resist allegiance

Spanish translation: nunca se ha comprometido con nadie

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English term or phrase:resisted allegiance to others
Spanish translation:nunca se ha comprometido con nadie
Entered by: Beatriz Ramírez de Haro

12:05 Sep 26, 2018
English to Spanish translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Psychology / Manipulative people
English term or phrase: resist allegiance
Context:

They may, for example, assume that a person who all their life has aggressively pursued independence, resisted allegiance to others, and taken what they could from relationships without feeling obliged to give something back must necessarily be “compensating” for a “fear” of intimacy.

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Maria Iglesia Ramos
Spain
nunca ha sido leal a nadie / nunca se ha comprometido con nadie
Explanation:
Se puede decir de muchas formas, por ejemplo:

"...podrían dar por sentado que una persona que ha buscado agresivamente la independencia toda su vida, nunca ha sido leal a nadie y se ha beneficiado todo lo que ha podido de las relaciones con los demás sin sentirse obligada/ en la obligación de devolver nada / de dar nada a cambio..."

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Beatriz Ramírez de Haro
Spain
Local time: 11:37
Grading comment
perfect
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Summary of answers provided
3 +1evitar el compromiso / evitar comprometerse
Chema Nieto Castañón
3 +1nunca se ha casado con nadie / siempre ha evitado (tener que) rendir vasallaje - pleitesía
JohnMcDove
3nunca ha sido leal a nadie / nunca se ha comprometido con nadie
Beatriz Ramírez de Haro
2rehuyeron [las] relaciones comprometidas
Robert Forstag


  

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resisted allegiance to others
rehuyeron [las] relaciones comprometidas


Explanation:
Me parece que esta traducción tranmite la idea subyacente.

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Note added at 14 mins (2018-09-26 12:19:18 GMT)
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ERRATUM:

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Robert Forstag
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
nunca ha sido leal a nadie / nunca se ha comprometido con nadie


Explanation:
Se puede decir de muchas formas, por ejemplo:

"...podrían dar por sentado que una persona que ha buscado agresivamente la independencia toda su vida, nunca ha sido leal a nadie y se ha beneficiado todo lo que ha podido de las relaciones con los demás sin sentirse obligada/ en la obligación de devolver nada / de dar nada a cambio..."



Beatriz Ramírez de Haro
Spain
Local time: 11:37
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perfect
Notes to answerer
Asker: Me gusta tu opción Bea. Gracias

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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
evitar el compromiso / evitar comprometerse


Explanation:
... han buscado agresivamente la independencia, han evitado comprometerse y han [tomado lo que han podido]...


Chema Nieto Castañón
Spain
Local time: 11:37
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Maikon Delgado
10 hrs
  -> ¡Gracias, Maikon!
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9 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
nunca se ha casado con nadie / siempre ha evitado (tener que) rendir vasallaje - pleitesía


Explanation:

no casarse con nadie

1. loc. verb. coloq. Conservar la independencia de opinión o actitud.

Un par de opciones adicionales...

Saludos cordiales.

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Note added at 1 day 8 hrs (2018-09-27 20:26:20 GMT) Post-grading
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De nada, un placer. :-)

JohnMcDove
United States
Local time: 02:37
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
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Asker: Una opción muy acertada, gracias John


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Maikon Delgado
2 hrs
  -> Muchas gracias, Maikon. :-)
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