Translation for "se contuvo" to english

Se contuvo

• held back
• he held back

Translation examples

held back

Quise correr, agarrarlo y sujetarlo pero él se contuvo.
I wanted to run and grab and hold him but he held back.

Creo que conscientemente ella lo creería y que aunque yo ganara, ella diría que se contuvo pero creo que no podría realmente.
- I believe that consciously she would believe that, and then even if I did win, she would say she held back, but I don't think she really could.

Al igual, está bien. I se contuvo.
Like, all right. I got held back.

Algunos dicen que se contuvo durante su última pelea de perros, incluso después de haberse transformado.
Some say he held back during his final dog fight, even after he'd transformed.

Lo que le hacía tan especial es que se contuvo durante tanto tiempo que, cuando al fin se soltó, le salió todo.
What made him so special is that he was held back for so long that when he was finally released, all of it came out.

Lo quería matar mas se contuvo.
You wanted to kill him, but you held back.

Pero Lovell se contuvo.
But Lovell held back.

he held back

No era necesario, de modo que se contuvo.
It wasn't necessary, and so he held back.

Se contuvo y perdió su turno de réplica.
He held back and missed the opportunity to retaliate.

George quería pedirle que salieran, pero se contuvo.
George wanted to ask her for a date, but he held back.

Durante un par de segundos se contuvo, con una fuerte sensación de culpabilidad;
For a second or two, he held back, the feeling of wrongness strong in him;

Thomas tenía ganas de herir a la Rata con palabras duras, pero se contuvo.
Thomas wanted to cut the man with harsh words. But he held back.

Pero se contuvo. Eleanor había encontrado el patrón y él le haría caso. – Empecemos -dijo-.
But he held back. Eleanor had found the pattern and made this break.

Estuvo a punto de girar el mango del bastón para sacar el estilete, pero se contuvo.
He almost turned the handle on the cane to pull out the blade but he held back.