English → Tetun
resist
(oppose) kontra, hasoru
Example sentences
"A good name helps you to resist gossip.
"Naran di'ak ajuda Ita atu kontra hasoru gosip.
"Resist and conquer!"
"Resistir e vencer!"
(I) Visit Lalehan "Resist and Conquer!"
(I) Vizita Lalehan "Resistir e Vencer!"
Examples from the 46,000-sentence English–Tetun parallel corpus.
Phrases using “resist”
- We must resist temptation (lit. distance ourselves from it).Ita tenke hadook an hosi tentasaun.
- He didn't just resist the Indonesian occupation throughout 25 years, but even before that he carried out resistance against the Portuguese colonialists.Nia la'ós reziste de'it okupasaun Indonézia durante tinan 24 nia laran, maibé uluk kedas reziste hasoru kolonialista Portugés.