Translation for "solía" to english

Solía

verb

• be wont to

Translation examples

be wont to verb

Conviene señalar a este respecto que como siempre solía hacer antes una gran ofensiva contra Rwanda, Uganda desmovilizó a 40.000 soldados.
It should be noted in this connection, that, as is its wont before a major offensive against Rwanda, Uganda demobilized 40,000 soldiers.

–En una república no hay lugar para los príncipes -solía decir.
"There is no place for princes in a republic," he was wont to say.

Como Harry solía decir, un asesino en serie es como una ballena blanca.
As Harry was wont to say, a serial killer is a white whale.

Pero, a mi edad —solía decir Poirot—, uno no corre riesgos.
“But at my age, one takes no risks,” Poirot was wont to declare.

De lo contrario el destino podía intervenir y estropearlo todo, como solía hacer.
Otherwise, Destiny could step in and mess things up, as was its wont.

Hacia allí solía ir personalmente Adhils, para hacer sacrificios y brujerías.
Thither Adhils was wont to go by himself, to make offerings and wizardries.

Así empezó lo que Balzac solía llamar la gran pasión de su vida.
Thus began what Balzac was wont to call the great passion of his life.

—Se lo aseguro, mi querida señora —solía decir con tono ominoso—, ese gato no nos va a traer nada bueno.
dear," she was wont to say ominously, "that cat will come to no good."

—ordenó, en el mismo tono severo con el que solía condenar a un criminal a ser decapitado—.
said he, in the stern tone with which he was wont to condemn a criminal to be beheaded.

Como solía hacer cuando creía que nadie nos miraba, Ernest me guiñó un ojo.
As he was wont to do when he thought no one was looking, Ernest winked at me.

Mary Seldon solía decir, con una especie de pervertido orgullo, que Jean no era aficionada al arte.
Mary Seldon was wont to say, with a sort of perverse pride, that Jean was not artistic. In Mrs.