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subjugar — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • crush verb To squeeze or press something so hard that its shape or structure is destroyed.
  • subdue verb To bring a person, animal, or feeling under control, often by force or effort.
  • subjugate verb To conquer a people or country and force them into submission.
  • subordinate adj Lower in rank, importance, or position; under the authority of someone else.

Senses

subjugar is used for these senses in English:

  • crush To press between two hard objects; to squeeze so as to alter the natural shape or integrity, or to force together into a mass.
  • crush To oppress or grievously burden.
  • crush (intransitive) To be or become broken down or in, or pressed into a smaller volume or area, by external weight or force.
  • subdue (transitive) To overcome, quieten, or bring under control.
  • subjugate To forcibly impose obedience, servitude, or submission upon (a country, a people, etc.).
  • subordinate (transitive) To make subservient or secondary.

crush — full definition

  1. verb To squeeze or press something so hard that its shape or structure is destroyed.
  2. verb To defeat someone or something completely and forcefully.
  3. noun A strong but usually short-lived romantic infatuation, or the person it is directed at.
  4. noun A dense, uncomfortable crowd of people.

subdue — full definition

  1. verb To bring a person, animal, or feeling under control, often by force or effort.
  2. verb To conquer a country or people and bring them under one's control.

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