Translation for "barrera de portazgo" to english
Barrera de portazgo
noun
Translation examples
noun
La inversión en canales y carreteras, en las llamadas barreras de portazgo, aumentó enormemente después de 1688.
Investment in canals and roads, the so-called turnpikes, massively increased after 1688.
Después del castigo, le ataba a la cola de un caballo de carga que le arrastraría hasta la barrera de portazgo.
After the scourging, she bound him to the tail of a pack horse and had him dragged off to the turnpike.
Uno de los mayores males de los gobiernos que en la actualidad existen en toda Europa es que el hombre, considerado como tal, es rechazado a gran distancia de su Hacedor, y el vacío artificial resultante intenta colmarse por una serie de caminos y barreras de portazgo que se le hace necesario atravesar.
It is not among the least of the evils of the present existing government in all parts of Europe, that man, considered as man, is thrown back to a vast distance from his Maker, and the artificial chasm filled up by a succession of barriers, or sort of turnpike gates, through which he has to pass.
Hasta el White Ladies Inn de la barrera de portazgo de Aust se considera ahora un lugar demasiado peligroso para una excursión dominical, y el señor Maurice Trevillian y su esposa, pertenecientes a la ilustre familia de Cornualles, se vieron obligados a detenerse y fueron víctimas de un robo en su propio carruaje, justo a la entrada de su residencia de Park Street.
Highwaymen are everywhere. Even the White Ladies Inn on the Aust turnpike is now deemed too dangerous a journey for a Sunday outing, and Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Trevillian of that eminent Cornish family were held up and robbed in their carriage right outside their residence on
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