protest2

UK: /prəˈtest/ US: /ˈproʊ.test/

Translation

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⇨ protestar

Although he protested a bit, he ended up doing what I asked him

Aunque protestó un poco, acabó haciendo lo que le pedí

⇨ quejarse

Ashley protested that she had been excluded

Ashley se quejó de que había sido excluida

■ constr. to protest + that

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⇨ manifestar

■ constr. to protest about/against/at sth

(Definition of protest v from the Diccionario Cambridge Compact English-Spanish © Cambridge University Press and Ediciones SM 2011)

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