huelga

/ˈwelɡa/, [ˈwel.ɣ̞a]

strike

Examples

Los empleados amenazaron con una huelga para proteger los beneficios de los trabajadores.

Employees threatened a strike to protect worker benefits.

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Los trabajadores se unieron para irse de huelga y luchar con la compañía.

The workers banded together to go on strike and fight the company.

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Ya suspendieron la huelga.

They already called off the strike.

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Huelga decir que la salud es más importante que la riqueza.

It goes without saying that health is more important than wealth.

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Estamos de huelga porque la empresa no nos aumentó el sueldo.

We're on strike because the company hasn't improved our wages.

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¿Quién pondrá fin a esta huelga?

Who is going to put and end to this strike?

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Las tiendas estaban cerradas debido a la huelga.

The stores were closed due to the strike.

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El comité decidió suspender la huelga.

The committee decided to call off the strike.

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Los trabajadores pueden ir a la huelga para exigir salarios más altos, o para mejorar las condiciones de trabajo.

Workers can go on strike to demand higher wages, or to improve working conditions.

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La huelga general paralizó todo el país.

The general strike paralyzed the whole country.

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La huelga ha afectado a la economía nacional.

The strike affected the nation's economy.

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Las tiendas estaban cerradas a causa de la huelga.

The stores were closed due to the strike.

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La huelga de trenes no me molestó en absoluto.

The train strike didn't bother me at all.

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Los conductores de autobús van a hacer huelga hoy.

The bus drivers are going on strike today.

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Hay una huelga.

There is a strike.

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Los guardias de prisión se irán a huelga por tres días a partir de la medianoche.

The prison guards will strike from midnight in three days.

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Los trabajadores están en huelga.

The workers are on strike.

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Una huelga es un rechazo masivo a trabajar por un cuerpo de empleados.

A strike is a mass refusal to work by a body of employees.

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"¿Van a hacer huelga de nuevo?" "Me temo que si".

"Will they go on strike again?" "I'm afraid so."

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Los sindicatos habían amenazado al gobierno con una huelga general.

The labor unions had been threatening the government with a general strike.

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