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slaves

/sleɪvz/

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noun

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A person who is held in servitude as the property of another person, and whose labor (and often also whose body and life) is subject to the owner's volition and control.

Examples :

"In ancient times, captured prisoners of war were often forced to become slaves, working the land for their captors. "

En la antigüedad, los prisioneros de guerra capturados a menudo se veían obligados a convertirse en esclavos, trabajando la tierra para sus captores.

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noun

Esclavos

A drudge; one who labors or is obliged (e.g. by prior contract) to labor like a slave with limited rights, e.g. an indentured servant.

Examples :

"Because they were deeply in debt to the company store, the miners felt like slaves, forced to work long hours in dangerous conditions just to survive. "

Debido a que estaban profundamente endeudados con la tienda de la empresa, los mineros se sentían como esclavos, obligados a trabajar largas horas en condiciones peligrosas solo para sobrevivir.

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noun

Esclavo

An abject person.

Examples :

"The employees were treated like slaves, forced to work overtime without pay and forbidden from taking breaks. "

Los empleados fueron tratados como esclavos, obligados a trabajar horas extras sin paga y se les prohibió tomar descansos.

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Esclavo

One who has no power of resistance (to something), one who surrenders to or is under the domination (of something).

Examples :

"a slave to passion, to strong drink, or to ambition"

Un esclavo de la pasión, de la bebida fuerte o de la ambición.

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Esclavo

(BDSM) A submissive partner in a BDSM relationship who (consensually) submits to (sexually and/or personally) serving one or more masters or mistresses.

Examples :

"In their BDSM relationship, Maria and David alternate roles; sometimes Maria is the dominant one and David is one of her slaves, eagerly fulfilling her desires. "

En su relación BDSM, María y David alternan roles; a veces María es la dominante y David es uno de sus esclavos, cumpliendo ansiosamente sus deseos.

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Esclavo sexual, persona forzada a prostituirse

A sex slave, a person who is forced against their will to perform, for another person or group, sexual acts on a regular or continuing basis.

Examples :

"The authorities rescued the women who were being held as sex slaves. "

Las autoridades rescataron a las mujeres que eran retenidas como esclavas sexuales.

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Un dispositivo (como un flash secundario o un disco duro) que está sujeto al control de otro (un maestro).

A device (such as a secondary flash or hard drive) that is subject to the control of another (a master).

Examples :

"The photographer set up the main flash unit and two slaves that would fire automatically when the main flash went off, providing better lighting for the portrait. "

El fotógrafo configuró la unidad de flash principal y dos esclavos que se dispararían automáticamente cuando el flash principal se encendiera, proporcionando una mejor iluminación para el retrato.

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verb

Esclavizar, esclavizar a personas

To work as a slaver, to enslave people.

Examples :

"Because he believed in his superiority, the cruel overseer used his power to slave the local villagers, forcing them to work without pay. "

Debido a que creía en su superioridad, el cruel capataz usó su poder para esclavizar a los aldeanos locales, obligándolos a trabajar sin paga.

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verb

Trabajar duro, esforzarse

Examples :

"I was slaving all day over a hot stove."

Estuve trabajando duro todo el día sobre una estufa caliente.

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Poner un dispositivo bajo el control de otro

To place a device under the control of another.

Examples :

"to slave a hard disk"

Poner un disco duro bajo control.

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