sombras

shades, shadows


Noun sombras f pl

  1. plural of sombra

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Examples
  • Él solo tenía un deseo. Huir y vivir entre las luces y las sombras.

    He had but one desire: to shrink away and live among the lights and shadows.

  • ¿Quién acecha en las sombras?

    Who is lurking in the shadows?

  • Habíamos ido a ver el teatro de sombras más temprano esa noche.

    We had gone to watch the shadow puppets earlier that night.

  • "Éstas no son más que sombras de las cosas que han sido", dijo el Espíritu. "No tienen conciencia de nosotros."

    "These are but shadows of the things that have been," said the Ghost. "They have no consciousness of us."

  • ¿Qué acecha en las sombras?

    What is lurking in the shadows?

  • El sistema de inmigración de los Estados Unidos está dañado. Existen muchos empleadores que hacen trampa con el sistema al contratar a trabajadores indocumentados y existen 11 millones de personas viviendo en las sombras. Ninguna de estas opciones es buena para la economía o para el país.

    America’s immigration system is broken. Too many employers game the system by hiring undocumented workers and there are 11 million people living in the shadows. Neither is good for the economy or the country.

  • Cuando la masa deforme emergía de las sombras, yo sabía que estaba en problemas.

    As the shapeless mass emerged from shadows, I knew I was in trouble.

  • Ellos se escondieron en las sombras.

    They hid themselves in the shadows.

  • Esas sombras aparecieron de una forma similar a la de un dinosaurio gigante, con un cuello largo y una mandíbula muy grande, sin dientes.

    Those shadows appeared in a way like giant dinosaurs, with a long neck and a very big jaw without teeth.


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