mirar

/miˈɾaɾ/, [miˈɾaɾ]

look, look at, to watch


Examples
  • La felicidad depende, no tanto de las circunstancias, sino de la forma de mirar la vida.

    Happiness depends, not so much on circumstances, as on one's way of looking at one's life.

  • Yo no suelo mirar atrás y lamentar lo que he hecho.

    I don't tend to look back and regret what I've done.

  • Mi madre me enseñó a mirar siempre tanto a la izquierda como a la derecha antes de cruzar la calle.

    My mother taught me to always look both to the left and to the right before crossing the street.

  • No deberías mirar en menos este resultado.

    You should not think little of this result.

  • Trata de mirar algunas entrevistas recientes.

    Try to look at some recent interviews.

  • Tomé como regla no mirar televisión después de las nueve.

    I make it a rule not to watch television after nine o'clock.

  • Madre Teresa comenzó su trabajo por mirar a su alrededor para ver lo que se necesitaba.

    Mother Teresa began her work by looking around to see what was needed.

  • Rob, andá a mirar la tele.

    Rob, go watch TV.

  • Prefiero leer libros antes que mirar la televisión.

    I prefer reading books to watching television.

  • Quisiera mirar adentro.

    I'd like to look inside.

  • - ¡Usted tiene un gusto caro! -exclamó la dependienta- ¿Está seguro de que no quiere mirar nuestras versiones más baratas primero?

    "You have expensive taste!" the shopkeeper exclaimed. "Are you sure you don't want to look through our cheaper variants first?"

  • Creo que mirar televisión es una pérdida de tiempo.

    I think that watching TV is a waste of time.

  • Le encantaba mirar el cielo gris con el sol asomándose entre las nubes espesas.

    He loved looking at grey sky with the sun peeking through the thick clouds.

  • ¿Oh? Puedes escribir sin mirar el teclado. ¡Qué guay!

    Oh? You can type without looking at the keyboard. That's cool!

  • Mirar nota al pie en página 5.

    See the footnote on page 5.

  • Mirar pájaros salvajes es muy divertido.

    Watching wild birds is a lot of fun.

  • Tienes que mirar a las cosas desde otro punto de vista, no es tan desastroso como piensas.

    You need to look at things from a different angle, it's not as catastrophic as you think.

  • Prometo que no voy a mirar.

    I promise I won't look.

  • Tom no quería mirar, pero no pudo resistir la tentación.

    Tom didn't want to look, but he couldn't help himself.

  • Tom no sabe a dónde mirar.

    Tom doesn't know where to look.


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