siglo

/ˈsiɡlo/, [ˈsi.ɣ̞lo]

century


Examples
  • Picasso está considerado como el más grande pintor del siglo XX.

    Picasso is considered the greatest painter of the twentieth century.

  • El tiempo no tiene divisiones para marcar su paso, nunca hay una tormenta o un soplar de trompetas para indicar el comienzo de un nuevo mes o año. Incluso cuando empieza un nuevo siglo sólo somos nosotros, los mortales, los que tocamos las campanas y disparamos con nuestras pistolas.

    Time has no divisions to mark its passage, there is never a thunderstorm or blare of trumpets to announce the beginning of a new month or year. Even when a new century begins it is only we mortals who ring bells and fire off pistols.

  • A finales del siglo 20, Yugoslavia era considerado un estado canalla por los Estados Unidos.

    In the late 20th century, Yugoslavia was considered a rogue state by the United States.

  • Afganistán e Irán cambiaron sus himnos nacionales varias veces en el transcurso del siglo XX.

    Afghanistan and Iran both changed their national anthems several times in the course of the 20th century.

  • Los genios son meteoros destinados a quemarse para iluminar su siglo.

    Men of genius are meteors destined to burn in order to illuminate their century.

  • Solo después de un siglo y medio de confusión la autoridad real fue restaurada.

    Only after a century and a half of confusion was the royal authority restored.

  • Los primeros colonos americanos llegaron en el siglo diecisiete.

    The first American colonists arrived in the 17th century.

  • ¿Malware? Esa palabra tendrá éxito. Podría hasta ser la palabra de la década, y por qué no, del siglo.

    Malware? This word will be a hit. It could become the word of the decade and, why not, of the century.

  • El Islam surgió en la Península Arábiga en el siglo VII.

    Islam emerged in the Arabian Peninsula in the seventh century.

  • La ciencia progresó rápido en este siglo.

    Science has made rapid progress in this century.

  • Cien años se llama un siglo.

    100 years is called a century.

  • Hubo varios avances tecnológicos a principios del siglo XXI.

    There were many technological advances at the beginning of the twenty-first century.

  • Todo esto cambió en el transcurso del siglo veinte.

    In the course of the twentieth century all this changed.

  • Hemos hecho el descubrimiento del siglo.

    We've made the discovery of the century.

  • Aseguran que el próximo verano será el más caluroso del siglo.

    They claim that next summer will be the hottest of the century.

  • El cristianismo vino a Armenia a comienzos del siglo primero, y se convirtió en religión oficial en el año 301.

    Christianity came to Armenia at the beginning of the first century and became an official religion in the year 301.

  • La bomba atómica es el producto de la física del siglo veinte.

    The atomic bomb is the offspring of 20th century physics.

  • La muerte y la vulgaridad son los únicos dos hechos en el siglo diecinueve que uno no puede explicar.

    Death and vulgarity are the only two facts in the nineteenth century that one cannot explain away.

  • En el mundo inglés del siglo XIX, a menudo se decía que la masturbación conducía a pérdida de memoria y de atención.

    In the English world of the 19th century, it was often said that masturbation would lead to a loss of memory and attention.

  • El individualismo es la epidemia del siglo XXI.

    Individualism is the 21st century's epidemic.


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