English-Spanish translations for withhold

• retener
  Creemos que no sería constructivo para Israel retenerlo en un momento tan crucial. We do not think it would be constructive for Israel to withhold it at such a crucial time.
  Si se produjera una violación de la legislación medioambiental, podríamos, de hecho, retener el dinero destinado al proyecto. If there were a breach of the environmental legislation, we could actually withhold project money.
  Creemos que el Parlamento está intentando chantajear a la Comisión con la amenaza de retener el 20 % de los recursos de desarrollo rural. We think that Parliament is trying to blackmail the Commission with the threat of withholding 20% of rural development resources.
• negar
  No basta con que un Parlamento pueda conceder o negar su aprobación al final. It is not enough for a parliament to be able, at the end, to give or withhold its approval.
  Eso bastaría para negar el aprobado por su trabajo y por su programa. That alone would be sufficient to withhold approval from its work and from its programme.
• detentar
• rehusar
• reservar

Definition of withhold

• To keep to oneself rather than giving it back to its owner
• To stay back

Related words

• withholding
• withholding tax
• to withhold
• right to withhold information