Translation for "ama de casa" to english

Ama de casa

noun

• housewife
• housekeeper
• mistress

Translation examples

housewife noun

El ama de casa suspiró.
The housewife sighed.

—No soy más que un ama de casa.
I am just a housewife.

Fui una buena ama de casa;
I was a proper housewife;

No será un ama de casa en Edimburgo.
She will not be a housewife in Edinburgh.

Técnicamente, ella era ama de casa.
Technically, she was a housewife.

—No nací para ama de casa.
“I wasn’t born to be a housewife.”

A la mujer la llaman ama de casa.
A woman is called a housewife.

Madre, Delores, ama de casa.
Mother, Delores, a housewife.

—La clásica sopa de ama de casa.
"Classic housewife's soup.

housekeeper noun

Pero era una excelente ama de casa.
But a great housekeeper.

era una buena ama de casa.
she was a good housekeeper.

Es una buena ama de casa.
She's a good housekeeper."

Soy un ama de casa espantosa.
I'm a terrible housekeeper.

Era un ama de casa espantosa.
She was a frightful housekeeper.

Mildred era una excelente ama de casa.
Mildred was an excellent housekeeper.

Siempre ha sido una pésima ama de casa.
She was always a lousy housekeeper.

Mira no era una buena ama de casa.
Mira wasn't much of a housekeeper.

Demelza no era una perfecta ama de casa.
She was not quite a perfect housekeeper.

(Joelle es un ama de casa implacable.
(Joelle housekeeps like a fiend.

mistress noun

El ama de casa daba órdenes a la mujer, pero en voz baja.
The mistress of the house was giving the woman instructions, but in an undertone.

Era un ama de casa ahorrativa y afable, una buena madre y una esposa fiel.
She was a thrifty and kind mistress, a good mother and a devoted wife.

Y con la comprobación de que ya no tendría que ser por más tiempo el ama de casa de D’Aunay, Isobel se transformó y metamorfoseó sutilmente;
And, with the realization that she was no longer to be mistress of D'Aunay's household, Isobel D'Aunay became subtly metamorphosed;

«Como en el caso del comandante de un ejército, o el líder de cualquier empresa, lo mismo se aplica al ama de casa», declaraba.
‘As with the commander of an Army, or the leader of any enterprise, so it is with the mistress of a house,’ she declared.

Mary se había labrado una reputación tan pésima como ama de casa que cada vez era más difícil reemplazar a los que se marchaban.
Mary had earned such a bad name among them as a mistress that it became increasingly difficult as time went on to replace those who left.

Su madre murió cuando ella era muy pequeña, o sea que había sido el ama de casa en el hogar paterno desde muy chica, y ayudaba en el templo también.
Her mother had died while Chryseis was still a child, so she’d been mistress of her father’s house from an early age and she’d assisted him in the temple as well.

Ese ruido tenía una virtud tan poderosa, que se veía salir del montón a una mujer que enseguida volvía a ser mujer y ama de casa.
That sound itself had a virtue so powerful that a woman would emerge from the huddle and become immediately a woman and immediately mistress of the house.

Siendo ama de casa no había tenido tantas cosas que hacer como si hubiera sido la dueña de Varnhem o responsable de todo el trabajo de la finca arriba en Arnäs.
As mistress of a household Sigrid hadn't had as much to do as she would have had as Varnhem's owner, or if she had to be responsible for all the farm work up at Arnas.