staunch Significado & definición

Significado de staunch en español

• 0 always loyal in supporting a person, organization, or set of beliefs or opinions -- inquebrantable, férreo, firme

  • a staunch friend and ally

  • He gained a reputation as being a staunch defender/supporter of civil rights.

• 1 to stop something happening, or to stop liquid, especially blood, from flowing out -- contener, poner freno a

  • The country’s asylum laws were amended to staunch the flow/flood of economic migrants.

  • Mike pressed hard on the wound and staunched the flow of blood.

• 2 firmly supportive of sth -- acérrimo/ma [ masculine-feminine, singular ]

  • a staunch supporter of the death penalty un partidario acérrimo de la pena de muerte.