No. 13,048 in Spanish
plegarse
To submit, yield, or conform to something.
In a sentence
Al final, él decidió plegarse a las normas del grupo.
In the end, he decided to submit to the group's rules.
The verb 'plegarse' is used figuratively here to mean 'submit or conform oneself to'.
La tela se puede plegar fácilmente para guardarla.
The fabric can be folded easily for storage.
Here, 'plegarse' denotes the literal action 'to fold' or 'bend', generally applied to flexible materials.
Juan tuvo que plegarse a las circunstancias y aceptar el resultado.
Juan had to yield to the circumstances and accept the outcome.
In this context, 'plegarse' is metaphorically used to indicate 'to adapt or to submit to' circumstances.
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