भारत Mb.12.38.19. (The following verse illus- trates the root in its different conjugations:-- स्तम्भते पुरुषः प्रायो यौवनेन धनेन च । न स्तभ्नाति क्षितीशो$पि न स्तभ्नोति युवाप्यसौ ॥). -Caus. (स्तम्भयति-ते)
    1 To stop, arrest.
    -2 To make firm or regid.
    -3 To paralyze.
    -4 To prop, support.
    -5 To suppress, check.

    Sanskrit-English dictionary > स्तम्भ् _stambh

  • 34 taipumaton

    yks.nom. taipumaton; yks.gen. taipumattoman; yks.part. taipumatonta; yks.ill. taipumattomaan; mon.gen. taipumattomien taipumatonten; mon.part. taipumattomia; mon.ill. taipumattomiin
    dour (adje)
    immovable (adje)
    indeclinable (adje)
    inexorable (adje)
    inflexible (adje)
    intractable (adje)
    obdurate (adje)
    stiff (adje)
    stubborn (adje)
    tough (adje)
    unbending (adje)
    uncompromising (adje)
    undeclinable (adje)
    unyielding (adje)
    * * *
    • stubborn
    • willful
    • wilful
    • unyielding
    • unyelding
    • unshaken
    • undeclinable
    • uncompromising
    • dour
    • tough
    • stiff-necked
    • stiff
    • refractory
    • obdurate
    • nonbending
    • nonbender
    • inflexible
    • inexorable
    • hardened
    • unbending

    Suomi-Englanti sanakirja > taipumaton

  • 35 harð-svíraðr

    adj. hard-necked, stiff-necked.

    Íslensk-ensk orðabók > harð-svíraðr

  • 36 tvrdoglav

    bull headed, opinionated, unruly
    * * *
    • dogged
    • unyielding
    • wayward
    • willful
    • self opinioned
    • stiff
    • stiff necked
    • stubborn
    • intractable
    • froward
    • obstreperous
    • opinionated
    • obdurate
    • obstinate
    • pertinacious
    • perverse
    • piggish
    • pigheaded
    • refractory
    • restive

    Hrvatski-Engleski rječnik > tvrdoglav

  • 37 uporan

    stubborn, persistent, obstinate
    * * *
    • determined
    • dogged
    • urgent
    • wilful
    • stiff
    • steady
    • staunch
    • steadfast
    • sticky
    • stiff necked
    • sturdy
    • tenacious
    • pressing
    • intensive
    • froward
    • importunate
    • headstrong
    • aggressive
    • assertive
    • obstinate
    • obdurate
    • persistent
    • persisting
    • pertinacious
    • patient
    • relentless
    • refractory

    Hrvatski-Engleski rječnik > uporan

  • 38 peräänantamaton

    yks.nom. peräänantamaton; yks.gen. peräänantamattoman; yks.part. peräänantamatonta; yks.ill. peräänantamattomaan; mon.gen. peräänantamattomien peräänantamatonten; mon.part. peräänantamattomia; mon.ill. peräänantamattomiin
    stubborn (adje)
    tenacious (adje)
    uncompromising (adje)
    unyielding (adje)
    * * *
    • tough
    • insistent
    • inflexible
    • persistent
    • resolute
    • unyielding
    • unyelding
    • stiff-necked
    • determined
    • stiff
    • uncompromising
    • energetic
    • stubborn
    • tenacious
    • unbending
    • steadfast

    Suomi-Englanti sanakirja > peräänantamaton

  • 39 obstipe

    obstīpus, a, um, adj. [ob-stipes], bent or inclined to one side; opp. to rectus ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose).
    I.
    In gen., oblique, shelving:

    omnia mendose fieri atque obstipa, necesse est,

    Lucr. 4. 517: obstitum (leg. obstipum) obliquum, Enn. Libr. XVI.: montibus obstitis (leg. obstipis) obstantibus, unde oritur nox. Et in Libr. VIII.: amplius exaugere obstipolumve (leg. opstipo lumine) solis. Caecilius in imbros (leg. Imbris): resupina obstito (leg. obstipo) capitulo sibi ventum facere cunicula (leg. tunicula). Lucretius: omnia, etc.; v. supra, Paul. ex Fest. p. 193 Müll.; v. Müll. ad loc.; and cf. Enn. Ann. v. 290 and 407 Vahl.; and Trag. Rel. p. 44 Rib.—
    B.
    Esp.
    1.
    Bent or drawn back, said of the stiff neck of a proud person:

    cervix rigida et obstipa,

    Suet. Tib. 68.—
    2.
    Bent forward, bent or bowed down:

    stes capite obstipo, multum similis metuenti,

    Hor. S. 2, 5, 92.—So of one lost in thought:

    obstipo capite et figentes lumine terram,

    Pers. 3, 80.—
    3.
    Bent or inclined to one side, of the dragon's head, a translation of the Gr. loxon karê:

    obstipum caput et tereti cervice reflexum,

    Cic. Arat. N. D. 2, 42, 107; cf. Col. 7, 10, 1.—
    II.
    Transf., stiff - necked, obstinate, perverse (eccl. Lat.), Jul. ap. Aug. c. Sec. Resp. Jul. 3, 38.—Hence, obstīpē, adv., perversely, Jul. ap. Aug. c. Sec. Resp. Jul. 6, 25.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > obstipe

  • 40 obstipus

    obstīpus, a, um, adj. [ob-stipes], bent or inclined to one side; opp. to rectus ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose).
    I.
    In gen., oblique, shelving:

    omnia mendose fieri atque obstipa, necesse est,

    Lucr. 4. 517: obstitum (leg. obstipum) obliquum, Enn. Libr. XVI.: montibus obstitis (leg. obstipis) obstantibus, unde oritur nox. Et in Libr. VIII.: amplius exaugere obstipolumve (leg. opstipo lumine) solis. Caecilius in imbros (leg. Imbris): resupina obstito (leg. obstipo) capitulo sibi ventum facere cunicula (leg. tunicula). Lucretius: omnia, etc.; v. supra, Paul. ex Fest. p. 193 Müll.; v. Müll. ad loc.; and cf. Enn. Ann. v. 290 and 407 Vahl.; and Trag. Rel. p. 44 Rib.—
    B.
    Esp.
    1.
    Bent or drawn back, said of the stiff neck of a proud person:

    cervix rigida et obstipa,

    Suet. Tib. 68.—
    2.
    Bent forward, bent or bowed down:

    stes capite obstipo, multum similis metuenti,

    Hor. S. 2, 5, 92.—So of one lost in thought:

    obstipo capite et figentes lumine terram,

    Pers. 3, 80.—
    3.
    Bent or inclined to one side, of the dragon's head, a translation of the Gr. loxon karê:

    obstipum caput et tereti cervice reflexum,

    Cic. Arat. N. D. 2, 42, 107; cf. Col. 7, 10, 1.—
    II.
    Transf., stiff - necked, obstinate, perverse (eccl. Lat.), Jul. ap. Aug. c. Sec. Resp. Jul. 3, 38.—Hence, obstīpē, adv., perversely, Jul. ap. Aug. c. Sec. Resp. Jul. 6, 25.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > obstipus

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