Translation for "vagamente" to english

Vagamente

adverb

• vaguely
• vacantly

Translation examples

vaguely adverb

Algunas delegaciones expresaron preocupación respecto de esa sugerencia que, en su opinión, vincularía vagamente al delincuente con el delito.
Some delegations voiced concern regarding this suggestion, which, in their view, would result in a vague link between the offender and the offence.

En el informe se examina vagamente la autoridad patriarcal, y se presentan unos pocos datos concretos.
The report vaguely discussed patriarchal authority, and provided few specific facts.

También parece que el Presidente de la República puede destituir a los magistrados por motivos que la ley define vagamente. ¿Es exacto?
He also asked whether it was true that the President of the Republic could apparently dismiss judges on grounds of which the law gave only a vague definition.

Los miembros de las minorías étnicas son arrestados, detenidos y torturados sobre la base de lo que vagamente se define como leyes de seguridad nacional.
Members of ethnic minorities were being arrested, detained and tortured on the basis of what were vaguely defined as national security laws.

63. Ya el año pasado el Grupo manifestó su preocupación por los delitos descritos vagamente.
63. Last year, the Group expressed its concern about offences which are described in vague terms.

Habla vagamente de amenazas por parte de quienes le agredieron.
He has made a vague allegation of being subjected to threats from those who had assaulted him.

Esa retórica puede transmitir el mensaje de que las normas jurídicas claras han sido sustituidas por una autorización para matar vagamente definida.
It risks conveying the message that clear legal standards have been replaced with a vaguely defined licence to kill.

Otros delitos vagamente definidos, como el "abuso de la libertad de prensa", se prestaban a la manipulación oficial.
Other vague offences, such as "abuse of press freedom" are open to official manipulation.

En muchos países ya no hay aborígenes; han pasado a la historia y su cultura se recuerda vagamente.
In several countries, indigenous peoples no longer exist; they are history, and their culture vaguely remembered.

lo recuerdo vagamente.
vaguely remember that.

- Suena vagamente familiar.
- Sounds vaguely familiar.

¿""Vagamente"" signifiica ""no""?
- Vaguely meaning no?

Pero ... sólo vagamente.
But...only vaguely.

Suena vagamente sexual.
Sounds vaguely sexual.

Y vagamente homosexual.
And vaguely homosexual.

Suena vagamente político.
Sounds vaguely political.

Todo era vagamente sádico; tan vagamente que resultaba ridículo.
The whole thing was vaguely sadistic—so vaguely that it was ridiculous;

Era vagamente femenina
It was vaguely feminine.

Y vagamente bíblico.
And vaguely biblical.

Y ese curioso símbolo, vagamente astrológico, vagamente antropomórfico. ¿Qué representaba?
And the curious symbol, vaguely astrological, vaguely anthropromorphic. What did it represent?

Parecían vagamente familiares… Pero todos los uniformes parecen vagamente familiares, ¿o no?
They seemed vaguely familiar-but all uniforms seem vaguely familiar, do they not?

– Vagamente -respondí.
‘Vaguely,’ I replied.

—Comprendo… vagamente.
I understand… vaguely.

¿Serían vagamente compatibles?
Were they vaguely compatible?

—Señaló vagamente—.
He pointed vaguely.

lo recordaba vagamente.
I vaguely remembered it.

vacantly adverb

La miró vagamente a los ojos y finalmente le dijo...
He stared vacantly into the gull's eyes and finally drifted off...

Camisa Rosa miraba vagamente al aire.
Pink Shirt was staring vacantly into space.

William sentía que esta presencia inmóvil, vagamente afable era una fuente de poder en la casa.
William felt that this immobile, vacantly amiable presence was a source of power in the household.

Pero permaneció allí sentado durante un buen cuarto de hora, sin decir nada, mirando vagamente hacia delante.
But he remained seated for a good quarter of an hour, not saying a word, staring vacantly in front of him.

No soy muy bueno para recordar las caras —frunció vagamente el ceño al mismo tiempo que paseaba la vista por la habitación.
I’m not very good at faces.” He frowned vacantly at the same time that his eyes seemed to wander about the room.

Empiece por romper los espejos de su casa, deje caer los brazos, mire vagamente la pared, olvídese.
Begin by breaking all the mirrors in the house, let your arms fall to your side, gaze vacantly at the wall, forget yourself.

Tenía la cabeza inclinada hacia un lado, con ese ceño fruncido vagamente calculador típico de la impaciencia, y la punta de la lengua sobre el labio inferior;
His head was on one side, with the vacantly calculating frown of impatience, the tip of his tongue on his lower lip;

Después de que la joven se marchara, Tony Takitani entró en el vestidor, cerró la puerta y permaneció unos instantes mirando vagamente los trajes que había dejado su esposa.
When the woman was gone, Tony Takitani went back into his wife's closet, shut the door, and let his eyes wander vacantly over her dresses.

Eilis se preguntaba cuánto duraría aquello e intentaba hacerles saber lo poco que apreciaba su interés sonriendo vagamente cuando le hablaban o, en algunas ocasiones, sobre todo por las mañanas, mirándolas con gesto ausente, como si no entendiera una sola palabra de lo que le decían.
She wondered how long it would go on for, and was trying to let them know how little appreciated their interest was by smiling faintly at them when they spoke or, a few times, especially in the morning, by looking at them vacantly as though she did not understand a word they said.