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Significados de defy em inglês

português
relutar
catalão
suportar
espanhol
soportar

Resist or confront with resistance.

relutar
catalão
oposar-se
espanhol
rechazar

Elude, especially in a baffling way.

oposar-se
português
desafiar
espanhol
retar

Challenge.

desafiar
Uso de defy em inglês
1
Then consider the Scottish National party, which continues to defy political logic.
The Guardian
2
Asset prices often do strange things in ways that defy rational explanation.
The Irish Times
3
Human rights groups, however, were outraged that Bashir could openly defy arrest.
The Guardian
4
The new London School of Economics student centre seems to defy gravity.
The Irish Times
5
Petraeus said they did not have to defy all those risk factors.
Obama's wars
6
Such verbal gymnastics defy common sense, even if HMRC has been satisfied.
The Guardian
7
I believe that I could defy all the Tirettas in the world.
The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Volume 1...
8
The one will taunt, the other defy; one aggresses, the other retaliates.
The Papers and Writings of Abraham Lincoln — Volume 2: 1843-1858
9
But courts have never given presidents absolute authority to defy congressional subpoenas.
Reuters
10
Then she came to a lad whose work appeared to defy description.
The new yorker
11
The joint interest of the Earl and the Mowbrays would defy opposition.
The Adventures of Hugh Trevor
12
For a moment he thought the maester was going to defy him.
A clash of kings
13
Many defy curfews in several cities, but the demonstrations are largely peaceful.
BBC
14
The complicated headdress and the ornaments on the robes utterly defy description.
The Prehistoric World; Or, Vanished Races
15
This summer, however, the now 22-year-old is starting to defy that reputation.
The Guardian
16
It empowered individuals to defy authority when it crossed a certain line.
How the scots invented the modern world: the true story of how w...
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Translations for defy
Defy ao longo do tempo
Defy nas variantes da língua
Reino Unido
Comum
Irlanda
Comum
Estados Unidos da América
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