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1 acobardar
v.1 to frighten, to scare.2 to intimidate, to daunt, to scare.* * *1 to frighten, unnerve1 to become frightened, lose one's nerve, shrink back ( ante, from)* * *1.VT (=intimidar) to intimidate, cow; (=atemorizar) to overawe, unnerve2.See:* * *1. 2.acobardarse v pron to lose one's nerve* * *= browbeat, bully.Ex. Care must be exercised in seeing that these teaching aids do not become weapons to browbeat with.Ex. The director returned to his paperwork, nothing in his heart but hot shame at having permitted himself to be bullied into submission by this disagreeable public official.----* acobardarse = wuss out, wimp out (on), wimp, chicken out (on/of), get + cold feet.* * *1. 2.acobardarse v pron to lose one's nerve* * *= browbeat, bully.Ex: Care must be exercised in seeing that these teaching aids do not become weapons to browbeat with.
Ex: The director returned to his paperwork, nothing in his heart but hot shame at having permitted himself to be bullied into submission by this disagreeable public official.* acobardarse = wuss out, wimp out (on), wimp, chicken out (on/of), get + cold feet.* * *acobardar [A1 ]vt‹persona› to unnerve, intimidatesu presencia los acobardó they found his presence unnerving o intimidatingto get frightened o scared, lose one's nerve acobardarse ANTE algo ‹ante una dificultad/un obstáculo›no hay que acobardarse ante el peligro we must not flinch in the face of dangerno se acobarda ante nada nothing daunts her, she isn't frightened o daunted by anything* * *
acobardar ( conjugate acobardar) verbo transitivo ‹ persona› to unnerve, intimidate
acobardarse verbo pronominal
to lose one's nerve;
acobardar verbo transitivo to frighten
* * *♦ vtto frighten, to scare* * *v/t intimidate* * *acobardar vtintimidar: to frighten, to intimidate -
2 acobardarse
pron.v.to be frightened, to get frightened; to flinch, to shrink back.* * *1 to become frightened, lose one's nerve, shrink back ( ante, from)* * *VPR (=asustarse) to be intimidated, get frightened; (=echarse atrás) to flinch, shrink back ( ante from, at)* * *(v.) = wuss out, wimp out (on), wimp, chicken out (on/of), get + cold feetEx. What's great about this time of year is that people wuss out and stop training during the Winter (less crowded at the pool, gym, etc.).Ex. The main reason he wimped out was that he had a cheap bike that didn't gear properly, and made it extremely hard to bike efficiently.Ex. He regards David Jull's unwillingness to take up such a proposal as an early indication that John Howard and his colleagues are wimping.Ex. So basically they are chickening out of the debate.Ex. The important thing is to be true to yourself, but should you get cold feet at the eleventh hour remember that there could be serious financial implications as well as emotional ones.* * *(v.) = wuss out, wimp out (on), wimp, chicken out (on/of), get + cold feetEx: What's great about this time of year is that people wuss out and stop training during the Winter (less crowded at the pool, gym, etc.).
Ex: The main reason he wimped out was that he had a cheap bike that didn't gear properly, and made it extremely hard to bike efficiently.Ex: He regards David Jull's unwillingness to take up such a proposal as an early indication that John Howard and his colleagues are wimping.Ex: So basically they are chickening out of the debate.Ex: The important thing is to be true to yourself, but should you get cold feet at the eleventh hour remember that there could be serious financial implications as well as emotional ones.* * *
■acobardarse verbo reflexivo
1 (sentir temor) to become frightened
2 (retraerse) to lose one's nerve o to shrink back [ante, from]
' acobardarse' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
rajarse
- acobardar
- encoger
- rajar
English:
chicken out
- quail
- chicken
* * *vprto get frightened o scared;acobardarse ante un reto to shrink back from a challenge;no se acobarda ante nada nothing scares him* * *v/r get frightened, lose one’s nerve* * *vr: to be frightened, to cower* * *acobardarse vb to be frightened
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