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• Verbo frasal que significa sentir o mostrar miedo o aprensión ante algo; retroceder o evitar un desafío o amenaza, o acobardarse.

A phrasal verb meaning to feel or show fear or apprehension about something; to flinch or shrink back from a challenge or threat.

incontable · intransitivo · phrasal, inseparable

1. Show fear or hesitationformal

   To feel or show fear, hesitation, or reluctance when faced with something difficult or unpleasant.

   acobardarse ante

   • He quailed at the thought of giving a speech in front of the crowd.
   • She quailed at the prospect of climbing the steep mountain.
   • The soldiers quailed at the sight of the enemy's overwhelming forces.

   Sinónimosshrink fromshy away from

   Antónimosbraveconfrontface

Verbo basequail