Translation for "sorprenderlo" to english

Sorprenderlo

• surprise him
• catch him

Translation examples

surprise him

Eso no dejaba de sorprenderlo.
It continued to surprise him.

Sorprenderlo con un beso.
Surprise him with a kiss.

Eso pareció sorprenderlo.
This seemed to surprise him.

—¡Estaba tratando de sorprenderlo!
“I was trying to surprise him!”

¿Por qué debía sorprenderle esto?
Why should this surprise him?

Había logrado sorprenderlo.
She'd managed to surprise him.

catch him

Artículo 232: Si un hombre mata a su esposa y al amante de ésta al sorprenderlos en flagrante adulterio, o si una mujer mata a su esposo y a la amante de éste al sorprenderlos en flagrante adulterio, o si uno de los cónyuges ataca al otro y provoca su muerte o invalidez, no se aplicará la ley del Talión (qisas).
Article 232: Where a man kills his wife and the person with whom he catches her in the act of having sexual intercourse or where a woman kills her husband and the person with whom she catches him having sexual intercourse, or if either spouse assaults the other causing death or disability, the penalty of retribution (qisas) shall not be applied.

—Sorprenderlo fuera era imposible.
Catching him out in the street would be impossible.

Sorprenderlo en esto era considerado una humorada.
Catching him at this was considered high humor.

Pero tendré que sorprenderlo infraganti para demostrarlo.
But I’ll have to catch him in the act in order to prove it.”

Habíamos esperado poder sorprenderlo durmiendo, pero no fue así.
We had hoped to catch him napping, but it was not to be.

El joven príncipe volvió la cabeza como por casualidad, justo a tiempo de sorprenderle en ese ademán.
The young prince looked round, as if by chance, just in time to catch him at it.

Remi ya se había puesto en movimiento, de manera que esa vez le resultó más fácil sorprenderlo antes de que estuviera preparado.
Remi was already moving, so this time it was easier to catch him before he was ready.