Translation meaning & definition of the word "defeat" into Spanish language

noun

1. An unsuccessful ending to a struggle or contest

• "It was a narrow defeat"

• "The army's only defeat"

• "They suffered a convincing licking"

synonym:
• defeat
,
• licking

1. Un final infructuoso de una lucha o concurso

• "Fue una derrota estrecha"

• "La única derrota del ejército"

• "Sufrieron una lamida convincente"

sinónimo:
• derrota
,
• lamiendo

2. The feeling that accompanies an experience of being thwarted in attaining your goals

synonym:
• frustration
,
• defeat

2. El sentimiento que acompaña a una experiencia de ser frustrado al alcanzar sus objetivos

sinónimo:
• frustración
,
• derrota

verb

1. Win a victory over

• "You must overcome all difficulties"

• "Defeat your enemies"

• "He overcame his shyness"

• "He overcame his infirmity"

• "Her anger got the better of her and she blew up"

synonym:
• get the better of
,
• overcome
,
• defeat

1. Ganar una victoria sobre

• "Debes superar todas las dificultades"

• "Derrota a tus enemigos"

• "Superó su timidez"

• "Superó su enfermedad"

• "Su ira la venció y ella explotó"

sinónimo:
• sacar lo mejor de
,
• superar
,
• derrota

2. Thwart the passage of

• "Kill a motion"

• "He shot down the student's proposal"

synonym:
• kill
,
• shoot down
,
• defeat
,
• vote down
,
• vote out

2. Frustrar el paso de

• "Matar una moción"

• "Derribó la propuesta del estudiante"

sinónimo:
• matar
,
• derribar
,
• derrota
,
• votar

Examples of using

This isn't just a simple defeat: I lost the balance I kept my whole life and now absolutely everything collapses.

Esta no es solo una derrota: he perdido el equilibrio que he mantenido durante toda mi vida y ahora absolutamente todo se viene abajo.

The defeat completely crushed him.

La derrota lo abatió completamente.

You can't defeat Tom alone.

No puedes derrotar tú solo a Tom.

She will defeat them.

Ella los derrotará.

He will defeat them.

Él los derrotará.

We will defeat them.

Los derrotaremos.

The boy grabbed his sister from the legs and pulled her all over the room until she admitted her defeat.

El niño cogió de las piernas a su hermana y la arrastró por toda la habitación hasta que ella reconoció su derrota.

You will never defeat me!

¡Nunca me venceréis!

You will never defeat me!

¡Nunca me vencerás!

You will never defeat me!

¡Nunca me derrotarás!

I can defeat any chess player.

Puedo derrotar a cualquier jugador de ajedrez.

He admitted his defeat.

Él admitió su derrota.

He admitted his defeat.

Él reconoció su derrota.

The conquered are always wrong. History considers nothing but their defeat.

Los conquistados siempre se equivocan. La historia no tiene en cuenta nada aparte de su derrota.

Rumors of defeat were circulating.

Circulaban rumores de la derrota.

The biggest defeat for an atheist is ending up in paradise.

La mayor derrota para un ateo es terminar en el paraíso.

Tom admitted his defeat.

Tom admitió su derrota.

It is astonishing to witness that the Iranians, onto whom the Arabs imposed Islam through military defeat, have become its most zealous followers to the point of oppressing those of Zoroastrianism, though it is the religion of their own fathers. A kind of Stockholm syndrome on the national scale.

Es sorprendente atestiguar que los iraníes, sobre quienes los árabes impusieron el Islam a través de la derrota militar, se han convertido en sus seguidores más fervientes, hasta el punto de oprimir a aquellos del zoroastrismo, a pesar de ser la religión de sus propios padres. Es una especie de síndrome de Estocolmo a escala nacional.

Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs even though checkered by failure, than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy nor suffer much because they live in the gray twilight that knows neither victory nor defeat.

Es mucho mejor atreverse a cosas grandes, a ganar gloriosos triunfos aún si son accidentados por el fracaso, que estar entre esos pobres espíritus que viven en la penumbra gris ajena de la victoria o la derrota.

We are not interested in the possibilities of defeat; they do not exist.

No nos interesan las posibilidades de derrota; no existen.