OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 25472

refrain

/ɹɪˈfɹeɪn/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
estribillo
The chorus or burden of a song repeated at the end of each verse or stanza.
For perhaps as much as thirty seconds they kept it up. It was a refrain that was often heard in moments of overwhelming emotion. Partly it was a sort of hymn to the wisdom and maje…
Phrases
No hay frases
Word forms
📚 verb • entry_id 25471

refrain

/ɹɪˈfɹeɪn/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
abstenerse de • comedirse • contener • enfrenarse de • refrenarse de • retenerse
To stop oneself from some action or interference; to abstain; to eschew
Refrain from these men, and let them alone.
They refrained therefrom [eating flesh] some time after.