afirmar

EN What I should say is, simply, that when certain persons spoke of him they affirmed that the reason of his spending so much time at Geneva was that he was extremely devoted to a lady who lived there --a foreign lady-- a person older than himself.
GL Simplemente habería que mencionar que cando certas persoas falaban de el afirmaban que a razón pola que pasaba tanto tempo en Xenebra era porque estaba perdidamente namorado dunha dama que alí vivía --unha dama estranxeira-- unha muller máis vella ca el.
Fonte: DAI (18)

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estimar

EN But conservationists affirm that even this strictly controlled trading fuelled demand for ivory and led to renewed elephant poaching.
GL Sen embargo, os defensores da natureza estiman que esas normas máis flexibles, mesmo cun control estricto, incrementaron a demanda de marfil, co que o contrabando recruou.
Fonte: C15 (1433)

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asegurar

EN He affirmed that, on returning one night from the neighboring village of Sing Sing, he had been overtaken by this midnight trooper; that he had offered to race with him for a bowl of punch, and should have won it too, for Dare-devil beat the goblin horse all hollow, but, just as they came to the church bridge, the Hessian bolted, and vanished in a flash of fire.
GL Asegurou que unha noite, cando el regresaba de Sing Sing, unha aldea próxima, foi sorprendido polo famoso soldado, que lle apostou unha cunca de viño a unha carreira, e habería de gañala, xa que Demo Temerario íalle gañando ó cabalo fantasma por bastante diferencia, pero xusto ó chegar á ponte da igrexa, o espectro precipitouse e desapareceu deixando un rastro de lume tras de si.
Fonte: LEN (229)

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