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distancia

/disˈtanθja/, [d̪isˈt̪ãn̟.θja]

distance

Noun distancia f (plural distancias)

  1. distance
    No podrían acertar a un elefante a esta distancia.
    They couldn’t hit an elephant at this distance.

Verb distancia

  1. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of distanciar.
  2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of distanciar.
  3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted) present indicative form of distanciar.

Source: Wiktionary available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License

Examples

  • La distancia entre las estrellas se mide en años luz.

    The distance between stars is measured in light years.

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  • La escuela está aproximadamente a una milla de distancia.

    The school stands about one mile off.

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  • Quedé exhausto por caminar una distancia larga.

    I exhausted myself by walking a long distance.

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  • La distancia entre el sol y la tierra es de casi 93 millones de millas.

    The distance from the sun to the earth is about 93 million miles.

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  • Es fácil ser valiente a una distancia segura.

    It is easy to be brave from a safe distance.

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  • El lenguaje de gestos tenía, sin embargo, serias limitaciones, ya que no podía ser usado en la oscuridad o a distancia.

    Gestural language had, however, serious limitations, since it could not be used in the dark or at distance.

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  • Vista desde una distancia, la isla se veía como una nube.

    Viewed from a distance, the island looked like a cloud.

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  • Se dirigió a la luz que vio en la distancia.

    He made for the light he saw in the distance.

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  • Un año luz es la distancia que recorre la luz en un año.

    A lightyear is the distance that light travels in one year.

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  • ¿Qué distancia hay de su casa al pueblo?

    How far is it from your house to town?

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