entera

/enˈteɾa/, [ẽn̪ˈt̪e.ɾa]

entire, whole


Examples
  • Tomó tres días pintar la casa entera.

    It took three days to paint the whole house.

  • La clase entera esperó al nuevo profesor.

    All the class waited for the new teacher.

  • Escalamos muy alto para ver la ciudad entera.

    We climbed high enough to see the whole city.

  • Ellos nos hicieron trabajar la noche entera.

    They made us work all night.

  • La ciudad entera quedó sin electricidad.

    The entire city was without electricity.

  • El enemigo siguió atacando la noche entera.

    The enemy kept up the attack all night.

  • Conocí a un anciano que dice que nunca ha comido en un restaurante en su vida entera.

    I met an old man who says that he's never eaten at a restaurant in his whole life.

  • Su familia entera es así.

    His whole family is like that.

  • El hombre debe aprender su vida entera.

    A man must learn during his whole life.

  • Él inventó la historia entera.

    He made up the whole story.

  • La nación entera lamentó la muerte del héroe.

    The whole nation mourned the hero's death.

  • La compañía entera guardó silencio por unos momentos en tributo al muerto.

    The whole company stood in silence for a few moments, as a tribute to the dead.

  • Desde la alta duna podía ver la isla entera.

    From the tall dune I could see over the whole island.

  • Él se comió la manzana entera.

    He ate the whole apple.

  • He estado despierto la noche casi entera.

    I've been awake nearly all the night.

  • Si él se entera, definitivamente estará furioso.

    If he finds out, certainly he will be very angry.

  • Él no quiere que tú pierdas una semana entera.

    He doesn't want you to lose a whole week.

  • Mi profesor de historia es horrible: empieza a hablar de un tema, después empieza a desbarrar y yo creo que ni siquiera él se entera de lo que ha explicado.

    My history teacher is awful: he begins talking of a topic, and then he starts digressing, and I think not even he realizes what he had explained.

  • Las armas nucleares son una amenaza para la humanidad entera.

    Nuclear weapons are a threat to all humanity.

  • "¿En qué se diferencian erotismo y perversión? Erotismo es cuando usas una pluma y perversión es cuando usas a la gallina entera."

    "What's the difference between erotic and kinky?" "Erotic is when you use a feather and kinky is when you use a whole chicken."


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