Translation for "solían" to english

Solían

verb

• be wont to

Translation examples

be wont to verb

Como solían decir los médicos militares, sangraba como un cerdo.
He was, as the corpsmen were wont to say, bleeding like stink.

No exigí, como solían hacerlo los de la escuela de Commodus Voke.
I did not demand, as the likes of Commodus Voke were wont to do.

Ardían con un brillo sostenido, sin «parpadear» como solían afirmar los poetas.
They burned bright and steadily, not “twinkling” as the poets were wont to say.

pues a ese sitio Ulmo y Ossë solían ir en días de antaño.
for to that place Ulmo and Oss? had been wont to come in days of old.

Ni vinieron los habitantes del mar a la bahía como solían hacer, pues se fueron a otra parte del mar.
Nor came the Sea–folk into the bay as they had been wont to do, for they went to another part of the sea.

Así pues, el Canciller regresó a uno de los salones públicos, donde solían reunirse gran número de correos y peticionarios.
Pons returned to one of the public rooms, where large numbers of couriers and suitors were wont to be found.

Sus días menos desgraciados eran aquéllos en que navegaba en una tía que tenía, como ella y Helgi solían hacer.
Her least unhappy days were when she went sailing in a boat she owned, as she and Helgi had been wont to do.

porque los que acostumbraban migrar hacia el Sur se agruparon y los que solían habitar en el Norte volvieron a sus hogares en Nevrast.
for those that were wont to go south gathered early to depart, and others that used to dwell in the North came from their homes to Nevrast.