existen

exist, there are


Verb existen

  1. Third-person plural (ellos, ellas, also used with ustedes) present indicative form of existir.
  2. (used formally in Spain) Second-person plural present indicative form of existir.

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Examples
  • Te asombrarías del número de nudos que existen.

    You'd be surprised of the number of knots there are.

  • El día en que dejen de hablarse la multitud de lenguas que existen en Europa, esta dejará de existir en tanto que idea o proyecto.

    The day when Europe ceases to speak its many languages is the day that Europe – as an idea, as a project – ceases to exist.

  • Existen muchos factores.

    There are many factors.

  • La ontología estudia la manera en que se relacionan las entidades que existen.

    Ontology studies the way in which entities that exist are related.

  • Existen muchas zoonosis, es decir, enfermedades transmitidas de los animales a los seres humanos.

    There are many zoonoses, that is, diseases transmitted from animals to human beings.

  • Cosas como gramáticas que pueden llamarse absolutamente correctas no existen en ninguna parte.

    Things like grammars that can be called absolutely correct do not exist anywhere.

  • No te olvides de que existen excepciones.

    Don't forget there are exceptions.

  • El cielo e infierno solo existen en el corazón humano.

    Heaven and hell exist only in the human heart.

  • Las opiniones sostenidas con pasión son siempre aquellas para las que no existen buenos argumentos; de hecho, la pasión es la forma de medir la falta de convicción de la persona que la sostiene. En política y religión, las opiniones casi siempre se sostienen apasionadamente.

    The opinions that are held with passion are always those for which no good ground exists; indeed the passion is the measure of the holder’s lack of rational conviction. Opinions in politics and religion are almost always held passionately.

  • Existen muchas buenas razones para no hacerlo.

    There are many good reasons not to do it.

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