Translation for "sobresaltarse" to english
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verb
De pronto, algo cayó sobre Jorgina y la hizo sobresaltarse.
Suddenly something landed on George’s middle and made her jump.
–preguntó la voz de la nave, que hizo sobresaltarse a Holse.
the ship’s voice asked, making Holse jump.
El mendigo no dejaba de sobresaltarse y murmurar, pero se negaba a responderle.
The man kept jumping and muttering, but wouldn’t actually respond.
Una voz le hizo sobresaltarse, una voz más bien ronca.
A voice made her jump—a somewhat raucous one.
—¡No! —casi gritó, hasta el punto de hacer sobresaltarse al conserje—.
‘No!’ he almost yelled, even making the porter jump.
Si no era ciego, tendría que sobresaltarse o, por lo menos, parpadear.
If he weren't blind, he'd be bound to jump or blink his eyes anyway.
verb
Vio a éste mirar de soslayo a su hija y sobresaltarse como si fuera un fantasma.
He saw the Duke peer sidewise at his daughter and start up as if she were a ghost.
Maud, afectada todavía por una lasitud intermitente, buscaba consuelo en sus libros, en su ordenada vida vacía, y a veces lo lograba, aunque solía sobresaltarse, como con temor, cuando el silencio de la tarde amenazaba con hacérsele insoportable; se acercaba entonces a la ventana con la intención de ver siquiera un atisbo del sol ausente y deseaba que su hija se alejara de este lugar triste y se lanzara al mundo, a otro tipo de vida.
Privately, each had a warning of endings. Maud, still intermittently weakened by lassitude, sought and sometimes found solace in her books, her ordered empty life, although she would start up as if in fear when the silence of the afternoon threatened to overwhelm her, would go to the window to see if she could catch a glimpse of an absent sun, would will her daughter away from this sad place and out into the world and another life.
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