propósito

/pɾoˈposito/, [pɾoˈpo.si.t̪o]

purpose

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El propósito de los propagandistas es hacer que un conjunto de gente olvide que otro cierto conjunto de gente son humanos.

The propagandist's purpose is to make one set of people forget that certain other sets of people are human.

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Tom le explicó el propósito del proyecto a Mary.

Tom explained the purpose of the project to Mary.

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Sí, lo hice a propósito.

Yes, I did this intentionally.

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Ella me dio una dirección errónea a propósito.

She gave me a wrong address on purpose.

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¡Lo estás haciendo a propósito!

You're doing it on purpose!

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Un buen propósito hace al trabajo duro placentero.

A good purpose makes hard work a pleasure.

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Ella se fue a Estados Unidos con el propósito de estudiar medicina.

She went to America with a view to studying medicine.

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Tom rompió la ventana a propósito.

Tom broke the window on purpose.

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El niño pisó mi pie a propósito.

The boy stepped on my foot on purpose.

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Cada vez que su esposo me observaba, él casi me preguntaba: "¿Con qué propósito vino usted aquí?"

Everytime her husband looked at me, he almost asked me: "For what purpose have you come here?"

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El propósito de nuestro viaje es visitar una nueva fábrica.

The purpose of our trip is to visit a new factory.

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El niño derramó la tinta, pero no fue a propósito.

The boy spilled the ink, but he didn't mean to.

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Hirió sus sentimientos a propósito.

He hurt her feelings on purpose.

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Por muchos años pensé que era sólo la belleza la que le daba significado a la vida, y que el único propósito que se le pudiera asignar a las generaciones que se suceden las unas a las otras en la cara de esta tierra atestada de gente era el producir un artista de vez en cuando.

For many years I thought that it was beauty alone that gave significance to life and that the only purpose that could be assigned to the generations that succeed one another on the face of this crowded earth was to produce an artist now and then.

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Él me pisó el pie a propósito en el tren.

He trod on my foot on purpose in the train.

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A Cristóbal Colón no le gustaban los burdeles españoles, ya que le parecían sucios y demasiado caros. En su lugar, se iba al mar, donde era atraído (a propósito) por la canción de una sirena, y pasaba un buen rato.

Christopher Columbus disliked Spanish brothels, as he found them dirty and too expensive. Instead, he would go out to sea, get lured in - on purpose - by the Siren's song, and then have a rocking good time.

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¿Cuál es el propósito de este ensayo?

What's the purpose of this essay?

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Oye, a propósito, ¿sabes dónde vive ahora?

Oh, by the way, do you know where she lives now?

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Te aseguro que no lo hice a propósito.

I assure you I did not do it purposely.

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Tom lo hizo a propósito.

Tom did it on purpose.

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