Translation for "water down" to spanish
Water down
verb
Translation examples
verb
This was before Vatican Two and the Pill and all that-before everything got watered down.
Esto era antes del Vaticano Segundo y la píldora y todo eso… antes de que todo se aguara.
He took no pride in the watering down of his homeland’s character.
No le hacía ninguna ilusión que se aguara el carácter de su patria.
I suppose a year of comforts can water down one's rage over injustice."
Imagino que un año de comodidades puede aguar la indignación que a uno le inspiraba la injusticia.
I didn’t wait weeks for the perfect ripeness just to have the must watered down.
no había esperado semanas a que alcanzaran el punto exacto para que ahora el mosto se me aguara y se llenara de barro.
In fact, Omar would be able to appear conciliatory and grateful. He would water down his wine, so to speak.
De hecho, Omar sabrá mostrarse conciliador y, lleno de gratitud, aguará su vino, por decirlo así.
and, as she once told me, when she first heard people talking about adultery, she thought it referred to the watering-down of milk.
y, como me dijo un día, la primera vez que oyó hablar de adulterio pensó que se refería al hecho de aguar la leche.
In the twenties of the fourteenth century when the great explorer was dying, his friends gathered by his bedside and implored him to reject what in his book had seemed incredible to them—to water down its miracles by means of judicious dele-tions;
En la segunda década del siglo XIV, cuando el gran explorador estaba agonizando, sus amigos se congregaron en torno a su lecho y le imploraron que se retractase de aquello que en su libro se les antojaba increíble —que aguara sus libros mediante supresiones juiciosas;
“I am for town,” he said, “but I am afraid, Morgan, that ye must return to the distillery and fetch me enough of that horrible brew to water down my little remaining good stuff at dinner this evening.” He grimaced. “I am as tired of Mt.
—Yo me voy a la ciudad —dijo—, pero me temo, Morgan que tú tendrás que regresar a la destilería para recogerme una cantidad de este horrible brebaje que me permita aguar las escasas existencias que me quedan de ron del bueno para la cena de esta noche. —Hizo una mueca—.
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