Translation for "ablandarse" to english

Ablandarse

verb

• soften
• relent
• thaw

Translation examples

soften verb

Debería encogerse y ablandarse.
It should shrink and soften.

Sin embargo, tras oírme, comenzó a ablandarse.
However, after listening to me, he began to soften.

-Bien. Estas raíces tardarán tres horas en ablandarse.
These roots will take three hours to soften.

Y, al encontrar en los deportes una forma de expresarse, la dura coraza que le envolvía pareció ablandarse un poco.
And as he found a means of expression in sports, the hard shell which had always surrounded him seemed to soften a little.

- Empieza a ablandarse.
-Starts to soften.

Tal vez eso le haga ablandarse.
Perhaps that will soften her mood.

Exacto, empieza a ablandarse.
That's right, begins to soften.

Lo cogió sin ablandarse.
He took it without softening.

Su voz pareció ablandarse.
His voice softened.

Sukie fue la primera en ablandarse.
Sukie was the first to soften.

Inesperadamente, Chudnovski pareció ablandarse.
Unexpectedly, Chudnovsky softened.

Tony nota que empieza a ablandarse.
Tony feels herself softening.

Se secará y morirá antes de ablandarse.
“He’ll wither and die before he softens.

No quería ablandarse con respecto a Jason.
She didn’t want to soften toward Jason.

El mundo árabe le ha acusado de ablandarse.
The Arab world has accused him of softening.

Incluso los muros parecieron ablandarse a su alrededor.
And its grim walls seemed to soften.

relent verb

Según pasaban los días, el hielo no mostraba signos de ablandarse.
As the days passed, the ice showed no sign of relenting.

¿Iba a ablandarse el gobernador general?
Would the Governor General relent?

La mirada de la viuda pareció ablandarse.
The widow’s stare seemed to relent.

Dudó un instante y pareció ablandarse. Empezó.
She hesitated a moment and then seemed to relent. She began.

Esta hizo como si quisiera retirarla antes de ablandarse.
Zomi made as if to pull it out of her grasp before relenting.

La dependienta lo miró con severidad y luego pareció ablandarse un poco.
The pharmacist gave him a hard look, then seemed to relent.

Entonces Lung se volvió a Mae y ambos parecieron ablandarse.
Then Lung turned to Mae and both of them seemed to relent.

El gobernador guardó silencio y Uma notó que empezaba a ablandarse.
The Collector fell silent and Uma sensed that he was beginning to relent.

La niña se puso firme, pero al mirar a Kavita tuvo que ablandarse.
The little girl squared her shoulders, but in looking at Kavita, she had to relent.

¿Es que no ve que las pruebas de su fidelidad, por mucho que se empeñe, nunca le harán ablandarse y regresar?
Can she not recognize that proofs of her fidelity, no matter how dogged, will never make him relent and come back?

Resultaba divertido empujar al hombre hasta el filo desesperado del miedo total, hasta el punto en el que se le soltaban los intestinos, y después ablandarse.
It was amusing to push the man to the desperate, bowel-loosening edge of total fear, and to then relent.

thaw verb

Crees... creo que Jules está empezando a ablandarse.
I think Jules is starting to thaw.

La prisión gélida tenía unas dimensiones enormes, por lo que no se sentía acorralada en absoluto, pero, cuando empezó a ablandarse la tierra congelada y los sauces echaron brotes vacilantes, sin poder explicar por qué, sintió que las áreas donde ella se había refugiado y había dominado durante tantos años se habían visto afectadas por un gran cambio.
Her icy prison was enormous in size and she felt in no way penned in, but when the frozen ground began to thaw and the willows sent forth tentative shoots, she did become aware how she could not have explained that some great change had overtaken the refuge areas which she had for so many years dominated.