Spanyol | Angol |
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meterse entre pecho y espalda verb | wolf down(consume quickly) |
acometer verb | undertake [undertook, undertaken, undertaking, undertakes](to start an enterprise) |
arremeter verb | charge [charged, charging, charges](military: to attack by moving forward quickly) impugn [impugned, impugning, impugns](To assault, attack) |
arremeter contra alguien verb | jump down someone's throat(criticise with excessive and unexpected harshness) |
cometer verb | commit [committed, committing, commits](to do (something bad); to perpetrate, see also: perpetrate) get up to(to do something, especially something that you should not do) |
cometer un error verb | make a mistake(to err) |
cometer una falta verb | foul [fouled, fouling, fouls](to commit a foul) |
comprometerse verb | compromise [compromised, compromising, compromises](to bind by mutual agreement) pledge [pledged, pledging, pledges](to make a solemn promise) |
comprometerse a verb | undertake [undertook, undertaken, undertaking, undertakes](to commit oneself to an obligation) |
Deméter proper noun {f} | Demeter(Greek goddess of the harvest) |
entremeter verb | pry [pried, prying, pries](to inquire into something that does not concern one; to be nosy) |
entrometer verb | embroil [embroiled, embroiling, embroils](to draw into a situation) |
entrometerse verb | meddle [meddled, meddling, meddles](to interfere in affairs) |
no meterse en camisa de once varas verb | stick to one's knitting(to concentrate on one's own stuff) |
no meterse en lo que no le incumbe verb | mind one's own business(to concern oneself only with what is of interest to oneself and not interfere in the affairs of others) |
prometer verb | betroth [betrothed, betrothing, betroths](to promise to give in marriage) pledge [pledged, pledging, pledges](to make a solemn promise) promise [promised, promising, promises](to commit to something) |
salir de Guatemala y meterse en Guatepeor preposition | out of the frying pan, into the fire(get from an already bad situation to a worse one) |
someter verb | bend [bent, bending, bends](to force to submit) subdue [subdued, subduing, subdues](to overcome, quieten, bring under control) subject [subjected, subjecting, subjects](to cause to undergo) submit [submitted, submitting, submits](to yield or give way to another) |
someterse verb | abide by(accept a decision or law and act in accordance with it) bend [bent, bending, bends](to submit) |
someterse a verb | abide by(remain faithful to something or someone) |