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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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- boldness, bole, Bolivarian, Bolivia, Bolivian, bollocks, Bollywood, Bologna, Bolshevik, bolster, bolstering, bolt, bomb, bombard, bombardment, bomber, bombing, bomblet, bonaventure


bolster


- noun
- almofada

EN He spoke the verses aloud from the first lines till the music and rhythm suffused his mind, turning it to quiet indulgence; then copied them painfully to feel them the better by seeing them; then lay back on his bolster.
GL Recitou en voz alta os versos desde as primeiras liñas ata que a música e o ritmo cubriron o seu espírito, facéndoo volver a unha sosegada indulxencia; logo copiounos laboriosamente para sentilos mellor ao velos escritos, despois reclinouse de novo na almofada.
- Fonte: RET (4418)


- transitive verb
- reforzar

EN This unacceptable situation has bolstered the determination of the world's indigenous people, who number around 300 million worldwide.
GL Deste xeito contribúen a reforza-la combatividade dos aborixes, que son preto de 300 millóns no mundo.
- Fonte: C14 (860)
- apoiar

EN This lobbying was bolstered by a powerful grassroots movement that shared the aim of making South Africa a non-racial, but also a non-sexist democracy.
GL Esas reivindicacións foron apoiadas por un poderoso movemento popular que avogaba por que Sudáfrica se convertese unha democracia non racista, pero tamén non sexista.
- Fonte: C24 (103)
- confirmar

EN Freedom of expression is a constitutional right and was further bolstered by a referendum in 1998 forbidding the adoption of laws limiting press freedom.
GL A liberdade de prensa é un dereito consagrado na Constitución Kirguisa, confirmado por un referendo de 1998 que prohibe a adopción de leis que a limitaren.
- Fonte: C32 (195)