Translation for "stand about" to spanish

Stand about

verb

• estar
• esperar

Translation examples

estar verb

There was Ann standing about with nobody to talk to.
Ann estaba de pie sin nadie con quien hablar.

esperar verb

I don’t care to stand about down there on my bad leg.
No me apetece esperar abajo de pie, con esta pierna.

There was some acclamation, such as you might expect with all those soldiers standing about.
Hubo una cierta aclamación, como era de esperar con todos aquellos soldados apostados.

"All right, friend/1 he said, standing about fifteen feet away, trembling, "you just wait, you ain't heard the last of me yet,"
—Muy bien, amigo —dijo temblando desde cinco metros de distancia—, sólo tienes que esperar. No has oído mi última palabra.

‘No, Mr Braithwaite,’ said Jack, considering: there was no question of action yet awhile, and it would be a pity to keep the men standing about. ‘No. But pray tell him I should like sail to be discreetly reduced. Come up the bowlines a trifle and give the sheets half a fathom or so -nothing obvious, you understand me.
—No, señor Braithwaite —dijo Jack, pensando en que no había indicios de que la batalla fuera a empezar pronto y sería una lástima obligar a los hombres a esperar de pie—. No. Dígale que disminuya vela discretamente; puede subir un poco las bolinas y darle más o menos media braza a las escotas, pero no debe notarse nada, ya me entiende.