DESCENDER ( No voy a descender a ese nivel)

English translation: Stoop

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Spanish term or phrase:Descender / Inferiorizarse
English translation:Stoop
Entered by: Bertha S. Deffenbaugh

14:21 Mar 29, 2001
Spanish to English translations [Non-PRO]
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Spanish term or phrase: DESCENDER ( No voy a descender a ese nivel)
OBRA DE TEATRO.

Un personaje le dice a otro: " NO voy a DESCENDER a ese nivel, si es así como tú quieres hacer las cosas, allá tú...",etc, etc

Pensé en LOWER MYSELF... pero... aaaahhhhh.... no me hace click. ¿A ustedes?

Saludos a todos y gracias de antemano.
Bertha S. Deffenbaugh
United States
Local time: 22:06
I am not going to stoop to that level
Explanation:
I am the same person. I just realized the "no voy" implies a future. This is in addition to my earlier response.
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Gail
United States
Local time: 01:06
Grading comment
Yepeee..You are right! Stoop is exactly what I needed! I know " Lower myself" is correct, but it's too long...:)

Thanks!
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Summary of answers provided
na¿Qué le parece "diminish"...
Oso (X)
naI will not stoop to that level
Gail
naI am not going to stoop to that level
Gail


  

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10 mins
¿Qué le parece "diminish"...


Explanation:
...en el sentido que tiene esta palabra como: degradar, rebajar, disminuir, erc.?

Espero que le sea útil para su traducción.

Saludos afectuosos de OSO ¶:^)



Oso (X)
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in pair: 3064
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11 mins
I will not stoop to that level


Explanation:
stoop is the word used in English that is equivalent to descender. The feeling of lowering oneself is conveyed in the word "stoop."


    I am a native English speaker and this is a common expression
Gail
United States
Local time: 01:06
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in pair: 191

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Yolanda Broad
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12 mins
I am not going to stoop to that level


Explanation:
I am the same person. I just realized the "no voy" implies a future. This is in addition to my earlier response.

Gail
United States
Local time: 01:06
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in pair: 191
Grading comment
Yepeee..You are right! Stoop is exactly what I needed! I know " Lower myself" is correct, but it's too long...:)

Thanks!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
Yolanda Broad
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