callejón

/kaʝeˈxon/, [ka.ʝeˈxõn], /kaʝeˈxon/, [ka.ʝeˈxõn]

alley


Noun callejón m (plural callejones)

  1. alley, side street
  2. blind alley

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Examples
  • Abandonó el coche en un callejón y se fue corriendo.

    He ditched the car in an alley and took off running.

  • Es un callejón sin salida.

    This is a dead-end alley.

  • El ladrón la atacó en un callejón.

    The robber attacked her on a back street.

  • Este es un callejón sin salida.

    This is a dead-end alley.

  • Está derecho por este callejón.

    It is right up his alley.

  • Un admirador una vez le preguntó a Cristóbal Colón cómo conseguía reunir fondos para todos sus asombrosos viajes. Colón entonces le llevó a un callejón abandonado, sacó una pistola y le dijo "Así".

    An admiring fan once asked Christopher Columbus how he managed to procure funding for all of his amazing journeys. Columbus then took the fan to an abandoned alley, took out a pistol, and said "That's how".

  • No entres ahí, es un callejón sin salida.

    Don't go in there, it's a dead-end street.

  • La única ventana de la habitación de nuestro hotel da a un callejón apestoso.

    The only window in our hotel room opens onto a smelly alley.

  • Estamos en un callejón sin salida.

    We're in a blind alley.

  • 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.

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