Translation examples
Cuando la detuvieron. —¿A la policía?
When she was arrested?” “To the police?”
Preguntó por ti cuando la detuvieron.
She asked for you when she was arrested.
La detuvieron, le dice una mujer.
She was arrested, a woman tells him.
Hace unos quince días la detuvieron en Hull. —¿Acusada de qué? —De espionaje.
She was arrested a fortnight ago at Hull.’ ‘What for?’ ‘Espionage.
Pero cada día era una lucha, y la detuvieron por extender cheques sin fondos.
Every day was a struggle, though, and she was arrested for bad checks.