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

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



In English
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In Galician
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- sticker, stick-insect, sticky, stiff, stiffen, stiffle, stiffly, stiff-necked, stiffness, stifle, stifling, stigma, stigmatization, stigmatize, stile, stiletto, still, stillbirth, stillborn


stifle


- transitive verb
- sufocar

EN One ought not to complain, thought Mr Ramsay, trying to stifle his desire to complain to his wife that young men did not admire him.
GL Non te podes queixar, pensaba o señor Ramsay mentres tentaba sufoca-lo desexo de queixarse á súa muller porque a xente nova non o admiraba.
- Fonte: CAR (1866)
- impedir

EN Some people accused these NGOs of going to extremes in Durban, to the point of stifling debate.
GL Algúns acusaron as ONG de facer esixencias demagóxicas, ata o punto de impedi-lo debate.
- Fonte: C28 (902)