Translation for "espectáculo de ver" to english
Espectáculo de ver
  • show to see
  • sight to see
Translation examples
show to see
¿No es espectáculo suficiente ver a estos pobres diablos caerse todas las noches por la pista?
Ain’t it enough of a show to see those poor bastards falling all over the floor every night?’
Hacia el mediodía del lunes, al despertar de nuevo, Rubén Oliva y su amante, abandonados al día, convencidos de que el día les pertenecía ya sin interrupciones, agradeciendo el encuentro fortuito en las terrazas nocturnas de Madrid (¿cuántos jovencitos consumaban, como ellos, sus nupcias cada noche, cuántos solamente celebraban las bodas del espectáculo: mostrarse, ver, ser vistos, no tocarse…?) se confesaron que el uno y el otro apenas se habían distinguido entre las luces veloces de las terrazas, ella sintió la atracción, quizá porque era lunes, día de mareas, de fechas decisivas, de atarjeas violentas, de atracciones e impulsos indomables, ella se acercó a él como magnetizada, y él no la pudo ver claramente en el torbellino de luces y sombras artificiales y así debía ser, porque ella tenía que decirle que él, ahora que lo veía, era…
At midday Monday, on waking again, Rubén Oliva and his lover abandoned themselves to the day, convinced that the day belonged to them, without interruption, rejoicing in their chance encounter on the nocturnal terraces of Madrid. (How many of the young people consummated a marriage of the night as they had, how many only celebrated the nuptials of the spectacle: to show oneself, see, be seen, not touch…?) They confessed that they could hardly see each other in the shifting light of the terraces, she felt the attraction, perhaps because it was Monday, moon day, day of tides, decisive dates, violent currents, overpowering attractions and impulses, she was drawn to him as though magnetized, and he couldn’t see her clearly in the whirlwind of artificial light and shade, and that is how it had to be, because she had to tell him that, now that she had seen him, he was …
sight to see
Era un espectáculo común ver a un hombre cabalgar alrededor de la liza haciendo equilibrio sobre el lomo del animal.
It was a common sight to see a man ride around the ring balanced on a bull’s back.
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