atrás

/aˈtɾas/, [aˈt̪ɾas]

back, behind


Examples
  • Usted le dijo que había terminado el trabajo tres días atrás.

    You told her that you had finished the work three days before.

  • Aquí había un puente hace largo tiempo atrás.

    A long time ago, there was a bridge here.

  • Tom quería darle a María un beso de despedida. Sin embargo ella se echó para atrás.

    Tom wanted to give Mary a goodbye kiss. However, she backed away.

  • Todos tenemos nuestras máquinas del tiempo. Algunas nos llevan hacia atrás, se llaman recuerdos. Otras nos llevan hacia delante, se llaman sueños.

    We all have our time machines. Some take us back, they're called memories. Some take us forward, they are called dreams.

  • Visité Rumania hace unos años atrás.

    I visited Romania a few years ago.

  • Cosas como televisión o computadores no podrían haber sido concebidas cincuenta años atrás.

    Such things as television and computers could not have been dreamed of fifty years ago.

  • Sube el volumen para que los estudiantes de atrás puedan oír.

    Turn the volume up so that the students at the back can hear.

  • El camión casi atropelló al niño al dar marcha atrás.

    That kid was almost run over when the truck backed up.

  • La cuenta atrás ha comenzado.

    The countdown has started.

  • Él se volteó y miró hacia atrás.

    He turned around and looked back.

  • Tom conoció a Mary hace un par de años atrás.

    Tom met Mary a couple of years ago.

  • El prisionero que escapó dos días atrás sigue dado en fuga.

    The prisoner who escaped two days ago is still at large.

  • Un año y medio atrás casi morí.

    I almost died a year and a half ago.

  • El perro caminaba para atrás.

    The dog walked backward.

  • No deje sus cosas atrás.

    Don't leave your stuff behind.

  • Tom se divorció de su primera esposa hace más de quince años atrás.

    Tom divorced his first wife more than fifteen years ago.

  • Hace muchos años atrás, visité el centro de Hiroshima.

    Many years ago, I visited the center of Hiroshima.

  • ¿Has visto al perro? Se alejó hace un par de minutos atrás.

    Have you seen the dog? He wandered off a couple of minutes ago.

  • Él miró hacia atrás sobre su hombro.

    He looked backward over his shoulder.

  • Fui abducida e inseminada por unos lobos que aterrizaron con su platillo volante en mi jardín de atrás.

    I was abducted and impregnated by wolves who landed their flying saucer in my backyard.


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