Translation of "Permitiendo" in English

No me estaba permitiendo crecer y recuperarme.

was not allowing me to grow and heal.

Legionarios - permitiendo efectivamente que cada navío romano pueda pelear con dos navíos cartagineses.

legionaries - effectively enabling each Roman ship crew to fight off two Carthaginian ships.

permitiendo que Napoleón acabara con la turba con un famoso 'olor a metralla'.

allowing Napoleon to mow down the mob  with a famous ‘whiff of grapeshot’.