Translation for "unos centavos" to english

Unos centavos

• a few cents
• few cents

Translation examples

a few cents

Había vuelto con unos centavos en el bolsillo.
She had returned with just a few cents in her purse.

Contratan presos por unos centavos al día. Y desde entonces ha estado con nosotros.
They hire out prisoners for a few cents a day and we’ve kept him ever since.

Mete el frasco en su bolsa de plástico; quizá le den por él unos centavos.
He drops the jar into his plastic bag—he might get a few cents for it.

bastaba con que le ofreciéramos unos centavos para que realizara las tareas que despreciábamos.
we had only to offer him a few cents and he would perform the tasks we despised.

«No, en serio», dije, «acabo de ganarme unos centavos, lo suficiente para un café y buñuelos.
No, seriously, I said, I just made a few cents, enough for coffee and doughnuts.