How to say " To bear the consequences"

Question

Hi Friends,

I am not being able to figure out the exact way of saying " To bear the consequences" in Spanish ..

I know two ways but am not quite sure if there is any better way available in Spanish to express this idea :

1st way .. pagar las consecuencias.. 2nd way .. afrontar las consecuencias ..

por ejemplo .. puedo decir : El pueblo paga las consecuencias de una mala política (people bear the consequences of a bad policy).

o puedo decir : El pueblo afronta las consecuencias de una mala política ..

I also tried the machine translators but am not satisfied with the outcome ,,, If any one could help me with the exact verb that I could use to express the idea "to bear (the consequences)" ,, I would greatly appreciate the help .. thanks

Answer 1

soportar las cosecuencias o sufrir las consecuencias..

El pueblo no debe soportar a las consecuencias de la malas deciciones de su alcalde.

But Annie dear ,, soportar las consecuencias would mean "tolerate the consequences" (i think) that they are just putting up or tolerating the consequences of the mayor .. don't you think so my friend ?? - 00b055e0, Apr 14, 2014

yeah but sufrir las consecuencias does go well with the context // el pueblo sufre las consecuencias de una mala politica .. this one sounds cool .. hehe - 00b055e0, Apr 14, 2014

Soportrar can mean ' to stand' ,to bear',' to tolerate'. But sufrir should work fine, I think. - annierats, Apr 14, 2014

The most common verb used is Sufrir. So sufrir las consecuencias sounds more appropiate and it is more widely used. - juanmelgar, Apr 14, 2014

yep .. thats what i thought .. thanks a lot my friends - 00b055e0, Apr 14, 2014