anciano

/anˈθjano/, [ãn̟ˈθja.no]

elder, old man


Examples
  • Al anciano lo chocó un vehículo, y fue llevado inmediatamente al hospital.

    The old man was hit by a car and was immediately taken to the hospital.

  • El anciano me contó una historia extraña.

    The old man told me a strange story.

  • El anciano murió la semana pasada.

    The old man died last week.

  • Ella condujo al anciano a la habitación.

    She led the old man into the room.

  • Ese anciano cruzó la carretera con gran precaución.

    The old man walked across the road carefully.

  • El anciano, con una voz que rara vez se elevaba por encima del aullido del viento sobre el árido desierto, les estaba cantando una canción de Navidad.

    The old man, in a voice that seldom rose above the howling of the wind upon the barren waste, was singing them a Christmas song.

  • La policía sospecha del anciano.

    The police are suspicious of the old man.

  • El anciano vive de su pensión.

    The old man lives on his pension.

  • Ella le ayudó al anciano a cruzar la calle.

    She helped the old man across the street.

  • El anciano parece triste.

    The old man looks sad.

  • Un anciano estaba sentado solo en un camino oscuro.

    An elderly man was sitting alone on a dark path.

  • Es difícil para un anciano cambiar su manera de pensar.

    It is hard for an old man to change his way of thinking.

  • El anciano sirvió por muchos años al rey.

    The old man served the king for many years.

  • El anciano expiró.

    The old man breathed his last.

  • Ellos no habían ido muy lejos cuando encontraron a un anciano.

    They had not gone very far when they met an old man.

  • El anciano prefiere los carruajes a los autos.

    The old man prefers horse carriages to cars.

  • En esta isla vivió una vez un anciano.

    There once lived an old man on that island.

  • El anciano nos contó sobre el divertido incidente.

    The old man told us about the amusing incident.

  • Un anciano es un puente entre el pasado y el presente.

    An old person is a bridge between the past and the present.

  • De acuerdo al anciano que conocí ayer, las cucarachas pueden comerse y no saben nada mal.

    According to the old man I met yesterday, cockroaches can be eaten and don't taste all that bad.


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