admit
transitive verb
Admit + -ing. EX: He admits being guilty > Admite que é culpable |
admitir
EN The young man admitted that he was not in business; but he had engagements which, even within a day or two, would force him to go back to Geneva.
GL O mozo admitiu que non estaba traballando; pero que tiña compromisos, xusto dentro de un ou dous días, que o obrigaban a volver a Xenebra.
Fonte: DAI (658)
confesar
EN Claire, a 34-year-old volunteer with an NGO based in Geneva, admits that even after several years' work with asylum seekers, she still did not understand why refugees were so insistent on keeping their families together -- so much so that this was liable to become their only concern.
GL Claire, de 34 anos, que traballa desde hai varios anos con solicitantes de asilo nunha ONG de Xenebra, confesa que non comprendía por qué os refuxiados insistían tanto no reagrupamento familiar, ata o punto de convertelo na súa única preocupación.
Fonte: C14 (1006)
recoñecer
EN It is believed that such persons would be safe from acts of revenge once they have admitted to their crimes, apologized for them and agreed to carry out a community service sentence.
GL O costume local permite non vingarse deles sempre que recoñezan os seus delictos, pedisen perdón e aceptasen realizar un traballo para a comunidade imposto por esta.
Fonte: C16 (996)
..... to be admitted to
ingresar en
EN The boxer Teófilo Stevenson, Olympic champion in 1972, 1976 and 1980, was admitted to the "revolutionary hall of fame" because he rejected lucrative professional contracts abroad.
GL O boxeador Teófilo Stevenson, triple campión olímpico (1972, 1976 e 1980), ingresou no "salón da fama revolucionaria" por rexeitar contratos millonarios para profesionalizarse no estranxeiro.
Fonte: C14 (594)
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