Translation for "contenerse" to english

Contenerse

verb

• contain
• hold back
• forbear
• hold in
• restrain oneself
• pull up
• keep one's temper

Translation examples

contain verb

El poder de destrucción de las armas nucleares no puede contenerse ni en el espacio ni en el tiempo.
The destructive power of nuclear weapons cannot be contained in either space or time.

La prevalencia del VIH/SIDA podría contenerse si el Gobierno contara con un presupuesto suficiente.
If the Government has sufficient budget, the prevalence of HIV/AIDS could be contained.

El brote logró contenerse.
The outbreak was successfully contained.

La Corte afirma que el poder destructivo de las armas nucleares no puede contenerse en el espacio ni en el tiempo.
According to the Court, the destructive power of nuclear weapons cannot be contained either in space or time.

Una vez que se libera ese genio, nunca más puede contenerse.
That is a genie that once unleashed can never be contained.

Gracias a esta movilización continua, logran contenerse las tensiones ocultas.
This permanent mobilization has helped contain underlying tensions.

Todo pudo contenerse.
Everything was contained.

"Como si pudiera contenerse"
As if it could be contained

Apenas podía contenerse.
You could barely contain yourself.

No podía contenerse.
She couldn't contain herself.

- Casi no podía contenerse.
He could hardly contain himself.

¿Puede contenerse el organismo?
Can the organism be contained?

Contenerse pero no aproximarse.
Contain but do not approach.

Apenas pudo contenerse hoy.
She could barely contain herself today.

Apenas puede contenerse.
She can barely contain herself.

No pudieron contenerse.
They could not contain themselves.

Y no pudo contenerse.
And couldn’t contain himself.

Ella no pudo contenerse.
She could not contain herself.

Leigh no pudo contenerse;
She could not contain it;

Ya no podía contenerse más.
He could not contain it any longer.

Belknap luchaba por contenerse.
Belknap struggled to contain himself.

Farad'n ya no pudo contenerse.
Farad'n could not contain himself.

Hank no pudo contenerse.
Hank can’t contain himself.

hold back verb

No podría contenerse.
She could not hold back.

No pensaban contenerse.
They ain’t going to hold back.

Ya no puede contenerse.
He can no longer hold back.

Ella ya no puede contenerse.
And she can’t hold back any longer.

Clint no pudo contenerse más.
Clint could no longer hold back.

Esta vez no pudo contenerse.
This time she couldn't hold back.

Ninguno de los dos pudo contenerse.
Neither could hold back.

No podía contenerse por más tiempo.
She couldn’t hold back any longer.

Esta vez Arthur no pudo contenerse.
This time Arthur could not hold back.

forbear verb

El Ratonero no pudo contenerse y le susurró a su compañero:
The Mouser could not forbear whispering privily to Fafhrd, “Oaf!

un solo suspiro y estaría perdida, debía contenerse en nombre de sus santos antepasados.
One sigh and she would be lost. She must restrain herself in the name of her holy forbears.

No veía razón para contenerse, y estaba furioso, aunque también al límite del terror. No se merecía aquello, se dijo.
he said. He saw no reason to forbear anything, and he stayed angry, now, though on the edge of terror.

—Si existe otra posible línea de defensa —replicó Adam, evidenciando sus esfuerzos por contenerse—, no he oído…
Adam said, with weary forbearance, "If there's any other possible line of defense, I haven't heard— "

Ahora les digo que, para soportar lo que les aguarda más allá de este día, necesitarán ustedes contenerse hasta lo último.
Now I tell you that in order to withstand what lies ahead of you beyond this day, you'll need your ultimate forbearance."

Las muchachas, percatadas de lo que se les venía encima, trataron de huir; pero uno de la plebe golpeó al orante Esteban en la boca, y Sara, al ver la sangre, no pudo contenerse, y la emprendió a mamporros con la sonrisueña jeta de aquel mentecato.
The two girls saw what was coming and tried to run, but one of the mob hit the praying Stephen on the mouth and Sara, seeing the blood, could not forbear hurling herself at the grinning fool and beating him with her fists.

Alguien desvanecía a los suyos en la distancia y nunca los volvería a ver, y se despertaba en la oscuridad lleno de terror, temeroso de moverse en la cama, porque si levantaba un solo brazo ellos dejarían de contenerse, le llevarían y nunca volvería a ser encontrado, viviría perpetuamente en una pequeña celda en un bote que se balanceaba, siempre estaría rodeado por las caras lascivas de unos hombres que sólo veían su desnudez y nunca su alma.
Someone was vanishing his family in the distance and he would never see them again and he woke up in darkness full of terror, afraid to move in his bed, because if he so much as lifted an arm they would cease to forbear; they would take him and he would never be found again, would live perpetually in a small cell in a rocking boat, would always be surrounded by the leering faces of men who saw only his nakedness and never his soul.

hold in verb

Él está intentando contenerse.
He’s trying to hold it.

No ha podido contenerse.
She could not hold it in.

No pudo contenerse más.
And he could hold it no longer.

Los otros parecen contenerse.
The others seem to be holding something in.

Pero ella no fue capaz de contenerse.
However, she could not hold herself.

restrain oneself verb

—A veces uno no puede contenerse, señor.
Sometimes, sir, one cannot restrain oneself.

Contenerse para no engullirlo todo de golpe exigía un esfuerzo de voluntad sobrehumano.
To restrain oneself from gulping all of it down immediately after receiving it required a superhuman effort of will.