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"espinas" in English
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"espinas" in English
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el pescado era todo espinas
the fish was full of bones
Pues bien, yo constato que el Tratado de Lisboa no ha llegado en espinas al puerto, que lo esencial está ahí.
Well, I can see that the Treaty of Lisbon has not arrived at harbour as a pile of bones, but that its essence is still there.
Esos peces se hunden y las escamas y las espinas cubren los lechos marinos, experimentando, como dice el poeta nacional del Reino Unido, un cambio marino que se convierte en algo rico y extraño.
They sink - the scales and the bones are clogging the sea beds, suffering - as the UK's national poet puts it - a sea change into something rich and strange.
Espinas es lo que encuentran los trabajadores de su país, y sobre ellas es un tanto difícil dormirse.
The workers of my country are finding only thorns, and resting on thorns is not very easy.
corona de espinas
crown of thorns
Pero las coronas que le acompañan, una de soberano y otra de espinas, indican que su realeza no es como muchos la entendieron y la entienden.
But his crowns, one of a sovereign, the other of thorns, indicate that his royal status does not correspond to how it has been or is understood by many.
El uso de antibióticos es realmente una espina para nosotros, tanto para los animales como para los seres humanos.
The use of antibiotics is indeed a thorn in our sides, for both animals and people.
La Cuba socialista es una espina en su costado.
Socialist Cuba is a thorn in their side.
Para algunas personas constituye una espina clavada, ya que el control político allí está en manos de los extremistas.
To some people it is a thorn in the flesh, because extremists are in political control there.
se me atravesó una espina en la garganta
I got a fish bone stuck in my throat
se tragó una espina y casi se ahoga
she swallowed a fishbone and almost choked to death
casi me ahogo con una espina de pescado
I almost strangled on a fishbone
espina(also: espina (pensamiento))
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El resultado es que nunca hay bastante pescado y siempre hay gente que se pelea por las espinas.
The result is there is never enough fish and there are increasing numbers of people fighting over the leftovers.
Sin embargo, el informe no tiene espinas.
However, the report is spineless.
se lavan las merluzas y se les sacan las espinas
wash and bone the hake
no hay rosa sin espinas
there is no rose without a thorn
no hay rosa sin espinas
there's no rose without a thorn
el pescado era todo espinas
the fish was full of bones
erizado de espinas
bristling with spines
corona de espinas
crown of thorns
Él ha apuntado que el gran pez que creemos que hemos pescado con el proyecto de la Convención corre el peligro de quedar reducido a las espinas, ya que los tiburones se han comido la carne.
He said that the big fish we think we have caught with the draft Convention is in danger of being reduced to its backbone, for the sharks have taken away the meat.
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