embargo

/emˈbaɾɡo/, [ẽmˈbaɾ.ɣ̞o]

embargo


Examples
  • ¡Y sin embargo se mueve!

    And yet it moves!

  • Son solo las cinco de la mañana, y sin embargo afuera es de día.

    It's just five in the morning, but nevertheless it is light out.

  • Tom me pidió que le hiciera un favor. Sin embargo, no pude hacer lo que pedía.

    Tom asked me to do him a favor. However, I couldn't do what he asked.

  • No puedes aparcar aquí. Sin embargo, hay un aparcamiento a la vuelta de la esquina.

    You can't park here. However, there is a parking lot just around the corner.

  • Sin embargo es un rollo ordenar la habitación.

    However, it's a pain putting the room in order.

  • Él le disparó al pájaro, sin embargo falló.

    He shot at the bird, but missed it.

  • En el caso del lenguaje, sin embargo, es sólo la capacidad de hablar y comprender lo que heredamos genéticamente, el idioma o idiomas que hablamos en particular nos son transmitidos no genética, sino culturalmente.

    In the case of language, however, it is only the ability to talk and understand that we inherit genetically; the particular language or languages that we speak are passed on to us not by genetic transmission but by cultural transmission.

  • Sin embargo, el color quedó diferente al de la muestra de su catálogo.

    However, the color was different from the sample color in your catalog.

  • Cuando él declaró abiertamente que se iba a casar con Pablo, a su abuela casi le dio un infarto y a su tía se le salieron los ojos de las órbitas; sin embargo, su hermana pequeña sonrió con orgullo.

    When he openly declared he would marry Pablo, he almost gave his grandmother a heart attack and made his aunt's eyes burst out of their sockets; however, his little sister beamed with pride.

  • Matar a tu esposo es una manera de terminar un matrimonio. Sin embargo, es mal visto.

    Killing your spouse is one way to end a marriage. However, it's frowned upon.

  • Sin embargo, la cantante no reniega de sus orígenes.

    However, the singer does not deny her ancestry.

  • Él ha pecado mucho y sin embargo lo perdonaré.

    He has sinned a lot, and yet I shall forgive him.

  • El trueque, sin embargo, fue un sistema muy insatisfactorio dado que las necesidades de la gente rara vez coincidían exactamente.

    Barter, however, was a very unsatisfactory system because people's needs seldom matched exactly.

  • Sin embargo, ella amaba a los niños y estaba contenta con el trabajo.

    Nonetheless, she loved the children and was content with the work.

  • Tom no pudo sobornar a Mary. Sin embargo, lo intentó.

    Tom couldn't bribe Mary. However, he tried.

  • Sin embargo, en otros aspectos ya han superado los niveles de muchos países occidentales.

    However, other aspects have already surpassed the standards of many Western countries.

  • Eso, sin embargo, es sólo para hombres guapos.

    However that's only for handsome men.

  • La educación es algo admirable, sin embargo, es bueno recordar de vez en cuando, que nada que valga la pena saber se puede enseñar.

    Education is an admirable thing. But it is well to remember from time to time that nothing that is worth knowing can be taught.

  • Esta chica sonríe continuamente, sin embargo no es feliz.

    This girl is always smiling, but she's not happy.

  • No encontré el libro en la biblioteca, por ello decidí ir a comprarlo, sin embargo estaba muy caro, a pesar de ello lo encontré en Internet.

    I didn't find the book in the library, so I decided to buy it. Unfortunately it was too expensive. However I found it on the Internet.


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