Tregua in english
Truce
pronunciation: none part of speech: none
pronunciation: none part of speech: none
In gestures
tregua = cease-fire ; truce ; armistice ; lull ; let-up.
Example: The Abuja Agreements ultimately were successful in effecting a cease-fire, in disarming 70% of the fighters, and in holding elections in Liberia in May of 1997.Example: Other factors contributing to the truce involved changes in their warmongering attitudes.Example: The collection consists of an accumulation of 12,000 World War 1 era picture postcards, the majority of which were purchased soon after the armistice.Example: The author observes that there was no lull in the construction of Scottish castellated architecture between 1480 and 1560.Example: Forecasters predicted no let-up in Britain's harshest cold snap in 30 years.more:
» declarar una tregua = declare + a truce ; call + a truce .
Example: Following last month's riots, the two big gangs in Los Angeles have finally declared a truce, ending years of bloodshed. Example: The United States has urged Yanukovich to pull back riot police, call a truce and talk to the opposition.» persiguiendo sin tregua = in hot pursuit of ; in full cry ; in full pursuit of .
Example: All of a sudden we heard the roar of jet engines and looked up to see two military jets lifting off the runway in hot pursuit of this object. Example: The pack of hounds on leash rushed downhill in full cry after the hare, and from all sides the borzois that were not on leash darted after the hounds and the hare. Example: In the 19th century, the wit and playwright Oscar Wilde memorably mocked fox-hunting as 'the unspeakable in full pursuit of the uneatable'.» respetar la tregua = honour + the ceasefire .
Example: I put you on notice that you may argue till the cows come home about Jabari having blood on his hands, but the plain truth in this case is that Jabari and Hamas were honoring the ceasefire.» romper una tregua = break + a truce .
Example: Anyone who would break a truce and order unarmed men to be killed has to be the worst kind of degenerate motherfucker in the world.» sin tregua = unrelenting ; unremitting ; unabated ; without a break ; without (a) rest ; unrelentingly .
Example: Unrelenting tuition increases are pricing private institutions out of the reach of many middle-class parents. Example: This unremitting castigation of the Nazi masks both the historical complicity of the United States with Nazi crimes and our own racist and genocidal histories. Example: The demand for English as the world's lingua franca continues unabated. Example: Microfilming of Australian records in the UK has continued without a break since 1948 and by 1990 and a total of 9267 reels has been produced. Example: This sequence was repeated, without rest, for the duration of the technique. Example: This book explains why 'the good old days' were only good for a privileged few and why they were unrelentingly hard for most.