kneel down in the Oxford Spanish Dictionary

Translations for kneel down in the English»Spanish Dictionary

kneel <pt & pp kneeled or knelt> [Am nil, Brit niːl] VB intr

I.down1 [Am daʊn, Brit daʊn] ADV down often appears as the second element of certain verb structures in English (back down, clamp down, tone down, etc). For translations, see the relevant verb entry (back, clamp, tone, etc).

II.down1 [Am daʊn, Brit daʊn] PREP

III.down1 [Am daʊn, Brit daʊn] ADJ

IV.down1 [Am daʊn, Brit daʊn] N

See also fall down, cut down, burn down

fall down VB [Am fɔl -, Brit fɔːl -] (v + adv)

I.cut down VB [Am kət -, Brit kʌt -] (v + o + adv, v + adv + o)

II.cut down VB [Am kət -, Brit kʌt -] (v + adv) (make reductions)

I.burn down VB [Am bərn -, Brit bəːn -] (v + o + adv, v + adv + o)

II.burn down VB [Am bərn -, Brit bəːn -] (v + adv)

down2 [Am daʊn, Brit daʊn] N U

down3 <downs, pl> [Am daʊn, Brit daʊn] N esp Brit GEOG

kneel down in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for kneel down in the English»Spanish Dictionary

kneel [ni:l] VB intr knelt Am: kneeled, knelt Am: kneeled

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Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

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They were ordered to kneel down and remove their shoes.
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Oba must not kneel down before anybody to pray.
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Without entering, they ask us to kneel down, hands on our heads.
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This is why older people must bow, prostrate and kneel down before rulers young enough to be their children.
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I told her to kneel down, she said she won't.
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He paused to kneel down, and then got up again.
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Kneel down on a jet ski and the pressure placed on the socket getting up could do serious harm.
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I had to kneel down and shout into their ears.
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They told us to kneel down and then get on our belly.
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Wherever he went, grown men would kneel down in a ritual kowtow, averting their eyes until he passed.
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