Translation for "backstrokes" to spanish
Backstrokes
noun
Translation examples
noun
The first blinded him with a slashing backstroke, the second stabbed into his chest.
El primero lo cegó con un tajante revés y el segundo lo acuchilló en el pecho.
He turned the ruler as the backstroke began and it whispered through the air edge-first, leaving the hazy smoke rolling and coiling behind it.
Le dio la vuelta a la regla mientras trazaba un ataque de revés y esta cortó el aire con un silbido y el filo por delante, dejando la neblina de humo arremolinada tras de sí.
Arilyn was an expert at saying no—her repertoire ranged from gracefully feigned regret to a disemboweling backstroke—but it was becoming increasingly difficult for her to turn down Hasheth's advances while keeping a straight face.
Arilyn era experta en decir que no: tenía un repertorio amplio que incluía desde una amable excusa fingida a un contundente revés de esgrima, pero cada vez le resultaba más difícil frenar las insinuaciones de Hasheth con el rostro impasible.
“Bad soldiers,” he thought; “they’re dying of rage.” In a second he contrived a magnificent backstroke that sent the weapon of one of them flying out of his hand in such lightning fashion that the rider heard his own blade whistle past his ears and lost his seat from astonishment.
«Malos soldados», se dijo, «no saben reprimir la ira». Combinó en un segundo un magnífico revés que hizo volar el arma de las manos de uno de ellos de manera tan fulgurante, que el jinete oyó su propio sable silbarle en las orejas y se quedó patitieso de asombro.
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