portar

to carry

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Olivia le pidió a su hijo que se portara bien.	Olivia asked her son to behave himself.
Andrea pidió a su hijo que se portara bien.	Andrea asked her son to behave himself.
Ojalá se portara así.	I wish he was that well behaved.
Por aquel entonces, ¿había alguien que se portara con usted tan bien como yo?	At the time, would anyone else have been as kind to you as I?
Te prometo que se portara mejor cuando recojas para la fiesta.	I promise, he'll be better behaved when you pick me up for the party.
Ojalá Jim se portara bien.	I wish Jim would behave himself.
Si fuese al revés, se portara bien con usted, no tendría ninguna oportunidad.	If he were nice to you, you wouldn't have a prayer.
Si alguien a mi mando se portara igual, le haría lo mismo.	If someone under my command had behaved so outrageously I would do the same thing to him.
¡La clase dominante necesitaba que la gente se portara bien!	They needed people to stay in line!
Sí, pero lo retiraron bajo la condición de que se portara bien hasta los 21.	It was expunged on the condition that he keep his nose clean until he was 21.
Otro hombre dijo que 'aunque uno se portara bien en la prisión, jamás volvería a conseguir empleo'.	Another man said that 'even if you did good in prison, you'll never get a job again.'
Retrató con sátira y humor a muchos personajes, mostrando cómo el imperialismo y el feudalismo hacían que gente de distintas clases (incluso las clases oprimidas) se portara y pensara servilmente.	Many of the characters in these writings were painted with sharp humor and satire--illustrating how people from different classes, including the oppressed, adopted slavish ways and thinking under feudalism and imperialism.