English-Italian translations for succumb

• soccombere
  Dobbiamo proseguire in questa direzione e non soccombere alle difficoltà. We must keep going in this direction and not succumb to the difficulties.
  Non dobbiamo soccombere all'isteria dei pesticidi scatenata in quest'Aula. We must not succumb to pesticide hysteria unleashed in the European Parliament.
  Siamo a favore del libero scambio, ma purtroppo è spesso accompagnato dalla tentazione di soccombere all'avidità. We do support free trade, but unfortunately the latter is often accompanied by the temptation to succumb to greed.
• arrendersi
  Nessuno di noi può arrendersi davanti a tale pessimismo; ecco perché un' Assemblea democratica come la nostra ha espresso forti preoccupazioni, richiedendo a gran voce un tempestivo intervento. None of us can succumb to such pessimism and that is why strong concern and demands for action have been voiced in this democratic House.
• cedere
  Né dobbiamo cedere agli slogan. Nor do we have to succumb to slogans.
  Dobbiamo guardarci dal cedere a questa tentazione. We must not succumb to that temptation.
  Non dobbiamo cedere all'autocommiserazione. We must not succumb to complaining.

Definition of succumb

• To yield to an overpowering force or overwhelming desire
• To give up, or give in
• To overwhelm or bring down

Examples

• succumb to temptation
• succumb under misfortunes
• Thai culture as in many other Asian cultures, is succumbing to the influence of westernization
• succumb to pneumonia

Related words

• succumb to a disease
• succumb to grief
• succumb to illness
• succumb to superior numbers
• succumb to temptation
• succumb to the enemy