Translation examples
adverb
The barometer never changes, the flag is always at halfmast.
El barómetro nunca cambia, la bandera siempre ondea a media asta.
A ritual cannon shot, the flag lowering to halfmast, a single bugle note quivering in the silvery air.
Un disparo ritual de cañón, la bandera a media asta, una sola nota de clarín temblando en el aire plateado.
A swell had set in from the westward, and following on the roll of the ship, the red ensign, at halfmast, darted out and collapsed again on the grey sky, like a tongue of flickering fire;
Hacia occidente se levantaba un oleaje y, siguiendo el balanceo del barco, el pabellón rojo a media asta ondulaba en el cielo gris como una lengua de fuego.
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