English–Spanish dictionary

Spanish translation of the English word hold‐back

English → Spanish
  
EnglishSpanish (translated indirectly)Esperanto
(keep at a distance; keep at bay)
apartar
🔗 Authorities interpreted the books—about sheep trying to hold back wolves from their village—as referring to Hong Kong and the Běijīng government.
hold back
(detain; retain; reserve; withhold)
retener
(backwards)
atrás
(reverse; reverse side)
reverso
(reverse; reverse side)
parte trasera
;
revés
malantaŭa flanko
🔗 Quickly he went to the back of the barn.
(rear)
revés
malantaŭa parto
🔗 They’re coming in the back!
(backward; on one’s back; backwards)
boca arriba
;
de espaldas
dorsen
(at the back)
al dorso
dorse
(behind; aback; aft; in back; at the back; in the back)
atrás
;
(backwards; backward; behind; aft; aback)
atrás
(prop; support; buttress; rest; strut; stanchion)
respaldo
(cover; overlay; lag; plate; protect; face; coat; invest)
enfundar
;
forrar
;
recubrir
;
revestir
tegi
dorso
;
reverso
🔗 On their backs, under the shields, were leather bags of provisions.
(protect; cover)
protectar
;
(rear; later; after)
posterior
(backbone; spine; rachis; spinal column)
columna vertebral
;
espinazo
;
raquis
🔗 Why would Corbyn back this amendment?
(continue; last)
continuar
daŭradi
bodega
;
cala
(comprise; contain)
contener
🔗 It still held oil.
(contain; admit)
contener
enteni
(halt; stop; end; obstruct; stem; stay; stall; arrest)
parar
(cause to take place; cause; organize; provoke; stage)
dar lugar a
;
ocasionar
🔗 And European Council president Donald Tusk will hold talks with Irish premier Leo Varadkar in Dublin.
(deem; opine; think; feel; reckon; see; believe; find)
opinar
(pause)
calderón
(hang onto; retain; keep; maintain; have)
tener
🔗 He held it at arm’s length.
(occupy; take; engage; fill; involve)
ocupar
🔗 A successful strike southwards would make Russia’s defence of parts of Cherson it still holds untenable.

EnglishSpanish
hold back⇆ acortarse; ⇆ aguantar; ⇆ contener; ⇆ detener; ⇆ refrenarse; ⇆ retener
back⇆ abogar por; ⇆ apadrinar; ⇆ apartado; ⇆ apoyar; ⇆ atrasado; ⇆ atrás; ⇆ auspiciar; ⇆ de vuelta; ⇆ detrás; ⇆ dorso; ⇆ espalda; ⇆ espaldar; ⇆ final; ⇆ fondo; ⇆ hace; ⇆ lomo; ⇆ mover hacia atrás; ⇆ moverse hacia atrás; ⇆ posterior; ⇆ respaldar; ⇆ respaldo; ⇆ reverso; ⇆ trasero
hold⇆ agarradera; ⇆ agarro; ⇆ apoyar; ⇆ asa; ⇆ autoridad; ⇆ bodega; ⇆ cabina de carga; ⇆ cala; ⇆ calderón; ⇆ celebrar; ⇆ contener; ⇆ dominio; ⇆ mango; ⇆ ocupar; ⇆ pegarse; ⇆ presa; ⇆ retener; ⇆ seguir vigente; ⇆ ser valedero; ⇆ sostener; ⇆ sujetar; ⇆ tener; ⇆ tener cabida para