Translation for "deter them" to spanish
Deter them
Translation examples
Why should this deter them?
¿Por qué iba a disuadirlos lo que propones?
And your presence, I dare say, might deter them.
Y me atrevería a decir que su presencia podría disuadirlos.
And if jail did not deter them, they deserved death! Death!
Si la cárcel no bastaba para disuadirlos, había que aplicarles la pena de muerte. ¡Muerte!
They have those thin spikes they put on ledges to deter them.
Allí ponen esas púas tan finas en los alféizares para disuadirlas.
His wife, more sympathetic to his desire to pass the day quietly, had tried to deter them—to no avail.
Su esposa, haciendo caso a su deseo de pasar el día de un modo tranquilo, había intentado disuadirlas… en vano.
But that means that knowing what we intend to do won't necessarily deter them at all—and it will give them the opportunity to adjust their own plans accordingly if they decide to go ahead."
Pero eso significa que enterarse de lo que pensamos hacer no tiene por qué disuadirlos en absoluto y si deciden seguir adelante, les dará la oportunidad de ajustar sus planes en consonancia.
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