Translation for "giving offence" to spanish

Giving offence

• ofendiendo
• ofender

Translation examples

ofender

“Can a lady not trim her nails without giving offence?”
—¿No puede una señora arreglarse las uñas sin ofender?

More polite. The English could not take such pleasure in giving offence.
Más educada. A los ingleses no les gustaba ofender a los demás.

And your eyes were -if I may say so without giving offence-very much alive.
Y vuestros ojos, si me permitís la licencia sin ofenderos, vuestros ojos estaban muy vivos.

She couldn’t think how to discourage him – she didn’t want to lose her job and she hated giving offence.
no quería perder su trabajo y detestaba ofender a la gente.

In fact, he could barely let any of himself peep out of his clothes for fear of giving offence.
De hecho, apenas dejaba que sobresaliera de sus ropas ninguna parte de sí mismo por miedo a ofender.