segundo

/seˈɡundo/, [seˈɣ̞ũn̪.d̪o]

second


Examples
  • La vecina del segundo me acaba de contar un chisme... ¡Menudo bombazo!

    My neighbor on the second floor told me some juicy gossip you're not going to believe it!

  • Para cada pueblo su idioma, y un segundo común a todos.

    To each group of people its language, and a second, common to all.

  • Hoy es el segundo día del mes.

    Today is the second day of the month.

  • Primero, no tengo nada de dinero. Segundo, no tengo tiempo.

    First, I don't have any money. Second, I don't have the time.

  • En las competiciones olímpicas, la medalla de oro es para el primer puesto, la medalla de plata para el segundo, y la medalla de bronce es para el tercer puesto.

    In Olympic competitions, a gold medal is for first place, a silver medal for second, and a bronze medal is for third place.

  • Mi estudio se encuentra en el segundo piso.

    My study is upstairs.

  • En general, poco se sabe acerca de las ecuaciones diferenciales no lineales de segundo orden.

    In general, little is known about nonlinear second order differential equations.

  • Prefiero un perro a un gato porque el primero es más leal que el segundo.

    I like a dog better than a cat, for the former is more faithful than the latter.

  • Ella es un estudiante de segundo año.

    She is a second year student.

  • La biblioteca está en el segundo piso.

    The library is on the second floor.

  • Espérame. Vuelvo en un segundo.

    Wait for me. I'll be back in no time.

  • Hmm, creo que pasó algo. Espérame un segundo, trataré de averiguarlo.

    Hmm, I think something happened. Wait a second, I will try to figure it out.

  • Hoy es el vigésimo segundo cumpleaños de mi hermano menor.

    Today is my little brother's twenty-second birthday.

  • Primero, segundo, tercero, cuarto, quinto, sexto, séptimo, octavo, noveno, décimo... penúltimo, último.

    First, second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth, tenth... penultimate, last.

  • No puedo recordar cómo empieza el segundo verso.

    I can't remember how the second verse starts.

  • Un segundo después, sus labios se curvaron en una sonrisa maliciosa.

    A second later his lips curved in a malicious smile.

  • Cualquier verdad pasa por tres estados. Primero se la ridiculiza. Segundo, recibe una violenta oposición. Tercero, se la acepta como obvia.

    All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident.

  • Hoy es el vigésimo segundo cumpleaños de mi hermano pequeño.

    Today is my little brother's twenty-second birthday.

  • El Amazonas es el segundo río más largo del mundo después del Nilo.

    The Amazon is the second longest river in the world after the Nile.

  • Relájate por un segundo.

    Relax for a second.


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