Translation for "tomar a mal" to english

Tomar a mal

verb

• resent
• take amiss

Translation examples

resent verb

Empezó a tomar a mal nuestras lujosas costumbres.
He began to resent our luxurious ways.

Pero si prefieres no hacerlo, no me lo tomaré a mal.
But if you choose not to come, I won’t resent it.

Pero, por la misma razón, no debéis tomaros a mal que yo hable.
but, by the same terms, you are not to resent my telling.

En un primer momento, Henchard pareció tomar a mal aquellas muestras de conmiseración;
Henchard for the moment appeared to resent the sympathy;

Dixon no sabía si tomar a mal tan decididas palabras o echarse a llorar.
I wish you to go.' Dixon did not know whether to resent these decided words or to cry;

—Sé que estoy aquí de paso —continué— y no le culparía si tomara a mal mi presencia.
"I know I am a visitor and I wouldn't blame you if you resented the hell out of my presence.

–Si viene Platón, como le suplico que haga, debe parecer que la idea ha surgido de Dionisio o, de lo contrario, se lo tomará a mal.
If Plato comes, as I have urged him here to do, the thought must seem to Dionysios to be his own, or he will resent it.

Y creo que pude resistir, en todo caso, tuve energía para tomar a mal las sospechas injustas e impertinentes de la señora Thornton.
And I think I could bear up against--at any rate, I could have the energy to resent, Mrs. Thornton's unjust, impertinent suspicions.