resignar

Senses

1. 1.

   to resign oneself

   to accept something unpleasant with patience or without protest

2. 2.

   to resign, to give up

   to voluntarily leave a position or office (less common than 'renunciar')

Examples

• "Ela se resignou com a perda do emprego e começou a procurar novas oportunidades."

  She resigned herself to losing her job and started looking for new opportunities.

• "Não vou me resignar a viver assim para sempre."

  I won't resign myself to living like this forever.

• "Depois de tantas tentativas frustradas, ele finalmente se resignou."

  After so many failed attempts, he finally resigned himself.

Usage

Most commonly used reflexively (resignar-se) meaning "to resign oneself to" something, typically followed by "com" or "a". When meaning to accept something reluctantly, it carries a sense of surrender or passive acceptance. For resigning from a job, "renunciar" or "pedir demissão" are more common in Brazilian Portuguese.