Translation for "algazara" to english
Algazara
noun
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noun
Una algazara entre dos hidalgos.
An uproar here between two nobles.
—¡Hijo mío! —gritó Úrsula en medio de la algazara, y le dio un manotazo al soldado que trató de detenerla.
    “My son!” Úrsula shouted in the midst of the uproar, and she slapped the soldier who tried to hold her back.
Hay demasiada algazara y es evidente que los defensores de Dionisio están intimidando a parte de los ciudadanos para que no expresen su sentir.
‘There’s too much of an uproar, and it’s obvious that Dionysius planted his supporters so that they would cow the other citizens and prevent them from expressing their true opinions.’ The man who had spoken was called Demonattes;
La algazara de los gimnastas y las tímidas murmuraciones de los coros de los primarios, sufrieron un violento desplazamiento, el director Jordi Cuevarolliot, anchuroso, pero ágil, con su viril cabezota rubia, iba atravesando los patios, seguido del respetuoso silencio de los aprendices.
The uproar of the athletes and the timid murmur of the lowerclassmen ceased abruptly. The headmaster, Jordi Cuevarolliot, broad but agile, with a large, virile blond head, was crossing the courts followed by a retinue of respectful apprentices.
Las mujeres, con vistosos escotes, se inclinaban riendo por encima de los respaldos de las sillas dejando a la vista la panorámica de sus pechos con el fin de ganarse a los caballeros, y con frecuencia el punto culminante de todo aquello era la broma de que de pronto se cortaba el gas, tras lo cual se formaba siempre una algazara inenarrable. Estos acontecimientos sociales eran la causa principal de que en nuestra pequeña ciudad se tachara nuestra casa de «sospechosa», y, según llegó a mis oídos, en lo que más se fijaban era en el aspecto económico del asunto, y murmuraban (y no les faltaba razón) que los negocios de mi pobre padre marchaban desesperadamente mal y que aquellos fuegos artificiales y cenas tan costosos iban a darle el golpe de gracia como empresario.
The ladies, décolleté, bent low over the backs of chairs to give the gentlemen exciting glimpses of their bosoms, and the high point of the evening would come when some joker turned out the gaslight amid general uproar and confusion. It was mostly these social affairs that provoked the town gossip that called our household disreputable, but I learned early that it was the economic aspect of the situation that was principally in question. For it was rumoured (and with only too much justification) that my poor father's business was in desperate straits, and that the expensive fireworks and dinners would inevitably furnish the coup de grâce.
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