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acercarse |
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| to approach, to go, to come | |
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No te acerques al fuego.
Keep away from the fire. | Don't go near the fire. |
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No te acerques al perro.
Don't approach the dog. |
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Se acercó y se arrodilló.
He approached and fell on his knees. |
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Se acerca un tifón grande.
A big typhoon is approaching. |
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Patricia se acercó a la casa.
Patricia approached the house. |
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La niña se acercó a mí bailando.
The girl came dancing toward me. |
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No te acerques demasiado al fuego.
Don't come too close to the fire. |
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¡No dejes que ese perro se me acerque!
Don't let that dog come near me! |
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El avión estaba acercándose de Londres.
The plane was approaching London. |
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El perro me impidió acercarme a su casa.
The dog kept me from approaching his house. |
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Una tormenta se acercaba a nuestra ciudad.
A storm was approaching our town. |
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Una niña se acercó al rey en medio de la multitud.
A girl approached the king from among the crowd. |
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El fuerte viento indica que se acerca una tormenta.
The strong wind indicates that a storm is coming. |
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Un hombre extraño se acercó a mí y me pidió dinero.
A strange man came up to me and asked for money. |
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Un hombre anciano se acercó y estrechó la mano de Lincoln.
An old man came up and shook Lincoln's hand. |
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Si te acercas a un camello, corres el riesgo de que te muerda.
If you go near a camel, you risk being bitten. |
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No te acerques demasiado al estanque para que no te vayas a caer en él.
Don't go too close to the pond so that you won't fall in. |
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Un día, cuando estaba cerca de la fuente, una mujer pobre se acercó preguntando por algo de beber.
One day when I was around the fountain, a poor woman came up to me asking for something to drink. |
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Si dejas una moneda de un yen flotando en el agua y le acercas lentamente un imán, entonces la moneda se acercará al imán.
If you float a one yen coin on water and move a magnet slowly towards it then the coin will approach the magnet. |
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| Examples sourced from tatoeba.org |

