Significado de defeat en inglés
defeatdefeat1 /dɪˈfiːt/ noun [countable, uncountable] 
Ver todas las traducciones1failure to win or succeedfracaso en ganar o tener éxitodefeat in
The socialist party suffered a crushing defeat in the elections.El partido socialista sufrió una aplastante derrota en las elecciones. She was a woman who hated to admit defeat.Era una mujer que odiaba admitir la derrota.2victory over someone or somethingvictoria sobre alguien o algodefeat of The defeat of the army was followed by the establishment of constitutional government.La derrota del ejército fue seguida por el establecimiento de un gobierno constitucional.COLLOCATIONSCOLOCACIONESverbsverbossuffer a defeat (=be defeated)· The party suffered a defeat in the state elections.· El partido sufrió una derrota en las elecciones estatales.inflict a defeat on somebody (=defeat someone, especially easily)· The army inflicted a heavy defeat on the English.· El ejército infligió una grave derrota a los ingleses.admit defeat· If I left my job, I would be admitting defeat.· Si dejara mi trabajo, estaría admitiendo la derrota.accept defeat· It can be very hard to accept defeat.· Puede ser muy difícil aceptar la derrota.concede defeat (=formally accept that you have lost in a game, election etc)· His opponent conceded defeat.· Su oponente reconoció la derrota.face defeat (=be likely to be defeated)· In May 1945 Germany faced defeat at the hands of the Allies.· En mayo de 1945, Alemania se enfrentó a la derrota a manos de los Aliados.ADJECTIVES/NOUN + defeatADJETIVOS/SUSTANTIVO + defeata big/bad defeat (also a heavy defeat British English) (=by a large amount)· The polls were forecasting a heavy defeat for the president.· Las encuestas pronosticaban una dura derrota para el presidente.a crushing/resounding defeat (=a complete defeat, by a very large amount)· He quit as prime minister following a crushing defeat in regional elections.· Renunció como primer ministro tras una aplastante derrota en las elecciones regionales.a humiliating defeat (=very embarrassing)· They are still bitter about their humiliating defeat.· Todavía sienten amargura por su humillante derrota.a disastrous defeat (=very big, and with a very bad result)· The party suffered a disastrous defeat in the 2006 election.· El partido sufrió una derrota desastrosa en las elecciones de 2006.a narrow defeat (=by a small amount)· The goalkeeper was blamed for the team’s narrow defeat.· El portero fue culpado por la ajustada derrota del equipo.an election/electoral defeat· It was their worst general election defeat since 1982.· Fue su peor derrota en elecciones generales desde 1982.a military defeat· The president resigned following a series of military defeats.· El presidente renunció tras una serie de derrotas militares.a shock defeat British English (=very unexpected)· Arsenal are now out of the competition, following their shock defeat by Torquay Town.· El Arsenal ha quedado eliminado de la competición tras su sorpresiva derrota ante el Torquay Town.
