Contenerse para no hacer algo.
To keep yourself from doing something.
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Absténgase de usar el teléfono aquí. — Refrain from using the phone here.
Por favor, absténgase de hacer ruido en la biblioteca. — Please refrain from making noise in the library.
Los visitantes deben abstenerse de tocar las piezas. — Visitors should refrain from touching the exhibits.
No puedo abstenerme de reírme con ese chiste. — I can't refrain from laughing at that joke.
¿Podrían todos abstenerse de gritar, por favor? — Could everyone refrain from shouting, please?
Esta noche cuesta abstenerse de comer postre. — It’s hard to refrain from eating dessert tonight.
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