negar

Actuaba como si tuviera 2 años y me negaba a esforzarme.	So, I acted like a two-year-old, and refused to work.
Sí, pero yo me negaba.	Really? Yeah, that wasn't happening.
Además, me impresionó ver que cuando me negaba a darme lo que quería, me convertía en una persona malhumorada e insoportable con la cual no era agradable estar (pregúntenle a mi marido).	The real crunch was when I realised that by denying myself, I became a bad-tempered, miserable pain in the neck who was no fun to be with (ask my husband).
Solo quería abrazar un destino que se me negaba.	I wanted only to embrace a destiny that was denied me.
Y me negaba a entrar a esa casa.	And I refused to go into that house.
Al principio, el muchacho me negaba la flor.	At first, the boy would not have me pick his flower.
Ni la mitad del que habría pagado si me negaba.	Not half the price I would have paid if I had refused.
Perdió a su hijo Porque yo me negaba a perder al mío.	Has lost a son because I was unwilling to lose mine.
Si me negaba, amenazaban con delatarnos a mi familia y a mí.	If I refused they threatened to expose me and my family.
Yo me negaba a firmar los papeles.	And I refused to sign the papers.
Desde ese día le dije que me negaba a hablar con él.	Since that day, I said I refuse to talk to you.
Pero yo me negaba a aceptar esa posibilidad.	But I couldn't accept that possibility.
Pero yo me negaba a admitirlo.	But I wouldn't let myself believe in it.
Pero seguí escribiendo cartas y me negaba a presentar cualquier examen en sábado.	But I kept writing letters, and I refused to take any exams on Sabbath.
Y ese hombre... ha perdido a su hijo porque yo me negaba a perder al mío.	And that man... Has lost a son because I was unwilling to lose mine.
La mujer quería que pagáramos el coste de la pensión y yo me negaba.	The woman wanted us to pay the cost of the guesthouse and I said no.
¡Le dije a él que me negaba!	I told him I refused!
Me casé contigo porque temía Io que podría pasarme si me negaba.	I married you out of fear for what would happen to me if I said no.
Sufrí en silencio un año tras otro, porque me negaba a firmar el pacto.	I suffered silently year in and year out, because I refused to sign that pledge.
Yo no lo quería permitir, me negaba a que mi pequeña se fuera para siempre.	I would not allow it; I refused to believe my little one could leave forever.