repente

/reˈpente/, [reˈpẽn̪.t̪e]

sudden movement, suddenly


Examples
  • De repente, un hombre se paró en frente de ellos.

    Suddenly, a man stepped in front of them.

  • De repente se le ocurrió una buena idea mientras estaba dándose un baño.

    He suddenly hit on a good idea while he was taking a bath.

  • De repente se apagaron todas las luces.

    Suddenly, all the lights went out.

  • De repente, el unicornio se me acercó majestuosamente, me tocó con su cuerno y... me desperté con esta marca.

    Suddenly, the unicorn approached me majestically, touched me with its horn and... I woke up with this mark.

  • De repente, la alarma de incendios sonó.

    All of a sudden, the fire alarm went off.

  • Si existiera un mercado de frases, nuestras especulaciones gramaticales de repente cobrarían sentido.

    If there existed a market for sentences, our grammatical speculations would suddenly make sense.

  • Ella de repente se hizo famosa.

    She suddenly became famous.

  • Ella me dio un beso de repente.

    She gave me a kiss suddenly.

  • Entonces el motor dejó de funcionar de repente.

    Then the motor suddenly died.

  • Me mareé de repente.

    I suddenly became dizzy.

  • De repente, todas las luces se apagaron.

    Suddenly all the lights went out.

  • Cambió de actitud de repente.

    He changed his attitude suddenly.

  • De repente, un perro se puso a ladrar.

    All of a sudden, a dog began barking.

  • De repente empezó a llover muy fuerte.

    All at once it began to rain heavily.

  • De repente comenzó a llover.

    All of a sudden, it began raining.

  • El anciano se paró de repente y miró hacia atrás.

    The old man stopped suddenly and looked back.

  • De repente oí un alboroto en el callejón y fui a ver qué estaba sucediendo.

    Suddenly I heard a commotion in the alley and went to see what was going on.

  • De repente la luz se apagó.

    The light suddenly went out.

  • Su cara de repente se volvió roja.

    Her face suddenly turned red.

  • El capitán abandonó el barco de repente.

    Suddenly, the captain left the ship.


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