English-Spanish translations for rein

• rienda
  No debemos dar rienda suelta a estos Estados. We should not give these states a free rein.
  Y una vez más tendremos que dar rienda suelta a la política. And then we shall have to give politics free rein once more.
  Presidente en ejercicio del Consejo, permítame felicitarle por haber tomado las riendas de Europa. President-in-Office, may I congratulate you on taking up the reins in Europe.

Definition of rein

• A strap or rope attached to a bridle or bit, used to control a horse, animal or young child
• To direct or stop a horse by using reins
• To restrain; to control; to check
• To obey directions given with the reins
• A kidney
• The inward impulses; the affections and passions, formerly supposed to be located in the area of the kidneys

Related words

• reindeer
• reinforce
• reinforced
• reinvent
• reincarnate
• therein
• wherein
• reinvention
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