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1 grovel
'ɡrovlpast tense, past participle - grovelled; verb(to make oneself (too) humble: He grovelled before his leader.) humillarse, rebajarse, arrastrarsetr['grɒvəl]1 humillarse, rebajarse, arrastrarse■ stop grovelling to the teacher! ¡deja de humillarte ante el profesor!2 arrastrarse, postrarse, prosternarse\SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALLto grovel at somebody's feet postrarse a los pies de alguien1) crawl: arrastrarse2) : humillarse, postrarseto grovel before someone: postrarse ante alguienv.• arrastrarse v.• envilecer v.• humillar v.• rebajarse v.'grɑːvəl, 'grɒvəlyou'll have to grovel before he'll give you a pay increase — tendrás que arrastrarte a sus pies para que te dé un aumento
['ɡrɒvl]VI (lit, fig) arrastrarse (to ante)* * *['grɑːvəl, 'grɒvəl]
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