abster.
to keep, to prevent (to stop someone from doing something)
Meaning & usage
to keep, to prevent (to stop someone from doing something)
As dores o abstiveram de viajar.
to abstain, to refrain (to deliberately not do, have or make use of something pleasurable)
Essa dieta exige que você se abstenha de chocolate.
Essa dieta exige que você se abstenha de comer chocolate.
to keep one’s composure
Não importa quantos insultos ouvir, abstenha-se.
to abstain (to deliberately refrain from voting)
Nenhuma das opções é boa, então eu me abstenho.
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from Latin abstinēre (“to abstain”), with conjugation based on ter.
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