Translation for "ofenderse" to english

Ofenderse

verb

• take offense
• take umbrage

Translation examples

take offense verb

Zachary no pareció ofenderse.
Zachary didn’t take offense.

Nadie pareció ofenderse.
No one seemed to take offense at it.

Síle decidió no ofenderse.
Síle decided not to take offense.

Piper no se podía permitir ofenderse.
Piper couldn’t afford to take offense.

Leia resistió la urgencia de ofenderse.
Leia resisted the urge to take offense.

Con ella, no obstante, había sido incapaz de ofenderse.
With her, though, he'd been unable to take offense.

Era nervioso, cruel y rápido en ofenderse.
He was nervous, vicious, and quick to take offense.

–No hay necesidad de ofenderse –dijo William–.
“There’s no need to take offense,” said William.

take umbrage verb

Si esta gente quiere ofenderse, está en su derecho.
If these people want to take umbrage, that is their right.

Por suerte Cohen estaba demasiado trompa para ofenderse—.
(Thankfully Cohen was too pickled to take umbrage.)

«Umbridge» es un juego de palabras a partir de la expresión británica «to take umbrage», que significa «ofenderse».
‘Umbridge’ is a play on ‘umbrage’ from the British expression ‘to take umbrage’, meaning offence.

Dio la dirección de su Logia (Tooting), y cuando Merryman le preguntó si en efecto había concurrido esa noche, pareció ofenderse y guardó silencio.
He gave the address of his lodge (Tooting), and on being asked by Mr. Merryman if he had, in fact, attended that night, appeared to take umbrage and was silent.

Aunque Cato compartía el mismo sentimiento de orgullo herido de su amigo, sabía que no era el momento ni el lugar para ofenderse y carraspeó con fuerza.
Even though he shared his friend's sense of wounded pride Cato knew this was neither the time nor the place to take umbrage, and he cleared his throat loudly.

Como su voz solo transmitía un sincero interés, Harry no vio motivos para ofenderse, y respondió con su franca y atractiva sonrisa: —Solo el resto del trimestre, señor.
Since his tone held nothing but sympathetic interest, Harry saw no reason to take umbrage, and replied, with his frank, attractive smile: ‘Oh, only for the rest of the term, sir.