oppress
That feeling has oppressed me more and more. | Ese sentimiento... me oprime más y más. |
Pharoah's Egypt has oppressed the Hebrew people by making them work too hard. | Egipto de Pharoah ha opreso a gente hebrea haciéndola trabaja demasiado difícilmente. |
Throughout his rule he has oppressed his people and violated international law in many areas. | Durante su gobierno ha oprimido a su pueblo y violado el derecho internacional en multitud de aspectos. |
Morocco has been occupying Western Sahara since the 1970's where it has oppressed those seeking independence. | Desde los años '70, Marruecos ha ocupado el Sahara Occidental, donde ha reprimido a la población civil. |
Than we noticed that everyone, who had the power over this region, has oppressed the people of this land. | Después nos dimos cuenta de que todos, los que poseian poder sobre esta region, ha oprimido a la gente de su tierra. |
On one side of the stage is the foreign potentate who has oppressed and affronted the Judahites (or, today, the Jews). | Por un lado de la fase está el potentado extranjero que ha oprimido y ha afrentado a los Judahítas (hoy en día, los judíos). |
I have realized with pains at heart that our society that had hidden the truth has oppressed and labeled as strange those who tried to live a human life. | He realizado con dolores cardiacos que nuestra sociedad que escondiera la verdad haya oprimido y etiquetado como extraños a quienes procurasen vivir una vida humana. |
For thus says the Lord Yahweh, My people went down at the first into Egypt to sojourn there: and the Assyrian has oppressed them without cause. | Porque así dijo el Señor Jehová: Mi pueblo descendió á Egipto en tiempo pasado, para peregrinar allá; y el Assur lo cautivó sin razón. |
The regime has made empty gestures at reform, but Cuba is still ruled by the same group that has oppressed the Cuban people for almost half a century. | El régimen ha hecho gestos vanos de reforma, pero Cuba aún es gobernada por el mismo grupo que ha oprimido al pueblo cubano por casi medio siglo. |
Because of the selfish indulgence of his appetite, man has oppressed nature's power by compelling it to do work it should never be required to do. | Debido a la complacencia egoísta de su apetito, el hombre ha oprimido el poder de la naturaleza obligándola a hacer un trabajo que nunca se debiera exigir de ella. |
Today (Tuesday) Egypt was rocked by a wave of nationwide demonstrations demanding the end of the Mubarak regime, which has oppressed the people of this proud nation for nearly 30 years. | Hoy (martes) Egipto fue sacudido por una ola de manifestaciones en todo el país exigiendo el fin del régimen de Mubarak, que ha oprimido al pueblo de esta nación orgullosa durante casi 30 años. |
Having deprived her of this first right of a citizen, the elective franchise, thereby leaving her without representation in the halls of legislation, he has oppressed her on all sides. | Al haberla privado del derecho primordial de todo ciudadano, el sufragio, de esta forma la ha dejado sin representación en las asambleas legislativas, la ha oprimido por todos lados. |
It is also the date when politics in Pakistan will enter a new epoch, the epoch when masses will come out to challenge the class that has oppressed and tyrannized them for generations. | También es la fecha en que la política pakistaní entrará en una nueva época, la época en que las masas desafiarán a la clase que las ha oprimido y tiranizado durante generaciones. |
So, while it is important that Parker—like every other man who has oppressed and degraded women—confront the harm of this behavior, he must also be allowed to grow and to contribute to the world. | Por lo tanto, si bien es importante que Parker —como cualquier otro hombre que haya oprimido y degradado a mujeres— haga frente a los daños de tal comportamiento, también hay que dejarlo crecer y contribuir al mundo. |
You might liken this to a large boulder of energy that has oppressed many individuals in many ways over the course of your planetary evolution, and now you are asking for that boulder to be shattered. | Ustedes pueden pensar en ésta como una grande roca de energía que ha oprimido a muchos individuos de muchas maneras a través del curso de su evolución planetaria, y ahora están ustedes pidiendo que esa roca sea despedazada. |
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