capitulate

Bedeutung

1. To surrender; to end all resistance, to give up; to go along with or comply.
2. (obsolete) To draw up in chapters; to enumerate.
3. (obsolete) To draw up the articles of treaty with; to treat, bargain, parley.

Ausgesprochen als (IPA)

/kəˈpɪ.tjʊ.leɪt/

Etymologie

From the participle stem of Medieval Latin capitulare (“draw up under headings”), from Latin capitulum (“heading, chapter, title”), diminutive of caput (“head”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kap-.

Sätze

Anna threatens to file for divorce if Roberto does not capitulate .

Anna droht eine Scheidung, wenn Roberto nicht kapituliert.