Translation for '
insult' from English to Spanish
NOUN | an insult | insults | |
VERB | to insult | insulted | insulted insulting | insults | |
SYNO | abuse | affront | contumely | ... |
NOUN article.ind sg | pl
VERB to infinitive | simple past | past participle
present participle | 3rd person
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- In "The Secret of Monkey Island", the main character learns taunts and retorts in a process called insult sword fighting.
- Being called a fresa, for example, in a punk subculture could be considered an insult, as many of the people in other subcultures absolutely abhor fresas, and use the term as an insult.
- There are Sunni fatwas that were considered Sunni obligation to the "insult offered to the Sunni faith by the Shia religious literature."
- Turning the other cheek is a phrase in Christian doctrine from the Sermon on the Mount that refers to responding to insult without retort and allowing more insult.
- Insult (...) relating to the job, mandate or public interest or insult in front of a large audience is punishable by prison up to one year.
- Articles 146 (insult), 147 (criminal defamation) and 148 (public insult) of the Criminal Code prescribe a penalty of fine.
- The repealed 1997 constitution and the interim constitution by reference provided for a large measure of freedom of speech; however, laws prohibiting speech likely to insult Buddhism remain in place.
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