semejante

similar, such

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Él ha de ser tonto para creer semejante cosa.

He must be stupid to believe such a thing.

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Me avergüenza que mi hijo sea semejante gandul.

I'm ashamed that my son is such a lazybones.

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Tiene que estar loco para hacer semejante cosa.

He must be crazy to do such a thing.

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¿A qué es semejante el reino de Dios, y con qué lo compararé? Es semejante al grano de mostaza, que un hombre tomó y sembró en su huerto; y creció, y se hizo árbol grande, y las aves del cielo anidaron en sus ramas.

What is the Kingdom of God like? To what shall I compare it? It is like a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and put in his own garden. It grew, and became a large tree, and the birds of the sky lodged in its branches.

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Ella no debería haber hecho semejante cosa.

She should not have done such a thing.

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¿Por qué necesitas leer semejante libro?

Why do you need to read such a book?

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¿Qué otra cosa podía hacer en semejante situación?

Given such a situation what else could I do?

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Semejante conducta puede provocar un accidente.

Such behavior may cause an accident.

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No cometas semejante error.

Don't make such a mistake.

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¿Cómo te atreves a decir semejante cosa?

How dare you say such a thing!

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No puedo estar de acuerdo con semejante político.

I can't hold with such a politician.

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Es inútil leer semejante libro.

It is no use reading such a book.

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No sé cómo circulaba semejante rumor.

I don't know how such a rumor got about.

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El dinero que le habían prometido no era, según él, una recompensa suficiente por semejante servicio.

The money that he had been promised was not, according to him, a sufficient reward for such a service.

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¡Nunca he visto una perla de semejante magnitud!

I've never seen a pearl of such magnitude!

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No podría soportar ver semejante escena.

I couldn't bear to see such a scene.

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¿Cómo puedes decir semejante tontería?

How can you say such a foolish thing?

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Un coche semejante costaría mucho más en Japón.

A comparable car would cost far more in Japan.

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Él es el último hombre en hacer semejante cosa.

He is the last man to do such a thing.

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No siento nada más que desprecio por semejante conducta deshonesta.

I feel nothing but contempt for such dishonest behavior.

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