Translation for "intercambiando palabras" to english
Intercambiando palabras
Translation examples
El conductor no parecía sorprendido de encontrarse intercambiando palabras y frases en su idioma nativo con un chico blanco.
The driver did not seem surprised to find himself exchanging words and phrases in his native language with a white boy.
Tras este supremo logro, concluyeron el ritual estrechándose las manos e intercambiando palabras de magia profesional, felicitación mutua y respeto recíproco, y enviaron al chico a morir a casa.
After this crowning accomplishment they completed the ritual by shaking hands, exchanging words of professional magic, mutual congratulation and reciprocal respect, and sent the boy home to die.
—Creí que no me querías abrir —le dijo con su acento volátil de mexicana que ha estado intercambiando palabras a seis mil metros sobre el océano, que ha perdido frases y encontrado otras nuevas en aeropuertos y tiendas libres de impuestos.
“I thought you didn’t want to let me in,” she told him, in the volatile accent of a Mexican who’s been exchanging words six thousand feet above the ocean, who’s lost phrases and found other new ones in airports and duty-free shops.
Por la noche, daba su ración a los reclusos, limpiaba sus celdas y recorría el pasillo intercambiando palabras con ellos a través de los barrotes. Descubrió que si mantenía una línea continua de comunicación celda-a-celda, los chalados gritaban menos y él pensaba menos en Vandy.
At night, he would bring the dings their chow, G.I. their cells and stroll the catwalk exchanging words with them through the bars. He found that if he kept up a continuous line of cell-to-cell communication, the dings screamed less and he thought of Vandy less.
Habíamos pasado todo ese tiempo intercambiando palabras, pero en algún momento debieron de verse privadas de poder y propósito, y ahora, como un barco sin velas, ya no eran capaces de llevarnos a ningún sitio. Las palabras intercambiadas no nos acercaban el uno al otro, ni a ninguna forma de entendimiento.
All that time we had been exchanging words, but at some point the words seem to have been stripped of their power and purpose, and now, like a ship without sails, they no longer seemed to take us anywhere: the words exchanged did not bring us closer, neither to each other nor to any understanding.
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