arrendersi — meaning in English

English meaning

• capitulate verb To stop resisting and agree to the other side's terms; to surrender.
• give up phrasal verb To stop trying to do something because it has become too hard or seems hopeless.
• renounce verb To formally give up a right, title, or claim.
• strike verb To hit someone or something, often forcefully.
• succumb verb To give in to something overpowering, such as pressure, temptation, or illness.
• surrender verb To stop fighting or resisting and give oneself up to an opponent.
• yield verb To produce or give as a result, especially a crop, profit, or outcome.

Senses

arrendersi is used for these senses in English:

• capitulate (intransitive, originally only in military setting) To surrender on stipulated terms, end all resistance, give up, go along with or comply. [from the end of the 17th c.]
• give in (idiomatic) To relent, yield, surrender or admit defeat.
• renounce (intransitive) To surrender formally some right or trust.
• strike (transitive) To give, as a blow; to impel, as with a blow; to give a force to; to dash; to cast.
• succumb (intransitive) To give up, or give in.
• surrender (intransitive, or, reflexive) To give oneself up into the power of another, especially as a prisoner; to submit or give in.
• yield (transitive, or, intransitive) To give as demanded; to relinquish.

give up — full definition

1. phrasal verb To stop trying to do something because it has become too hard or seems hopeless.
2. phrasal verb To stop doing or having something, especially a habit or pleasure.
3. phrasal verb To hand something over, or to surrender yourself, to someone else.

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