mettle

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mettle
[ˈmetəl]
sustantivo
1valor (m) ánimo (m) (courage)
  • you'll have to be on your mettle -> tendrás que dar el do de pecho
  • she showed her mettle -> demostró de lo que era capaz

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mettle [’metl][me-tel]
sustantivo
1Materia de que se compone una cosa, en especial, disposición constitutiva, brío, bizarría, valor, coraje, firmeza, vivacidad, fuego.
  • To put one on (o to) his mettle -> picar el amor propio de alguno, estimularle

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mettle [ˈmetl]
noun
ánimo; (m) valor; (m)
to be on one's mettle estar dispuesto a demostrar su valía; to put sb on his mettle picar a algn en el amor propio en el orgullo;or to show one's mettle mostrar lo que uno vale

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