sorpresa

/soɾˈpɾesa/, [soɾˈpɾe.sa]

surprise

Examples

Tom está planeando una fiesta de cumpleaños sorpresa para Mary.

Tom is planning a surprise birthday party for Mary.

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¡Qué sorpresa tan agradable verte aquí!

What a pleasant surprise to see you here!

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La noticia le pilló por sorpresa.

The news took him by surprise.

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El sonido me cogió por sorpresa.

The sound took me by surprise.

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Tom arruinó la sorpresa al hablar de la fiesta.

Tom ruined the surprise by talking about the party.

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A Tom lo tomaron por sorpresa.

Tom was taken by surprise.

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Para mi sorpresa, él suspendió el examen.

To my surprise he failed the test.

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Pensé que iba a estar enojado, pero para mi sorpresa, él sonrió.

I thought he would be angry but, to my surprise, he smiled.

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Para mi sorpresa, desde que Tatoeba se restableció, nadie ha hecho correcciones a mis oraciones. O mi inglés ha mejorado rápidamente y ahora hago solo buenas oraciones - que es bastante dudoso, o los usuarios simplemente han decidido dejarme en paz y permitirme escribir lo que se me ocurra.

To my surprise, since Tatoeba has been back up, nobody has made any corrections to my sentences. Either my English has rapidly improved and I now produce good sentences only, which is way doubtful, or the users have simply decided to leave me alone and let me write whatever comes to my mind.

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Para nuestra sorpresa, la predicción de ella acertó.

To our surprise, her prediction came true.

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Tom quería hacerte una fiesta sorpresa, pero sabía que no te agradaría, así que le dijo que no.

Tom wanted to give you a surprise party, but I knew you'd hate it, so I told him not to.

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Tengo una sorpresa para vos, Tom.

I've got a surprise for you, Tom.

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Para nuestra sorpresa, él ganó el gran premio.

To our surprise, he won the grand prize.

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Al ser cogido por sorpresa, no se me ocurrió nada que decir.

Taken by surprise, I couldn't think of anything to say.

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Para mi mayor sorpresa, sus ojos se fijaron en mí y sonrió.

To my great surprise, her eyes fixed on me and she smiled.

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Tom tiene una sorpresa para ti.

Tom has a surprise for you.

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Nada puede pillar por sorpresa a un estadounidense. A menudo se ha dicho que la palabra "imposible" no era francesa. Obviamente, la gente miró en el diccionario equivocado. En Estados Unidos, todo es fácil, todo es simple y las dificultades mecánicas se solucionan antes de surgir.

Nothing can take an American by surprise. It has often been said that the word "impossible" was not a French one. People have obviously looked in the wrong dictionary. In America, all is easy, all is simple and mechanical difficulties are overcome before they arise.

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¡Qué sorpresa verlo aquí!

What a surprise to see you here!

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Para mi sorpresa, el antropólogo fue acusado de asesinato.

To my surprise, the anthropologist was accused of murder.

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¿Cuál es la gran sorpresa?

What's the big surprise?

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