La Palabra Del Día "doblegar"
doblegar
to vanquish
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Write sentences at least 5 words long, but don't write a paragraph either. Write your Spanish sentence, but include the English translation as well. Make the corrections suggested by other users and moderators in the comments section (try not to use personal pronouns unless absolutely necessary). Use your own words! (Don't use a translator, copy from a book, use song lyrics, etc.) Please keep political, religious or personal statements to a minimum. This is a practice game..
Examples:
1: Hércules doblegó al León de Nemea y se hizo con su piel.
Hercules vanquished the Nemean Lion and took its pelt.
2: El gladiador no pudo doblegar a su enemigo.
The gladiator was unable to vanquish his foe.
12 Answers
En el año 1429, un ejército dirigido por Juana de Arco doblegó a las fuerzas de Inglaterra en La Batalla de Orléans.
In the year 1429, A French army led by Joan of Arc vanquished the forces of England at the Battle of Orléans.
Ten cuidado porque la naturaleza no se puede doblegar fácilmente.
Be careful because nature cannot easily vanquish
El amor perfecto doblega el miedo.
Perfect love casts out fear.
A diferencia de mis primos, no he doblegado superado mi miedo a las alturas; yo marearse de pie en el bordillo de la carretera.
Unlike my cousins, I have not overcome my fear of heights; I get dizzy standing on the curb of the road.
Mientras haya esperanza, no estamos doblegados.
size color>As long as there is hope, we are not vanquished. [unbroken]
El Superhéroe siempre doblega a los malhechores.
The superhero always vanquishes the evildoers.
Link vanquished Ganon to rescue Princess Zelda and the Hyrule kingdom. Link doblegó a Ganon para rescatar al reino de Hyrule y la princesa Zelda.
Amenazar de doblegar a un enemigo puede ser muy peligroso, y tener consecuencias no deseadas.
To threaten to vanquish an enemy can be very dangerous, and result in unintended consequences.
Hay una confusión entre "doblegar" y "vencer". Doblegar significa hacer que alguien desista de un propósito y se avenga a lo que se espera de él.
Heracles no doblegó al león de Nemea sino que lo mató y desolló. Y así en general
Mis ejemplos
Había un caballo indómito que nadie podía doblegar, pero llegó Patoruzú y lo domó. Ahora come de su mano.
There was an untamed horse nobody could break, but Patoruzú came and broke it in. Now it eats from his hand.
Los romanos doblegaron a los pueblos italianos con una astuta combinación de aliarse con algunos de los vencidos, dar a otros concesiones de derechos civiles y comerciales parciales, respetar la autonomía municipal de otros, aniquilar a los más díscolos y colonizar los espacios a controlar con sus propia gente o la de los pueblos aliados, viejos y nuevos.
Romans overcome the resistance of Italian peoples by means of a clever mix of making some of them allied, granting partial civil and commercial rights to others, keeping some local governments, vanquishing those unruly and colonizing those areas they need to control using their own population and their allies'.
Nunca da el brazo a torcer = No se doblega ante nada. He never gives in (literally: he never gives an arm for others to twist)= He can't be forced to submit
This idea came to my mind while looking at a mattress store and thinking about the similarity between the words Mattress and Mattis. Not much of a political statement is being made. No politician in the United States has expressed a desire to go to war. So I'm not attacking anyone. It's also a fact that the people in power do not appreciate the service of transgender people in the military and they have set about a plan to eventually get rid of all transpeople in the military. I'm just making some fun of that fact and people are free to agree or disagree with that move (I assume people here would know how I feel about the issue). Still, I would be understanding if this project is removed.
Los Estados Unidos pretende doblegar sus enemigos y dominar el negocio del colchon a través de la diplomacia no la guerra.
The United States intends to vanquish its enemies and dominate the mattress business through diplomacy, not war.
Thanks for correction, Coffeelate. 
Es mucho más fácil doblegar a tu enemigo en combate, que doblegar los miedos en tu mente.
It is much easier to vanquish your enemy in combat, than it is to vanquish the fears in your mind.
A derived word
indoblegable = not desisting from their opinion, purpose, aim or behaviour.
My Spanish version of Henley's poem Invictus:
Más allá de la noche que me cubre
negra como el abismo que une los polos,
agradezco a los dioses que pudiera haber
por mi alma indoblegable.
Out of the night that covers me,
Black as the Pit from pole to pole,
I thank whatever gods may be
For my unconquerable soul.
