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tirar la toalla
Language:
es
1.
Spain
Latin America
neutral
literal
To throw a towel, rag, or cloth away or discard it.
2.
Spain
Latin America
Spanish-speaking communities worldwide
idiomatic
colloquial
To give up, admit defeat, or cease making an effort; to quit trying.
Examples:
ES:
- Voy a tirar la toalla.
EN:
- I'm gonna throw this towel in.
ES:
Y tú ibas a tirar la toalla... para parar el combate.
EN:
And you was going to throw that towel in... and stop the fight.
ES:
De las que incitan a no tirar la toalla.
EN:
The kind that makes a guy want to go on.
ES:
Kin-san no debes tirar la toalla.
EN:
Kin-san, You can't just gve up, What knd of plans? ,
ES:
Ahora que casi lo consigue. El caso es que quiere tirar la toalla.
EN:
Now that you almost reached the target, you want to throw in the towel.
ES:
Pero no vamos a tirar la toalla.
EN:
But we ain't quitting'.
ES:
Tex, ¿quieres tirar la toalla?
EN:
Tex, do you want to quit?
ES:
- No... - ¡Alice! No pensé que fueses la primera en tirar la toalla.
EN:
Alice, I never thought you'd be the First to throw up the sponge.
ES:
Cuando quiera tirar la toalla, lo sabrás.
EN:
Anytime I wanna throw in the sponge, you'll know it.
EN:
Anytime I want to throw in the sponge, you'll know it.
ES:
- Al final, tuvimos que tirar la toalla.
EN:
- We simply had to drop her.
ES:
- Pero no puede tirar la toalla.
EN:
- But you can't just give up.
ES:
- Ahora voy a tirar la toalla.
EN:
Last time you tried to drill him.
ES:
Voy a tirar la toalla.
EN:
I'll throw in the towel.
ES:
- Deberías tirar la toalla, George.
EN:
- You've overmatched him, George.
ES:
No puedo tirar la toalla porque cometí errores, hay que seguir adelante.
EN:
I can't give up just because I made a few mistakes, I gotta keep going.
ES:
- Ayúdalo a tirar la toalla.
EN:
Help him to get out of the game.
ES:
Estos muchachos solo piensan en eso. ¡En tirar la toalla!
EN:
That's all these punks think about, is getting out of the game.
ES:
Y apenas me enfado, ni dejo de tratarte, porque uno de mis valores es no tirar la toalla ante un compromiso.
EN:
And I don't get more than a little mad, and I don't say "forget it. " Because one of my values is not to toss in the sponge on human commitments.
ES:
Nunca supiste cuando tirar la toalla.
EN:
You never did know when to quit, did you?
ES:
Sale uno de esos carcas y ya puedes tirar la toalla y declararte culpable.
EN:
Get one of those old cloners and you might just chuck your cards in and plead guilty.
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