to hold sth/sb back [m]

Translation

⇨ contener

The police couldn't hold the crowd back

La policía no logró contener a la multitud

⇨ frenar [el progreso]

⇨ impedir [el desarrollo]

She believed that having a family would hold her back professionally

Creía que el hecho de tener familia le impediría su desarrollo profesional

(Definition of to hold sth/sb back [m] from the Diccionario Cambridge Compact English-Spanish © Cambridge University Press and Ediciones SM 2011)

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