detener

/deteˈneɾ/, [d̪e.t̪eˈneɾ]

detain, stop

Examples

No se puede detener a Tom.

Tom can't be stopped.

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Él no nos puede detener.

He cannot stop us.

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No pude detener a Tom.

I couldn't stop Tom.

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Nadie puede detener a Tom.

Nobody can stop Tom.

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No puedes detener el progreso.

You can't stop progress.

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Ella no las puede detener.

She cannot stop them.

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Tom trató de detener a Mary de tomarse la última botella de vino.

Tom tried to stop Mary from drinking the last bottle of wine.

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Ella no me puede detener.

She cannot stop me.

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Los voy a detener.

I'm going to stop them.

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Levanté la mano para detener un taxi.

I held up my hand to stop a taxi.

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No te voy a detener.

I won't stop you.

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Los científicos están luchando para detener la propagación del virus del SIDA.

Scientists are fighting to stem the spread of the AIDS virus.

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Él levantó la mano para detener el taxi.

He raised his hand to stop the taxi.

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A veces nos debemos detener a pensar.

We should sometimes pause to think.

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No puedo detener el sangrado.

I cannot stop the bleeding.

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Nada nos puede detener.

Nothing can stop us.

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Nadie puede detener el transcurso del tiempo.

No one can stop the time from passing.

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Nos tuvimos que detener por dos horas en San Francisco debido a la niebla.

We had to stop over in San Francisco for two hours due to the fog.

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No lo puedo detener.

I can't stop him.

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Quería detener a Tom.

I wanted to stop Tom.

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