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
- verb To squeeze or press something so hard that its shape or structure is destroyed.
- verb To defeat someone or something completely and forcefully.
- noun A strong but usually short-lived romantic infatuation, or the person it is directed at.
- noun A dense, uncomfortable crowd of people.
subdue — full definition
- verb To bring a person, animal, or feeling under control, often by force or effort.
- verb To conquer a country or people and bring them under one's control.