フレーズ · 🧩 Idioms for attitudes and reactions
Sabe que se equivocó, pero no da su brazo a torcer.
He knows he was wrong, but he won't back down.
C1describing stubbornnessかたまりで覚える表現音声・近日公開
それぞれの単語がその位置にある理由
Sabe動詞knowssaber · 現在 · 3人称 単数que接続詞thatse代名詞himself, herself, itself, themselves; (impersonal)3人称equivocó2動詞was wrongequivocarse · 過去 · 3人称 単数,pero接続詞butno副詞not, noda動詞gives; (dar su brazo a torcer) to back downdar · 現在 · 3人称 単数su限定詞his, her, its, your, their3人称 単数brazo1名詞arm男性 · 単数a前置詞to, attorcer動詞to twist不定詞.
- se → equivocó: pronominal verb
- da → brazo: dar su brazo a torcer
- su → brazo: m. sg.
直訳: “He knows he was wrong, but he doesn't give his arm to be twisted.”
この形になる理由
注の番号は上の番号に対応しています。
- 1no dar su brazo a torcer = to refuse to back down; Portuguese has the same idiom.
- 2equivocarse = to be wrong: pronominal, here in the preterite.