baffle
transitive verb
desconcertar
EN The wife of one of the most respectable citizens --a lawyer of eminence and a member of Congress-- was seized with a sudden and unaccountable illness, which completely baffled the skill of her physicians.
GL A muller dun dos cidadáns máis respectables, un eminente avogado e congresista, caeu víctima dunha enfermidade repentina e inexplicable que desconcertou por completo ós seus médicos.
Fonte: BUR (25)
esbandallar
EN His alert foes, baffling every precaution, would break out of some unthought-of-defile, ravage his lands beneath his very nose, and then make off with prisoners and booty to the mountains.
GL Os seus aleutos inimigos, esbandallando todas estas precaucións, irrompían inopinadamente dende algunha portela descoñecida, arrasábanlle as terras baixo o propio bico e despois liscaban para as montañas cos prisioneiros e mailo botín ripados.
Fonte: ALH (89)
burlar
EN This the companion of his vigil had at a given moment made out, and she had then offered him the chance to baffle his doom.
GL Isto a compañeira da súa vixía xa o percibira nun momento dado e entón ofrecéralle a oportunidade de burla-lo seu fado.
Fonte: BES (872)
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