resistir
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verb
to tolerate, to put up with, to bear, to handle, to stand
to fight off, to survive, to defend oneselffrom
to resist
Used in the library
- Cuauhtémoc, el último tlatoani, resistió más de dos meses.Cuauhtémoc, the last tlatoani, resisted for more than two months.A2Hernán Cortés y la Conquista — Hernán Cortés and the Conquest
- Los soldados tienen que resistir el frío sin dinero en efectivo ni comida.The soldiers have to endure the cold with no cash and no food.A2Otra vez, por favor (9) — Once more, please (9) (A2)
- El Coronel no se mueve. «No voy a resistir», dice. «Soy demasiado viejo para correr.»The Colonel doesn't move. "I'm not going to resist," he says. "I'm too old to run."A2El último caso del Coronel — The Colonel's last case (A2)
- El impulso de firmar sin leer hay que resistirlo.The impulse to sign without reading has to be resisted.B1Otra vez, por favor (20) — Once more, please (20) (B1)
Other ways to say it
- aguantarto hold, withhold, hold back, retain (breath, urine); to put up with, to tolerate or bear, to endure, to handle, to take, to stand
- pervivirto prevail, survive
- soportarto bear, to endure, to withstand, put up with, tolerate, to stomach, to weather, to handle; to support a weight or load
- sufrirto suffer (be confronted with something undesired); to withstand, endure, resist or undergo a physical or moral damage
- tolerarto tolerate; to endure
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