- sobornar
- v.to bribe.El equipo compró al árbitro The team bribed the referee.* * *sobornar► verbo transitivo1 to bribe, suborn* * *verbto bribe* * *VT1) (=comprar) to bribe2) hum (=engatusar) to get round* * *verbo transitivo to bribe, suborn (frml)* * *= bribe, grease + Posesivo + palm, oil + Posesivo + palm.Ex. Local officials can easily be bribed by foreign pharmaceutical laboratories.Ex. The local bishop was under his thumb, our priest greased his palm well.Ex. The judge has to be bribed and if you can't afford to 'oil his palm' your case will never reach court.* * *verbo transitivo to bribe, suborn (frml)* * *= bribe, grease + Posesivo + palm, oil + Posesivo + palm.
Ex: Local officials can easily be bribed by foreign pharmaceutical laboratories.
Ex: The local bishop was under his thumb, our priest greased his palm well.Ex: The judge has to be bribed and if you can't afford to 'oil his palm' your case will never reach court.* * *sobornar [A1 ]vtto bribe, suborn (frml)* * *
sobornar (conjugate sobornar) verbo transitivo
to bribe, suborn (frml)
sobornar verbo transitivo to bribe
'sobornar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
comprar
- untar
- vender
English:
bribe
- buy off
- corrupt
- pay off
- buy
* * *sobornar vtto bribe* * *sobornarv/t bribe* * *sobornar vt: to bribe* * *sobornar vb to bribe
Spanish-English dictionary. 2013.