aguantar
stand up to ; bear ; withstand ; endure ; hold + fire ; put up with (it) ; hold off ; stand + the gaff ; stomach ; weather ; hold + Nombre + in ; grin and bear it ; hold back.
However, he would prefer a binding that will stand up to being stuffed into after-hours book drops and being hauled from one library to another.
One is tempted to say that the enthusiasts for postcoordinate systems, being forced to admit reluctantly that control was necessary, couldn't bear to use the old-fashioned term 'list of subject headings'.
While the current problems associated with serial economics have driven a wedge between vendors, librarians and publishers, they should be cooperating and communicating in order to withstand the information explosion.
On the other hand people passionately devoted to a hobby or sport or their work will endure without complaint conditions which less ardent folk think outrageously insupportable.
However, in producing a bulletin one is often torn between including the scanty, undigested and possibly inaccurate details of a new proposal and holding fire until fuller information is available, and thereby missing a publication deadline.
Have reading foisted on you as a duty, a task to be put up with, from which you expect no delight, and it can appear a drab business gladly to be given up.
A dam at the Strait of Gibraltar could be constructed to limit the outflow and reverse the climate deterioration, thus holding off the next ice age.
Thus far the oil companies have stood the gaff well, considering the burden thrown on them by declining prices and mounting stocks.
Early man couldn't stomach milk, according to research.
The small publishers seem to be weathering the industry changes, and have expectations of growth.
The longer a fart is held in, the larger the proportion of inert nitrogen it contains, because the other gases tend to be absorbed into the bloodstream through the walls of the intestine.
She wanted to tell him to mind his own business, but since she was a bit indebted to him, she just had to grin and bear it.
Police in Algeria have been holding back hundreds of anti-government demonstrators who have been trying to rally in central Algiers.
aguantar (bien) la bebida [Expresión principalmente del inglés americano] [Expresión principalmente del inglés británico]
hold + Posesivo + liquor
hold + Posesivo + drink
I'm a guy, but I think women can definitely hold their liquor better.
Some men may not want to hear this - but scientists have found women are better at holding their drink.
aguantar caña
put up with (it)
grin and bear it
Have reading foisted on you as a duty, a task to be put up with, from which you expect no delight, and it can appear a drab business gladly to be given up.
She wanted to tell him to mind his own business, but since she was a bit indebted to him, she just had to grin and bear it.
aguantar con resignación
take it on + the chin
We totally dominated and we didn't get what we deserved from the game but we need to take it on the chin and move on.
aguantar el acoso de
run + the gauntlet of
Sometimes running the gauntlet of criticism and ridicule allows an opportunity for defending oneself.
aguantar el aliento
hold + Posesivo + breath
Holding the breath also helps you to concentrate better.
aguantar el calor
stand + the heat
take + the heat
For those who can stand the heat in exchange for endless blue sky, the summer months are the way to go.
Hisbiscus thrive in sunny locations and take the heat well.
aguantar el dolor
bear + the pain
Every painful story have a successful ending, so bear the pain and get ready for success.
aguantar el tipo
put + a brave face on
keep + a stiff upper lip
brazen out
put on/up + a brave face
You have to make sure you lead from the front and put a brave face on it during the tough times to bring people with you and get out of it.
Keeping a stiff upper lip during an emotional event can impair your memory, research suggests.
The way they tried to stonewall and brazen out the forged document scandal suggests that they didn't realize the extent to which their monopoly was gone.
It's no secret that all Commonwealth Games sites are lagging behind schedule but the organisers are putting on a brave face.
aguantar estoicamente
weather
take it on + the chin
The small publishers seem to be weathering the industry changes, and have expectations of growth.