Ver todas las traducciones1failure to win or succeedfracaso en ganar o tener éxitodefeat in The socialist party suffered a crushing defeat in the elections.El partido socialista sufrió una aplastante derrota en las elecciones. She was a woman who hated to admit defeat.Era una mujer que odiaba admitir la derrota.2victory over someone or somethingvictoria sobre alguien o algodefeat of The defeat of the army was followed by the establishment of constitutional government.La derrota del ejército fue seguida por el establecimiento de un gobierno constitucional.COLLOCATIONSCOLOCACIONESverbsverbossuffer a defeat (=be defeated)· The party suffered a defeat in the state elections.· El partido sufrió una derrota en las elecciones estatales.inflict a defeat on somebody (=defeat someone, especially easily)· The army inflicted a heavy defeat on the English.· El ejército infligió una grave derrota a los ingleses.admit defeat· If I left my job, I would be admitting defeat.· Si dejara mi trabajo, estaría admitiendo la derrota.accept defeat· It can be very hard to accept defeat.· Puede ser muy difícil aceptar la derrota.concede defeat (=formally accept that you have lost in a game, election etc)· His opponent conceded defeat.· Su oponente reconoció la derrota.face defeat (=be likely to be defeated)· In May 1945 Germany faced defeat at the hands of the Allies.· En mayo de 1945, Alemania se enfrentó a la derrota a manos de los Aliados.ADJECTIVES/NOUN + defeatADJETIVOS/SUSTANTIVO + defeata big/bad defeat (also a heavy defeat British English) (=by a large amount)· The polls were forecasting a heavy defeat for the president.· Las encuestas pronosticaban una dura derrota para el presidente.a crushing/resounding defeat (=a complete defeat, by a very large amount)· He quit as prime minister following a crushing defeat in regional elections.· Renunció como primer ministro tras una aplastante derrota en las elecciones regionales.a humiliating defeat (=very embarrassing)· They are still bitter about their humiliating defeat.· Todavía sienten amargura por su humillante derrota.a disastrous defeat (=very big, and with a very bad result)· The party suffered a disastrous defeat in the 2006 election.· El partido sufrió una derrota desastrosa en las elecciones de 2006.a narrow defeat (=by a small amount)· The goalkeeper was blamed for the team’s narrow defeat.· El portero fue culpado por la ajustada derrota del equipo.an election/electoral defeat· It was their worst general election defeat since 1982.· Fue su peor derrota en elecciones generales desde 1982.a military defeat· The president resigned following a series of military defeats.· El presidente renunció tras una serie de derrotas militares.a shock defeat British English (=very unexpected)· Arsenal are now out of the competition, following their shock defeat by Torquay Town.· El Arsenal ha quedado eliminado de la competición tras su sorpresiva derrota ante el Torquay Town.defeatdefeat2 verb [transitive] 1to win a victory over someone in a war, competition, game etcganar una victoria sobre alguien en una guerra, competición, juego, etc. SYN beat: They hoped to defeat the enemy at sea.Esperaban derrotar al enemigo en el mar.defeat somebody by something We were defeated by 3 goals to 2.Fuimos derrotados por 3 goles a 2.► see thesaurus at beatRegisterRegistroIn everyday English, people usually say beat rather than defeat when talking about sport, games, or elections:· We were beaten by 3 goals to 2.En inglés cotidiano, la gente suele decir beat en lugar de defeat al hablar de deportes, juegos o elecciones: · Fuimos derrotados por 3 goles a 2.2if something defeats you, you cannot understand it and therefore cannot answer or deal with itsi algo te vence, no puedes comprenderlo y por tanto no puedes responderlo ni manejarlo SYN beat: It was the last question on the paper that defeated me.Fue la última pregunta del examen la que me venció.3to make something failhacer que algo fracasedefeat the object/purpose (of the exercise) Don’t let your arms relax as that would defeat the object of the exercise.No relajes los brazos, ya que eso haría fracasar el propósito del ejercicio.
1to win a victory over someone in a war, competition, game etcganar una victoria sobre alguien en una guerra, competición, juego, etc. SYN beat: They hoped to defeat the enemy at sea.Esperaban derrotar al enemigo en el mar.defeat somebody by something We were defeated by 3 goals to 2.Fuimos derrotados por 3 goles a 2.► see thesaurus at beatRegisterRegistroIn everyday English, people usually say beat rather than defeat when talking about sport, games, or elections:· We were beaten by 3 goals to 2.En inglés cotidiano, la gente suele decir beat en lugar de defeat al hablar de deportes, juegos o elecciones: · Fuimos derrotados por 3 goles a 2.2if something defeats you, you cannot understand it and therefore cannot answer or deal with itsi algo te vence, no puedes comprenderlo y por tanto no puedes responderlo ni manejarlo SYN beat: It was the last question on the paper that defeated me.Fue la última pregunta del examen la que me venció.3to make something failhacer que algo fracasedefeat the object/purpose (of the exercise) Don’t let your arms relax as that would defeat the object of the exercise.No relajes los brazos, ya que eso haría fracasar el propósito del ejercicio.