English Translation of bend
bend
tr.
bent
(b
nt), bend·ing
- (the head) inclinar
- (the knee) doblar
- (one's back) encorvar
- (a bow) armar
- (to curve) doblar, plegar
- (to deflect) desviar
- (to subdue) doblegar, hacer acatar
he bent her to his will la hizo acatar a su voluntad - (to concentrate on) concentrarse en, dedicarse a
- marítimo amarrar, envergar (vela, cable)
- (to curve) doblarse
- (to crook) curvarse
- (to swerve) desviarse, torcer
- (to stoop) encorvarse
- (to sag) combarse
Idioms:
to bend back
- doblarse hacia atrás
to bend over backwards
- hacer el mayor esfuerzo posible
- (curve) curva
- (turn) vuelta, recodo
- (sag) combadura
- marítimo (knot) nudo
Idioms:
bends
- (úsase con v. sing. o pl.) parálisis que afecta a los buceadores
to go around the bend
- volverse loco