sorpresa

/soɾˈpɾesa/, [soɾˈpɾe.sa]

surprise


Examples
  • Tengo una sorpresa para ustedes.

    I have a surprise for you.

  • Para mi sorpresa, la puerta estaba abierta.

    To my surprise, the door was unlocked.

  • Esa fue una gran sorpresa.

    That was a big surprise.

  • Explorando cada vez más y más el mundo exterior, los científicos finalmente han llegado al interior del átomo, donde, para su sorpresa, encontraron a la conciencia mirándolos a la cara.

    As science went further and further into the external world, they ended up inside the atom where to their surprise they saw consciousness staring them in the face.

  • Nos encontramos un gato en la caja por sorpresa.

    We unexpectedly found a cat in the box.

  • Quiero que esto sea una sorpresa.

    I want this to be a surprise.

  • No fuiste particularmente discreto, por lo que no es sorpresa que te han pillado.

    You weren't particularly discreet, so it's no wonder you got caught.

  • Tom tiene una sorpresa para Mary.

    Tom has a surprise for Mary.

  • Lo que él hizo a continuación fue una completa sorpresa para mí.

    What he did next was quite a surprise to me.

  • Detesto las fiestas sorpresa.

    I hate surprise parties.

  • Me encantan las fiestas sorpresa.

    I love surprise parties.

  • La fiesta sorpresa para Laura no es esta noche, sino mañana por la noche.

    The surprise party for Laura is not tonight, but tomorrow night.

  • ¡Qué sorpresa!

    What a surprise!

  • El amor es la sorpresa más bella.

    Love is the most beautiful surprise.

  • Recibir un regalo de ti fue una sorpresa inesperada.

    Receiving a gift from you was an unexpected surprise.

  • Para mi sorpresa, ella no pudo contestar a la pregunta.

    To my surprise, she could not answer the question.

  • Tom organizó una fiesta sorpresa para el cumpleaños de María.

    Tom threw Mary a surprise birthday party.

  • Quiero que sea sorpresa.

    I want it to be a surprise.

  • Declarar la guerra después de un ataque sorpresa es lo esperado, pero matar a más de diez mil no combatientes con una bomba es algo nunca visto.

    Declaring war after a surprise attack is to be expected, but killing over ten thousand non-combatants with a bomb is something unheard of.

  • Los Tigres perdieron el juego, lo que fue una sorpresa para nosotros.

    The Tigers lost the game, which was a surprise to us.


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