humiliar

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Etymology

Borrowed from Latin humiliāre.

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Verb

humiliar (first-person singular present humilio, first-person singular preterite humilií, past participle humiliat)

  1. (transitive) to bow
  2. (transitive) to humiliate
    • 1932, Joan Puig i Ferreter, Camins de França:
      Afegí que jo no era intel·ligent, que havia tingut prou ocasions d'observar-ho, que sovint entenia les coses a l'inrevés i que no faria res de bo de mi. En resum, em rebaixà, m'insultà, m'humilià com només sap fer-ho una francesa irritada.
      She added that I was not intelligent, that she's had enough occasions to observe that, that I often got things backwards, and that I would never make good. In summary, she dressed me down, insulted me, and humiliated me as only an irritated Frenchwoman knows how to do.
  3. (reflexive) to humble (oneself)
    • 1932, Joan Puig i Ferreter, Camins de França:
      Vaig veure amb la imaginació la figura terrosa de l'ajudant, davant la qual hauria d'humiliar-me. El veia amb els ulls roigs i extraviats de quan s'enrabiava, la cara llarga, unes dents que em volien mossegar.
      I saw with my imagination the earthly figure of the assistant in front of whom I would have to humble myself. I saw him with the bulging red eyes from when he would get angry, the long face, teeth that wanted to bite me.

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