Ransom in spanish
Rescate
pronunciation: reskɑte part of speech: noun
pronunciation: reskɑte part of speech: noun
In gestures
ransom1 = rescate.
Example: Suppose you are abducted by a highway robber, who intends to ransom you and in return for your release you promise to deliver the ransom yourself; should you subsequently keep your promise?.more:
» a king's ransom = una fortuna, un dineral.
Example: Everybody believes that you have to pay surgeons a king's ransom because their intervention saves your life.» hold + Nombre + for/to ransom = pedir rescate por Algo, exigir rescate por Algo, chantajear.
Example: This point was highlighted a few years ago by a case in which it was reported that an employee of ICI's Dutch subsidiary had stolen the company's information files and was holding them for ransom!.» ransom money = dinero del rescate.
Example: This is partly because the 40-year civil war has developed into a war of attrition, with ransom money from kidnapping providing much of the financial backing.» ransom note = carta de rescate, nota de rescate.
Example: Ransom notes are normally written prior to the crime and not written by hand in order to disguise the authorship.ransom2 = pedir un rescate, exigir un rescate.
Example: Suppose you are abducted by a highway robber, who intends to ransom you and in return for your release you promise to deliver the ransom yourself; should you subsequently keep your promise?.