alma

/ˈalma/, [ˈal.ma]

soul


Examples
  • El hombre le vendió su alma al demonio.

    The man sold his soul to the devil.

  • La gente vendería su alma por oír el concierto desde esos asientos.

    People would sell their souls to hear the concert from those seats.

  • Vendí mi alma, pero de todas formas no la estaba usando.

    I sold my soul, but I wasn't using it anyways.

  • Tamara parecía un alma en pena porque andaba siempre sola, cabizbaja, melancólica.

    Tamara seemed like a soul in despair since she was always lonely, downcast, and melancholic.

  • La música es un arrebato del alma.

    Music is an outburst of the soul.

  • El alma humana anhela algo noble.

    The human soul longs for something noble.

  • Soy el maestro de mi destino, soy el capitán de mi alma.

    I am the master of my fate; I am the captain of my soul.

  • En España existe la creencia popular de que, cuando alguien estornuda, hay que decir "Jesús" para que el alma vuelva a su cuerpo.

    In Spain, there's a popular belief that when you sneeze, you have to say "Jesus" for the soul to return to the body.

  • No hay una sola alma en los estacionamientos.

    Not a soul was to be seen in the parking lot.

  • Ella lo amó con toda su alma.

    She loved him with all her heart.

  • La música es maravillosa para el alma.

    Music is wonderful for the soul.

  • Tu alma necesita ser salvada.

    Your soul needs rescue.

  • Contamos contigo para ser el alma de la fiesta. Caerá sobre ti si tú no vienes.

    We're counting on you to be the life of the party. It'll bomb if you don't come.

  • Su alma estaba en el paraíso.

    His soul was in heaven.

  • Alguien debe sacar sus propios ojos, y no ver ninguna criatura, antes de que pueda decir, que no ve a Dios. Alguien tiene que no ser ningún hombre, y extinguir su alma razonable, antes de que pueda decirse a sí mismo, que no hay Dios.

    He must pull out his own eyes, and see no creature, before he can say, he sees no God. He must be no man, and quench his reasonable soul, before he can say to himself, there is no God.

  • Una habitación sin libros es como un cuerpo sin alma.

    A room without books is like a body without a soul.

  • Negra y vacía es la noche, si tus ojos no me miran, si tu boca no me habla, si tú, niña, no suspiras, y me destrozas el alma, pues te miro cada día, y con tu mirada callada, otra mirada tú miras. (Pablo Ruiz Arrabal -un amigo mío-)

    Dark and empty is the night if your eyes do not look at me, if your mouth does not speak, if you, girl, do not sigh, it destroys my soul, so I look at you each day, and with your quiet look, you catch another glance. (Pablo Ruiz Arrabal -a friend of mine-)

  • ¿Piensa usted que los animales tienen alma?

    Do you think animals have souls?

  • La música es una ley moral. Le da alma al universo, alas a la mente, vuelo a la imaginación, y encanto y alegría a la vida y a todo.

    Music is a moral law. It gives soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination, and charm and gaiety to life and to everything.

  • Como cuerpo, la mente o el alma, eres un sueño; tú eres, en verdad, el Ser, Conciencia, Bienaventuranza (Satchidananda). Tú eres el Dios de este universo.

    As body, mind or soul, you are a dream; you really are Being, Consciousness, Bliss (satchidananda). You are the God of this universe.


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