Translation for "cántara" to english
Cántara
noun
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Translation examples
Llevaba un gran cántaro en equilibrio sobre la cabeza al modo de las mujeres árabes.
She carried a large pitcher balanced on her head in the manner of an Arab woman.
A su alcance había tres grandes cántaros de agua, en lugar de uno, como de costumbre, y una comida que, en comparación con las que se le habían ofrecido hasta entonces era un banquete.
Standing within his reach were three large pitchers of water in place of the usual one, and a meal that in comparison to those he had previously been offered was a banquet.
Por lo visto lo necesitaban: las rencillas entre los aguadores y los vecinos que pretendían surtirse en las fuentes eran constantes, tanto como las que ellos mismos mantenían entre sí cuando alguno intentaba cargar en su turno más de un «viaje»: un cántaro grande, dos medianos o cuatro pequeños;
From the looks of it they needed them: the rows between the water carriers and the neighbors who tried to help themselves in the fountains were constant, as were the quarrels they had between themselves when one of them tried to take more than was allowed on his turn: one large pitcher, two medium-size ones or four small.
A la mañana siguiente, temprano, después de comprar pan blanco recién horneado, algunas verduras y carnero en la plaza Mayor, así como de pagar a un asturiano de la Puerta del Sol para que le acompañara de vuelta a casa con un cántaro de agua de los grandes, fray Joaquín por fin se dispuso a partir en busca del alguacil.
The next morning, early, after buying freshly baked white bread, some vegetables and mutton in the Plaza Mayor, and paying an Asturian from the Puerta del Sol to escort him back home with a large pitcher of water, Fray Joaquín was finally ready to set out in search of the constable.
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