We totally dominated and we didn't get what we deserved from the game but we need to take it on the chin and move on.
aguantar hasta el final
stick it out
Here are a few examples of some famous quitters, people who didn't always stick it out.
aguantar la presión
stand + the heat
Xerox couldn't stand the heat, and left the computer business.
aguantar la respiración
hold + Posesivo + breath
Holding the breath also helps you to concentrate better.
aguantar la risa
keep + a straight face
The object of this game is to keep a straight face while the other players try to make you laugh.
aguantar la vela
face + the music
put up with (it)
'Might as well face the music,' he said resignedly.
Have reading foisted on you as a duty, a task to be put up with, from which you expect no delight, and it can appear a drab business gladly to be given up.
aguantarlo
live with it
For my part, it is a presidential valediction and I have only a couple of hours in which to live with it.
aguantarlo bien
take it in + Posesivo + stride
William was disappointed with the news but took it in stride and followed his doctors' orders.
aguantar mecha
stick it out
stand + the gaff
Here are a few examples of some famous quitters, people who didn't always stick it out.
Thus far the oil companies have stood the gaff well, considering the burden thrown on them by declining prices and mounting stocks.
aguantarse
hold + Posesivo + horses
hold back
Over the last couple of months, drug companies had been holding their horses in the hope that the new budget would bring them some relief.
Police in Algeria have been holding back hundreds of anti-government demonstrators who have been trying to rally in central Algiers.
aguantar una broma
stand + a joke
take + a joke
It is certainly an advantage to be able to stand a joke; but we know that not everyone possesses that adavantage.
It is the ability to take a joke, not make one, that proves you have a sense of humor.
aguantar un golpe
take + a hit
We designed a secure - and we will build it eventually - computer room that was fireproof, tornado proof, and would take a hit from a single engine craft.
aguantar vela
grin and bear it
She wanted to tell him to mind his own business, but since she was a bit indebted to him, she just had to grin and bear it.
aguántate
lump it
The article is entitled 'Link It or Lump It: Basic Access Strategies for Digital Art Representation'.
¡aguántate!
tough!
If you're such an ass-licker that you can't form your own opinions, tough!.
no aguantar más
have had enough
come to + the end of + Posesivo + tether
be at the end of + Posesivo + tether
be cheesed off with
Last night the Israeli prime minister announced that after nine days of eyeball-to-eyeball negotiations, he'd had enough and was going home.
Mr James, who served 13 years of his 30-year sentence for the train robbery, said that he had come to the end of his tether and 'flipped his lid'.
She says she's at the end of her tether waiting for the arrival of her baby.
In a statement that took about 20 seconds, he told a news conference that he was cheesed off with boxing and would quit after his next fight .
no aguantar ver a
can't stand + sight
The article is entitled 'Menstruation or, who says women can't stand the sight of blood?'.
no poder aguantar a
have it in for + Nombre
Computers don't have it in for him, they just can't tolerate his electrical charge.
no puedo aguantarlo
can't take it
'I can't take it! the man's gone bananas'.
no voy a aguantarlo más
not going to take it any more
The article 'The acquisitions librarian as informed consumer: mad as hell, and not going to take it any more!' considers some of the underlying practices used by publishers which keep prices increasing faster than inflation.
si no aguantas el calor, sal de la cocina
if you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen
if you can't take the heat, get out of the kitchen
She then went on to say: 'I anticipate it's going to get even hotter - and if you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen'.
I was immediately reminded of the old saying, 'If you can't take the heat, get out of the kitchen'.
si no te gusta, te aguantas
like it or lump it
if you don't like it you can lump it
The G8 rule, and the rest can like it or lump it.
The US should come out openly and say to the world, 'We are the only imperial power, and we're going to rule you, and if you don't like it you can lump it'.
tener que aguantar Algo
be stuck with
get + stuck with
If you're trying to reduce the cost of your cataloging, you're stuck with accepting LC, particularly if you're in a library which is acquiring the kinds of materials for which LC is the only cataloging source.
The point to using non-proprietary standards is to make sure that you don't get stuck with content that you are unable to migrate to new formats over time.
