Plural: give-ups

1. darse por vencido, dar pie atrás, dejar de intentar, desesperarse, desistir, rendirse, renunciar, abandonar, abandonar la lucha, abdicar, arrojar la esponja, arrojar la toalla, ceder en el empeño, cejar, claudicar, dejar, entregarse, resignar, tirar la toalla, achantarse, echarse en la baraja, entrarse en baraja, meterse en baraja; Sinónimos: surrender, fall by the wayside, fling up, lay down one's arms, throw down the gauntlet, throw in the sponge, throw in the towel; Give up in the face of defeat of lacking hope; admit defeat. ; Give up or agree to forego to the power or possession of another. ; Leave (a job, post, post, or position) voluntarily.
In the second round, the challenger gave up.
The last Taleban fighters finally surrendered.
She vacated the position when she got pregnant.
The chairman resigned when he was found to have misappropriated funds.

[ + ] Frases Célebres y Proverbios

A bachelor is a man who gave up waiting for the right girl and is making the best of the wrong ones. Un soltero es un hombre que dejó de esperar a la chica correcta y está sacando lo mejor de las peores. Congress is a national body that tries everything else before finally giving up and doing the sensible thing. El Congreso es un organismo nacional que intenta cualquier otra cosa antes de finalmente darse por vencido y hacer lo que es sensato. Being defeated is often a temporary condition. Giving up is what makes it permanent. Marilyn vos Savant Ser derrotado es a menudo una condición temporal. Darse por vencido es lo que lo hace permanente. Marilyn vos Savant He who is silent is forgotten; he who does not advance falls back; he who stops is overwhelmed, out distanced, crushed; he who ceases to grow becomes smaller; he who leaves off, gives up; the condition of standing still is the beginning of the end. Henri Frederic Amiel El que guarda silencio pasa al olvido; el que no avanza retrocede; el que se detiene está abrumado, distanciado, aplastado; el que cesa de crecer se reduce; el que abandona, se rinde; La condición de estarse quieto es el principio del fin. Henri Frederic Amiel




2. entregar, dar; Give up with the intent of never claiming again.; Relinquish possession or control over. ; Allow the other (baseball) team to score.
Mr. Perez gave up his daughter, El Sr. Pérez entregó a su hija.
Abandon your life to God.
She gave up her children to her ex-husband when she moved to Tahiti.
We gave the drowning victim up for dead.
The squatters had to surrender the building after the police moved in.
Give up a run.

[ + ] Frases Célebres y Proverbios

Anything will give up its secrets if you love it enough. Washington Carver Cualquier cosa dejará sus secretos si usted le ama lo suficiente. Washington Carver




3. prescindir de, dejar de intentar, abstenerse de, desistir de, privarse de, renunciar a; Sinónimos: disregard, abstain from, dispense with, do without, forego, go without, prescind from; Stop maintaining or insisting on; of ideas, claims, etc.; Refrain from consuming. ; Part with a possession or right.; Give up what is not strictly needed.
They gave up their plan, Ellos dejaron de intentar su plan.
He abandoned the thought of asking for her hand in marriage.
Both sides have to give up some calims in these negociations.
You will have to forgo alcohol.
I am relinquishing my bedroom to the long-term house guest.
Resign a claim to the throne.
He asked if they could spare one of their horses to speed his journey.


4. dejar de; Sinónimos: finish, stop, be over, be through, cease, cease to, cut, cut out, give over; Give up in the face of defeat of lacking hope; admit defeat. ; Put an end to a state or an activity.
In the second round, the challenger gave up.
Quit teasing your little brother.


5. ceder, regalar; Sinónimos: give, give away, transfer, cede, give as a gift, give as a present; Relinquish possession or control over.
John ceded his house to his cousin, Juan cedió su casa a su primo.
The squatters had to surrender the building after the police moved in.


6. dejar; Sinónimos: abandon, leave, lay off, quit; Stop maintaining or insisting on; of ideas, claims, etc.; Give up in the face of defeat of lacking hope; admit defeat. ; Refrain from consuming. ; Part with a possession or right.
He abandoned the thought of asking for her hand in marriage.
Both sides have to give up some calims in these negociations.
In the second round, the challenger gave up.
You will have to forgo alcohol.
I am relinquishing my bedroom to the long-term house guest.
Resign a claim to the throne.


7. renunciar a
8. ceder, pandearse; Sinónimos: bend, bend over, buckle, warp, yield, give, give away; End resistance, especially under pressure or force. ; Break down, literally or metaphorically.
The door yielded to repeated blows with a battering ram.
The wall collapsed.
The business collapsed.
The dam broke.
The roof collapsed.
The wall gave in.
The roof finally gave under the weight of the ice.

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