Translation for "inculcaban" to english

Inculcaban

verb

• inculcate
• impress
• plant

Translation examples

inculcate verb

Estas prácticas tendían a tener un efecto duradero en los niños, ya que se les inculcaban actitudes raciales en los que se consideran los años más receptivos de sus vidas.
Such practices tend to have a lasting effect on children as they were inculcated with racial attitudes at what were recognized to be the most impressionable years of their lives.

impress verb

Las hermanas inculcaban profundamente en todas las novicias que el simple hecho de pisar los puentes constituía un intento de fuga, que era el peor delito que una novicia podía cometer aparte del asesinato.
The sisters impressed deeply on every novice that so much as setting foot on the bridges constituted an attempt to run away, which was the worst crime a novice could commit short of murder.

En realidad, las madres de todas sus amigas inculcaban a sus hijas la necesidad de ser unas criaturas frágiles, mimosas, con ojos de cierva, y muchas cultivaban con cierta inteligencia semejante actitud.
In fact, the mothers of all her girl friends impressed on their daughters the necessity of being helpless, clinging, doe-eyed creatures. Really, it took a lot of sense to cultivate and hold such a pose.