surrender

arrendersi

Smettere di combattere e accettare che il nemico abbia vinto.

In inglese semplice: To stop fighting and accept that the enemy has won.

• The soldiers surrendered.
• The army refused to surrender to the enemy.
• Will the troops surrender before dawn?

Come si usa: surrender to someone (The remaining troops surrendered to the opposing army.)

Sinonimi: give up, capitulate

Contrari: resist

Espressioni comuni: surrender to someone, refuse to surrender

costituirsi, arrendersi

Accettare il controllo di qualcuno più potente, soprattutto diventando suo prigioniero.

In inglese semplice: To let a more powerful person take control of you, especially by becoming their prisoner.

• The thief surrendered.
• She surrendered to the police outside her house.
• The escaped prisoner finally surrendered himself.

Come si usa: surrender to someone (The suspect surrendered to the officers.); surrender yourself to someone (He surrendered himself to the police.)

Sinonimi: give yourself up, give in

Contrari: resist

Espressioni comuni: surrender to someone, surrender yourself

consegnare, cedere, rinunciare

Dare a qualcuno ciò che si possiede, oppure rinunciare a un diritto o a un vantaggio.

In inglese semplice: To give someone something you have, or stop keeping a right or advantage.

• Please surrender your weapons.
• She surrendered her passport to the court.
• They will never surrender their right to vote.

Come si usa: surrender something to someone (All visitors must surrender their phones to the guard.)

Sinonimi: give up, hand over, relinquish

Contrari: retain

Espressioni comuni: surrender something, surrender your passport, surrender control

abbandonarsi, cedere

Smettere di resistere a un sentimento o desiderio e lasciarsene dominare.

In inglese semplice: To stop fighting against a feeling or desire and let it control you.

• He surrendered to sleep.
• She would not surrender to despair.
• For a moment, I surrendered myself to the music.

Come si usa: surrender to something (He finally surrendered to exhaustion.); surrender yourself to something (She surrendered herself to the joy of the moment.)

Sinonimi: give in, yield

Contrari: resist

Espressioni comuni: surrender to sleep, surrender to something, surrender yourself

resa, sottomissione

Atto di smettere di combattere o resistere e accettare il controllo altrui.

In inglese semplice: The act of stopping a fight or struggle and accepting another person’s control.

• The army announced its surrender.
• The enemy demanded unconditional surrender.
• Her quiet surrender to grief worried her friends.

Come si usa: surrender to someone/something (Their surrender to the enemy ended the battle.)

Sinonimi: capitulation, submission

Contrari: resistance

Espressioni comuni: unconditional surrender, accept surrender, surrender to someone