desmandarse

pron.v.

1 to be disobedient.

2 to get out of hand.

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desmandarse

► verbo pronominal

1 (descomedirse) to rebel, misbehave, get out of hand

2 (animal) to stray from the herd; (caballo) to bolt

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VPR

1) (=descontrolarse) to get out of hand

2) [caballo] to bolt, run away

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verbo pronominal niños/tropas to get out of control o hand

no se le desmanda ningún alumno — none of his pupils dares disobey him

el caballo se le desmandó — he lost control of the horse

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= go + too far, run + riot, run + rampant.

Ex. He argues that some of the laws being proposed go too far in restricting rights.

Ex. Most kids these days are not scared of a telling off and they are running riot.

Ex. While inflation was running rampant during the Trudeau years, that was the pattern in most countries in the world including the USA.

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verbo pronominal niños/tropas to get out of control o hand

no se le desmanda ningún alumno — none of his pupils dares disobey him

el caballo se le desmandó — he lost control of the horse

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= go + too far, run + riot, run + rampant.

Ex: He argues that some of the laws being proposed go too far in restricting rights.

Ex: Most kids these days are not scared of a telling off and they are running riot.

Ex: While inflation was running rampant during the Trudeau years, that was the pattern in most countries in the world including the USA.

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desmandarse [A1 ]

v pron

no se le desmanda ningún alumno none of his pupils dares disobey him o get out of hand

se le desmandaron las tropas the troops rebelled against him, he lost control of the troops

el caballo se le desmandó he lost control of the horse

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desmandarse (conjugate desmandarse) verbo pronominal [niños/tropas] to get out of control o hand

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desmandarse vpr

[descontrolarse] to get out of control;

enseguida se le desmanda la clase he immediately loses control of the class;

se le desmandaron algunas ovejas a few of his sheep went astray

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desmandarse

v/r de animal break loose

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desmandarse vr

: to behave badly, to get out of hand