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University of Vigo

English-Galician CLUVI Dictionary, 2nd edition (revised version 2.2)

(Based on the CLUVI Corpus of the University of Vigo)



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balk


- transitive verb
- refrear

EN From time to time also he balked them by a sudden effort of the will, as by lifting them suddenly in the middle of an unfinished sentence and closing the book.
GL De cando en vez os refreaba por un súbito esforzo da vontade, erguéndoos dunha frase sen rematar e cerrando o libro.
- Fonte: RET (3061)
- frustrar

EN Edna admired the skill of his maneuver, and avoided any occasion to balk his intentions.
GL Edna admirou a destra manobra do seu home e evitou calquera movemento que puidese frustra-los plans de Léonce.
- Fonte: ESP (2623)
- resistirse

EN Outside a one-room school in a village 40 kilometres from Dhaka, the Bangladeshi capital, a mother balks at the idea of marrying her 14-year-old daughter Mukta if a proposal comes along, even more at sending her to work in a factory to supplement the family income.
GL Á entrada da única aula dunha vila situada a 40 km de Daca, a capital de Bangladesh, unha nai resístese á idea de casar a Mukta, a súa filla de 14 anos, aínda que xurda unha oportunidade vantaxosa, e máis aínda a enviala a traballar nunha fábrica para axuda-la familia.
- Fonte: C02 (198)
- opoñerse

EN Why balk at mining water and not oil?
GL Pregúntanse por qué opoñerse á extracción da auga e non á do petróleo.
- Fonte: C19 (654)
- rexeitar

EN When Israelis balked at his demands for more water, he would "beat around the bush" on economic grounds.
GL Cando os israelís rexeitaban as súas peticións de máis auga, el volvía á carga con argumentos económicos.
- Fonte: C28 (185)