stand for | Idiomator

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Examples:

EN: I won't stand for this ...
ES: Esto no lo tolero...
EN: I'm down pretty low...but not so far that I'll stand for this!
ES: He caído muy bajo... ¡pero no tanto como para tolerar esto!
EN: Well, you'll stand for anything I say!
ES: ¡Tú tolerarás lo que yo diga!
EN: - I can't stand for quarreling.
ES: - No soporto las peleas.
EN: Say, I'm not gonna stand for any more of this.
ES: Todo esto es ridículo.
EN: No, I won't stand for you talking back to me like this.
ES: ¡No! ¡Y no dejaré que me contestes de ese modo!
EN: And I won't stand for it any longer.
ES: Ya no aguanto más.
EN: - Are you gonna stand for that?
ES: - ¿Vas a tolerar esto?
EN: - Well, I'd like to learn bricklayin' if you'll stand for it.
ES: Me gustaría aprender albañilería, si puedes con ello.
EN: And what do they stand for?
ES: ¿Y qué representan?
EN: Am I gonna stand for a rat making a mug out of me?
ES: ¿Voy a permitir que una rata me tome por idiota?
EN: Well, mother's got to stand for it sooner or later.
ES: Mamá tendrá que aceptarlo tarde o temprano.
EN: Oh, all right, I can stand for a lot.
ES: - muy bien. Tengo mucho aguante.
EN: And I'm not gonna stand for you or anybody else.
ES: Y no voy a quedarme quieto ni por ti ni por nadie más.
EN: And I won't stand for any fortune-hunting.
ES: Y no tolero a los cazafortunas.

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