Translation for "go back on" to spanish
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Translation examples
verb
I couldn’t go back on my promise to Mrs. Collis.
No podía faltar a la promesa que hice a Mrs. Collis.
The Kommandant couldn't go back on his word without losing face.
El Kommandant no podía faltar a su palabra sin quedar mal.
'Nay, fair's fair. You'd not go back on your word, I take it?'
—No, lo justo es justo. Usted no faltará a su palabra, ¿verdad?
Besides, she’d promised Isabel, and she couldn’t go back on her word.
Además, se lo había prometido a Isabel, y no podía faltar a su palabra.
'I have promised to marry you, George, and I'll try not to go back on that promise.
—George, he prometido casarme contigo, y trataré de no faltar a mi palabra.
verb
The Kommandant couldn't go back on his word without losing face.
El Kommandant no podía faltar a su palabra sin quedar mal.
'Nay, fair's fair. You'd not go back on your word, I take it?'
—No, lo justo es justo. Usted no faltará a su palabra, ¿verdad?
Besides, she’d promised Isabel, and she couldn’t go back on her word.
Además, se lo había prometido a Isabel, y no podía faltar a su palabra.
'I have promised to marry you, George, and I'll try not to go back on that promise.
—George, he prometido casarme contigo, y trataré de no faltar a mi palabra.
Too straight to go back on his word, not strong enough to carry informed opinion with him, Alexander had taken a weak middle course.
Demasiado honesto para faltar a su palabra, pero no lo bastante fuerte para apoyarse en la opinión de su entorno, Alejandro había adoptado una débil posición intermedia.
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