avasallar

v.

1 to overwhelm (rival, oponente).

2 to subjugate (pueblo).

3 to enslave, to dominate, to hold sway over, to overpower.

* * *

avasallar

► verbo transitivo

1 to subjugate, subdue

* * *

1. VT

1) (=subyugar) to subjugate

2)

avasallar a algn — (=obligar) to steamroller sb ( into agreement or compliance )

2.

See:

avasallarse

* * *

1.

verbo transitivo

a) <pueblo> to subjugate

b) (fam) (apabullar)

no te dejes avasallar por ellos — don't let them push you around (colloq)

2.

avasallar vi (Esp) to be pushy

* * *

= tyrannize, lord it over.

Ex. Her sympathy for small, helpless creatures suggests that she sees herself as an imprisoned, helpless creature herself, vulnerable to men who would menace or tyrannize her.

Ex. They believe that the main use for government is for some people to lord it over others at their expense.

* * *

1.

verbo transitivo

a) <pueblo> to subjugate

b) (fam) (apabullar)

no te dejes avasallar por ellos — don't let them push you around (colloq)

2.

avasallar vi (Esp) to be pushy

* * *

= tyrannize, lord it over.

Ex: Her sympathy for small, helpless creatures suggests that she sees herself as an imprisoned, helpless creature herself, vulnerable to men who would menace or tyrannize her.

Ex: They believe that the main use for government is for some people to lord it over others at their expense.

* * *

avasallar [A1 ]

vt

1 ‹pueblo› to subjugate

2 (fam)

(apabullar): no te dejes avasallar por ellos don't let them push o shove you around (colloq), don't let them overwhelm you

■ avasallar

vi

(Esp) to be pushy

* * *

avasallar
1 verbo transitivo to tyrannize
(apabullar) to push somebody around
II verbo intransitivo to trample on, Esp to be pushy
'avasallar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
pisar
English:
subdue

* * *

avasallar

♦ vt

1. [arrollar] to overwhelm;

el equipo visitante avasalló al local the away team overwhelmed the home side

2. [dominar]

dejarse avasallar to let oneself be pushed o ordered around;

va por la vida avasallando a todo el mundo he'll trample over people to get what he wants

3. [someter] to subjugate

♦ vi

[arrollar]

va por la vida avasallando he'll trample over people to get what he wants

* * *

avasallar

v/t subjugate;

no dejes que te avasallen fig don’t let them push you around

* * *

avasallar vt

: to overpower, to subjugate