defeat

Example sentences

• Alkatiri punished himself for his defeat.

  Alkatiri maka kastiga nia aan hodi hetan derrota.

• Can you fight and defeat him?"

  O bele luta hasoru hodi manan nia ka lae?"

• In this way, Fretilin will defeat everyone.

  Ho ida nee mak, Fretilin sei hakuak ema hotu.

Examples from the 46,000-sentence English–Tetun parallel corpus.

Phrases using “defeat”

• Money will defeat justice in the world, as with money people who have done wrong can be (judged) right.Osan sei manán justisa mundu nian, tanba hodi osan ema sala bele sai ba loos.