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"grovelling" in Spanish

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"grovelling" in Spanish
grovelling{noun}
rendibú
grovelling{adjective}
arrastrado
to grovel{verb}
arrastrar- arrastrarse
to grovel{intransitive verb}
humillarse- postrarse- prosternarse
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TRANSLATIONS & EXAMPLES
grovelling{noun}
grovelling(also: crawling, groveling)
rendibú{m} [Spa.] [coll.]
grovelling{adjective}
grovelling(also: groveling)
arrastrado{adj.} [SAm.] (servil)
to grovel[groveled; grovelled · groveled; grovelled] {verb}
to grovel(also: to carry away, to creep, to drag, to haul)
arrastrar[arrastrando · arrastrado] {v.t.}
to grovel
arrastrarse {vb} (humillarse)
I regard this as grovelling before the Council, which has effectively said 'you can like it or lump it!'.
Creo que en el fondo del asunto eso es arrastrarse frente al Consejo que ha dicho: O las comes o las dejas.
I regard this as grovelling before the Council, which has effectively said 'you can like it or lump it! '.
Creo que en el fondo del asunto eso es arrastrarse frente al Consejo que ha dicho: O las comes o las dejas.
to grovel[groveled; grovelled · groveled; grovelled] {intransitive verb}
to grovel
humillarse {vb}
to grovel
postrarse {vb}
to grovel
prosternarse {vb}
Their lives consist in grovelling before a leader who tells them each morning that the entire world wants to overrun them.
Sus vidas consisten en prosternarse ante un líder que les dice cada mañana que el mundo entero quiere invadirles.

SYNONYMS
Synonyms (English) for "grovelling":
grovelling
cringing- groveling- wormlike- wormy
CONTEXT EXAMPLES
Context examples for "grovelling" in Spanish(!) These sentences come from external sources & may not be accurate. Therefore, we are not responsible for their content.
Reforming does not mean grovelling and letting ourselves be deprived of our identity.
Reformarse no quiere decir rebajarse y dejarse desposeer de la propia identidad.
However, adapting does not mean grovelling and giving up on who we are.
Pero adaptarse no quiere decir rebajarse y renunciar a lo que se es.
It was met, of course, with a predictable grovelling response by the majority in this House.
Sin duda, ha sido acogida con una predecible respuesta servil por parte de la mayoría de esta Cámara.
We must stop grovelling to Ben Ali.
Tenemos que dejar de complacer a Ben Ali.
In these matters, we must apply the same standards, rather than condemning the small states while grovelling to the big ones.
En estos asuntos, debemos aplicar las mismas normas, en lugar de condenar a los Estados pequeños y arrastrarnos ante los grandes.

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