fetter

[US]/ˈfetə(r)/
[UK]/ˈfetər/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. grilletes para los pies; una cadena o manilla utilizada para restringir a un prisionero, típicamente alrededor de los tobillos
vt. poner grilletes; restringir o confinar
Word Forms
Tercera persona singularfetters
Pasadofettered
Gerundiofettering
Pluralfetters
Participio pasadofettered

Example Sentences

the fetters of discipline and caution.

las cadenas de disciplina y precaución.

be fettered by tradition

estar limitado por la tradición

he lay bound with fetters of iron.

él yacía atado con grilletes de hierro.

he was not fettered by tradition.

él no estaba limitado por la tradición.

They were bound up in fetters of conventionalism.

Estaban atrapados en grilletes de convencionalismo.

prisoners fettered by chains;

prisioneros encadenados;

No man loves his fetters,be they made of gold.

Ningún hombre ama sus grilletes,sean de oro.

They will run wild freed from the fetters of control.

Se liberarán y correrán salvajes, liberados de los grilletes del control.

This does not mean that we wish to fetter the trade union movement.

Esto no significa que deseemos limitar el movimiento sindical.

for the Third Path, the non-returner path-moment erases the two weakened fetters;

para el Tercer Camino, el momento del camino sin retorno borra los dos grilletes debilitados;

Real-world Examples

Young people weary of countless restrictions and fetters.

Source: High-frequency vocabulary in daily life

3 " Let us break their chains, " they say, " and throw off their fetters."

Source: Bible (original version)

I have just received your fetter and must say that I was surprised at it.

Source: Pride and Prejudice

Our deeds are fetters that we forge ourselves.

Source: Middlemarch (Part One)

He stood by the window, looking on, till the sergeant threw down the fetters and approached him.

Source: The Gadfly (Original Version)

Man has chained and fettered the spirit, but he has been utterly helpless before love.

Source: Marriage and Love

Fortunately, it was caught and fettered.

Source: Pan Pan

The fetters of her sin are upon her, and she cannot stir to come to thee.

Source: Adam Bede (Volume Four)

A dark man with a shaven, blue neck and long mustache, tangling in his fetters, sprang toward her and embraced her.

Source: Resurrection

Irons is here used in the sense of iron fetters, chains, or shackles, which prevent the ship from moving about freely.

Source: Southwest Associated University English Textbook

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