Translation for "take possession of" to spanish

Take possession of

verb

• tomar posesi贸n de
• apoderarse de

Translation examples

apoderarse de verb

Whom had they murdered to take possession of it?
¿A quién habían matado para apoderarse de ella?

A delaying action to take possession of the ships.
– Ganar tiempo para apoderarse de los barcos.

An instant sufficed for him to glimpse the chasm that threatened to take possession of him.
Bastó un instante para que vislumbrara el abismo que quería apoderarse de él.

Already, his calculating mind was turning over the possibilities of how he could take possession of it.
Ya su mente calculadora estaba sopesando las posibilidades de apoderarse de ella.

'Madam,' said the buccaneer, 'you are not yet in their hands, and for take possession of you, they should first pass over the body of all of us.
- Señorita -dijo el filibustero-, aún no estáis entre sus manos, y para apoderarse de vos sería preciso que antes pasasen por encima de nuestros cadáveres.

They do not feel themselves strong enough to seize the opportunity as it passes, to take possession of it by fair means or foul, and to constrain it to serve them.
No se sienten lo bastante fuertes para aprovechar el incidente casual, para apoderarse de él de grado o por fuerza y obligarlo a servirlos.