compel

obligar, forzar

Hacer que alguien actúe por una norma, una fuerte presión o un sentimiento intenso.

En inglés sencillo: To make someone do something because of a rule, strong pressure, or a powerful feeling.

• Nobody can compel you to stay.
• The law compelled employers to improve safety.
• She felt compelled to help the injured stranger.

Cómo se usa: compel someone to do something (The court compelled him to give evidence.); feel compelled to do something (I felt compelled to explain my decision.)

Sinónimos: force, oblige, make, coerce

Expresiones frecuentes: compel someone to act, compel an answer, compel someone to leave, compel compliance

reunir, arrear

Hacer que personas o animales se desplacen y se reúnan en un mismo lugar.

En inglés sencillo: To drive people or animals together into one place.

• The shepherd compelled the flock together.
• They compelled the cattle into a pen.
• Riders were sent to compel the scattered herds.

Sinónimos: round up, herd, gather

Antónimos: scatter, disperse

Expresiones frecuentes: compel the herd, compel cattle together