Agachar el moño
English translation: bow your head and conform
| GLOSSARY ENTRY (DERIVED FROM QUESTION BELOW) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
| 20:31 Aug 5, 2010 |
| Spanish to English translations [PRO] Slang / Idioms and expressions | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
| ||||||
|  Selected response from: Jennifer Levey Chile Local time: 07:02 | ||||||
Grading comment
| |||||||
| Summary of answers provided | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 +1 | to be under the thumb/someone's thumb |
| ||
| 4 | To bow down to |
| ||
| 4 | to knuckle under |
| ||
| 3 | to give in |
| ||
| 3 | bow your head and conform |
|
Answers
19 mins confidence: 
to give in Explanation: creo que esto es lo que quiere decirse... dejarse llevar por las opiniones de otros, aunque uno no esté convencido. |
| |
| Login to enter a peer comment (or grade) | ||
39 mins confidence: peer agreement (net): +1
peer agreement (net): +1to be under the thumb/someone's thumb Explanation: I think that's the idea... Reference: http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/thumb |
| ||
Notes to answerer
| |||
| Login to enter a peer comment (or grade) | |||
1 hr confidence:
bow your head and conform Explanation: Chilean theater, 1973-1985: marginality, power, selfhood - Resultado de la Búsqueda de libros de Google Catherine M. Boyle - 1992 - Performing Arts - 226 páginas Pero una cosa es agachar el mono y otra, muy distinta. rendirse. ... it is one thing to bow your head and conform and another completely to give up. ... books.google.cl/books?isbn=0838633633... |
| |
| Login to enter a peer comment (or grade) | ||
1 hr confidence:
To bow down to Explanation: bow down (to someone or something) and bow to someone or something 2. Fig. to submit to someone or something; to yield sovereignty to someone or something. "I will not bow down to you, you dictator!" |
| |
| Login to enter a peer comment (or grade) | ||
19 hrs confidence:
to knuckle under Explanation: knuckle under To yield to pressure; give in. http://www.thefreedictionary.com/knuckle under |
| |
| Login to enter a peer comment (or grade) | ||
Login or register (free and only takes a few minutes) to participate in this question.
You will also have access to many other tools and opportunities designed for those who have language-related jobs (or are passionate about them). Participation is free and the site has a strict confidentiality policy.
KudoZ™ translation help
The KudoZ network provides a framework for translators and others to assist each other with translations or explanations of terms and short phrases.
See also:
Search millions of term translations