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atenerse — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • comply verb To act in accordance with a rule, request, or law.
  • heed verb To pay close attention to advice or a warning and take it seriously.
  • listen verb To pay attention with your ears in order to hear something.
  • obey verb To do what someone in authority tells you to do.
  • rely verb To depend on someone or something; to trust that it will do what is needed.

Senses

atenerse is used for these senses in English:

  • comply To yield assent; to accord; to acquiesce, agree, consent; to adapt oneself, to conform.
  • heed (transitive) To mind; to regard with care; to take notice of; to attend to; to observe.
  • listen (intransitive) To accept advice or obey instruction; to agree or assent.
  • obey (obsolete, intransitive) To be obedient, compliant (to a given law, restriction etc.).

heed — full definition

  1. verb To pay close attention to advice or a warning and take it seriously.
  2. noun Careful attention paid to something.

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