OXFORD 9000
📚 verb • entry_id 1196

dare

/dɛə/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
animarse • atreverse • denodarse • osar
To have enough courage (to do something).
I wouldn't dare (to) argue with my boss.
No one dares (to) criticize his decisions.
desafiar • retar
To defy or challenge (someone to do something).
Don't back away just yet / From destinations set / I dare you to be proud / To dare to shout aloud / For convictions that you feel / Like sound from bells to peal
I dare you to kiss that girl.
afrontar • enfrentar
To have enough courage to meet or do something, go somewhere, etc.; to face up to.
To wrest it from barbarism, to dare its solitudes.
Will you dare death to reach your goal?