nobble

[US]/'nɒb(ə)l/
[UK]/ˈnɑbəl/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

vt. hacer trampa o engañar; usar veneno u otros medios para evitar que un caballo gane una carrera
Word Forms
Participio pasadonobbled
Pasadonobbled
Gerundionobbling
Pluralnobbles
Tercera persona singularnobbles

Phrases & Collocations

nobble a horse

domar un caballo

Example Sentences

an attempt to nobble the jury.

un intento para sobornar al jurado.

the industry will try to nobble plans for further competition.

la industria intentará obstaculizar los planes para una mayor competencia.

he intended to nobble Rose's money.

Tenía la intención de sabotear el dinero de Rose.

they nobbled him and threw him on to the train.

lo obstaculizaron y lo lanzaron al tren.

He tried to nobble one of the jurors .

Él trató de obstaculizar a uno de los jurados.

people always tried to nobble her at parties.

la gente siempre intentaba sabotearla en las fiestas.

Real-world Examples

Afraid not. Can't budge him. Your Minister nobbled him first.

No teman. No puedo moverlo. Su Ministro lo inhabilitó primero.

Source: Yes, Minister Season 1

" A sight of times better to be selling diments than nobbling about here."

“ Es mejor vender diments que andar de ocioso aquí.”

Source: Returning Home

You have nobbled the curate, or somebody else, who has got you a good place.

Usted ha inhabilitado al cura, o a otra persona, que le ha conseguido un buen puesto.

Source: The Red and the Black (Part One)

“Seekers are always the ones who get nobbled by the other team.”

“ Los buscadores siempre son los que son inhabilitados por el otro equipo.”

Source: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

All around it is a series of very odd tubercles and nobbles and bobbles.

Alrededor, es una serie de tubérculos, protuberancias y abultamientos muy extraños.

Source: Paleontology Popular Science

In reality these are examples of poor negotiation by governments, a weakness that can also nobble their use of public money.

En realidad, estos son ejemplos de una negociación deficiente por parte de los gobiernos, una debilidad que también puede inhabilitar su uso del dinero público.

Source: The Economist Culture

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