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el accidente |
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| accident | |
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Ha habido un accidente.
There has been an accident. |
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El accidente ocurrió anteayer.
The accident happened the day before yesterday. |
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Se quedó ciego en un accidente.
He was blinded in an accident. |
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Él resultó herido en el accidente.
He was injured in the accident. |
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Parece que ha habido un accidente.
There appears to have been an accident. |
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El accidente ocurrió en la autopista.
The accident took place on the highway. |
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Aquí es donde ocurrió aquel accidente.
This is where the accident happened. |
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La explosión se produjo por accidente.
The explosion came about by accident. |
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El accidente fue fruto de su imprudencia.
The accident resulted from his carelessness. |
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Llegué tarde a la escuela por un accidente.
I was late for school on account of an accident. |
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¿De verdad ocurrió ese accidente el año pasado?
Did the accident really come to pass last year? | Did that accident really happen last year? |
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El accidente fue la causa del caos circulatorio.
The accident threw traffic into great confusion. | The accident caused traffic confusion. |
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A causa de un accidente nos retrasamos dos horas.
We were held up for two hours on account of an accident. |
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¿Quién tendrá la responsabilidad de ese accidente?
Who is to blame for the accident? |
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El coche llevaba cuatro personas cuando tuvo el accidente.
The car was carrying 4 people when it had the accident. |
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Estoy seguro de que fue tan sólo un desafortunado accidente.
I'm sure it was just a terrible accident. |
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Fue por culpa del accidente que llegué atrasado a la escuela.
It was because of the accident that I was late for school. |
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Mi tío fue el único que salió afectado en el accidente automovilístico.
My uncle was the only person injured in the car accident. |
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Me habló del accidente enteramente como si lo hubiera visto con sus propios ojos.
He told me about the accident as if he had seen it with his own eyes. |
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| Examples sourced from tatoeba.org |

