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defy

English

  1. 🔊 challenge
    “I dare you!”
  2. 🔊 resist or confront with resistance
    “The politician defied public opinion”
  3. 🔊 elude, especially in a baffling way
    “This behavior defies explanation”

Spanish

  1. 🔊 afrontar to defy, to brave
  2. 🔊 retar to defy, challenge
  3. 🔊 desafiar to defy, to challenge (e.g. parents, a leader, the status quo)

Similar words

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