desafiar
challenge ; defy ; tax ; throw down + the gauntlet ; dare ; brave.
The only difference is the cataloger doesn't have to sit down and challenge himself, select one entry over the other, and say that this person is more responsible than another person for the work.
Some categories of material defy helpful categorisation, and need to be treated as special cases.
However, the definition of an 'author' has taxed cataloguers for many years.
And, as if by way of indicating that he had thrown down the gauntlet, he added, 'I can be unpleasant. I warn you'.
'Nah,' Kate chuckled, getting his drift, and then said 'I would've just barged in there and dared them to throw me out!' = 'Nah,' Kate chuckled, getting his drift, and then said 'I would've just barged in there and dared them to throw me out!'.
The mammoth hunters braved sub-zero temperatures on desolate tundra at least 20000 years earlier than was thought.
desafiar a la suerte
press + Posesivo + luck
push + Posesivo + luck
dance with + the devil
An English diplomat on the island tried to warn Burton against pressing his luck a second time.
She's not only the most hated person in America, she's also appears to be pushing her luck with her latest gambit.
The article 'Dancing with the devil' discusses the difficult relationship which writers have traditionally had with Hollywood film studios.
desafiar al sistema [Intentar superar las trabas impuestas por cualquier organismo considerado como un agente explotador para demostrar que el individuo puede más que la institución]
beat + the system
The passwords used should be chosen with some care, in order to avoid obvious words or numbers which could easily be deduced by those with a desire to 'beat the system'.
desafiar la gravedad
defy + gravity
Four performers tied to bungees swing, droop and fly in the air in ways that defy gravity.
desafiar una postura
challenge + attitude
Literature is conciliatory, comforting us in our shared humanity, and subversive, challenging our prejudices and ingrained attitudes, our complacency.
desafiar una situación
challenge + situation
In the past twenty or thirty years a growing number of teachers all through the educational system, from kindergarten to university, have challenged this situation.
desafiar un prejuicio
challenge + prejudice
Literature is conciliatory, comforting us in our shared humanity, and subversive, challenging our prejudices and ingrained attitudes, our complacency.
