Una votación de 457 diputados con 160 votos en contra significa que en cierta manera nos estamos castrando nosotros mismos como órgano legislativo con poder de codecisón.

A vote by 457 Members, 160 of them voting against, means that we are, in some sense, neutering ourselves as a legislative body with the power of codecision.

castrar [castrando · castrado] {transitive verb}

castrar(also: capar)

to castrate [castrated · castrated] {v.t.}

No son los cerdos, sino una política agrícola como esta la que debería ser castrada.

It is not pigs, but an agricultural policy like this that should be castrated.

Sinceramente, sería como si nos castraran con unas tijeras oxidadas.

Quite frankly, we would be castrated with a pair of rusty scissors.

Permítanme una alusión a mi anterior ocupación como cirujano veterinario cuando digo que nos estamos castrando a nosotros mismos y nos estamos privando de poder.

Permit me to allude to my previous occupation as a veterinary surgeon when I say that we are castrating ourselves and depriving ourselves of power here.

castrar

to emasculate [emasculated · emasculated] {vb}

Señor Presidente, las Naciones Unidas han quedado castradas por dos miembros del Consejo de Seguridad en la cuestión de las sanciones impuestas al Iraq.

Mr President, the United Nations has been emasculated by two members of the Security Council on the issue of sanctions on Iraq.

En el informe del Sr. Mann figuran muchas cosas que podemos apoyar y estamos también en contra de que el PPE lo castre, sin embargo también contienen alguna cosa que está bastante oscura.

There is much in Mr Mann's report that we are able to endorse, and we are opposed to any attempt by the PPE to emasculate it, but there are also a few points in it which are rather unclear.

castrar

to spay {vb}

SYNONYMS

Synonyms (Spanish) for "castrar":

castrar

amputar- baldar- capar- cercenar- cortar- desmembrar- emascular- esterilizar- herir- lastimar- lesionar- lisiar- mutilar- tullir

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