Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Spanish term or phrase:
Agachar el moño
English translation:
bow your head and conform
Added to glossary by
mediamatrix (X)
Aug 5, 2010 20:31
13 yrs ago
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Spanish term
Chile
Professional, University Degree
Native in: Spanish 
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English
Agachar el moño
Spanish to English
Other
Slang
Idioms and expressions
Expresión ocupada para la necesidad de ceder con cierta resistencia y temor, es decir, subordinarse a la iniciativa de otros, a aquellos que podría llegar a superar.
If you have any doubts, please let me know.
If you have any doubts, please let me know.
Proposed translations
(English)
| 3 | bow your head and conform |
Jennifer Levey
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| 4 +1 | to be under the thumb/someone's thumb |
Lisa McCreadie (X)
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| 4 | To bow down to |
Maria-Jose Pastor
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| 4 | to knuckle under |
bcsantos
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| 3 | to give in |
Maria
|
Change log
Aug 10, 2010 20:02: mediamatrix (X) Created KOG entry
Proposed translations
1 hr
Jennifer Levey
Chile
Chile
Native in English
Chile
Human-scale Globalization
Native in: English (Variant: British) 
Works in: Spanish to English, French to English, English to Spanish, and 2 more.
Related KudoZ points
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27
Selected
bow your head and conform
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...
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...
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
19 mins
to give in
creo que esto es lo que quiere decirse... dejarse llevar por las opiniones de otros, aunque uno no esté convencido.
+1
39 mins
to be under the thumb/someone's thumb
I think that's the idea...
Reference:
Note from asker:
| No, that's not the idea. As María says the verb is "to give in" but I still need an similar idiom in English to express that. If you have any suggestion, please let me know. Thanks |
1 hr
Maria-Jose Pastor
Native in Spanish
&
English
Native in: English , Spanish
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English, English, and 1 more.
To bow down to
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!"
2. Fig. to submit to someone or something; to yield sovereignty to someone or something. "I will not bow down to you, you dictator!"
19 hrs
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