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"quagmire" in Spanish
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"quagmire" in Spanish
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If we allow Europe to be watered down as a result of enlargement, we will drown in our own political quagmire.
Si dejamos que Europa se diluya por la ampliación, nos ahogaremos en nuestra propia ciénaga política.
quagmire(also: muddy area)
Since Georges Malbrunot and Christian Chesnot were taken hostage, France has also been dragged into the quagmire in Iraq.
Desde que Georges Malbrunot y Christian Chesnot fueron capturados como rehenes, también Francia se ha visto arrastrada al cenagal iraquí.
At least 8000 died, their bodies lost in the blood-soaked quagmire of the battlefield, a field which became a mass grave.
Por lo menos 8000 murieron, y sus cuerpos se perdieron en el ensangrentado cenagal del campo de batalla, un campo que se convirtió en una fosa común.
Its outgoing leader, a Briton by the name of MacGyver, did not mince his words when he said 'We are working here in a quagmire of deceit and corruption'.
El jefe saliente, un británico de nombre McGyver, no tuvo pelos en la lengua cuando dijo: "Estamos trabajando aquí en un cenagal de fraude y corrupción".
I just hope that the meaning of ‘Hong Kong’ will not need to be changed from ‘fragrant port’ to ‘silted-up quagmire’.
Solo espero que el significado de «Hong Kong» no tenga que cambiarse de «puerto fragante» a «lodazal cenagoso».
I just hope that the meaning of ‘ Hong Kong’ will not need to be changed from ‘ fragrant port ’ to ‘ silted-up quagmire’.
Solo espero que el significado de« Hong Kong» no tenga que cambiarse de« puerto fragante» a« lodazal cenagoso».
We might still be in a legal quagmire unless we have a proper interinstitutional agreement.
Puede que sigamos en un atolladero jurídico, a menos que dispongamos de un acuerdo interinstitucional.
‘Only transparency can get us out of this quagmire’, said the Kurdish politician Mohammed Toufik, and he was right.
En palabras del político kurdo Mohammed Toufik, «solo la transparencia puede sacarnos de este atolladero», y tiene razón.
We have an exercise in subterfuge bogged down in a quagmire of procedure, I would hasten to suggest.
Mi respuesta inmediata sería que nos encontramos ante un intento de buscar subterfugios que se halla encallado en un atolladero de cuestiones de procedimiento.
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For an escalation into civil war will suck the country deeper into the quagmire.
Sin duda, una escalada de violencia ahora sumergiría este país en el fango.
Mr President, the Laeken European Council has dragged us from the dreadful quagmire which Nice had led us into.
Señor Presidente, el Consejo Europeo de Laeken nos saca de un triste estancamiento en el que Niza nos había sumido.
Young people in particular are in a quagmire.
Los más afectados son los jóvenes.
The current legal set-up protects the fraudster, leaving the victim lost in a quagmire of paperwork and expensive legal action.
La situación jurídica actual protege al estafador, dejando a la víctima perdida en un mar de papeleo y caras acciones legales.
By contrast, no positive action was taken to promote peace, as the continuing quagmire in Yugoslavia illustrates.
Por el contrario, ha habido déficit de iniciativas positivas a favor de la paz, como pone de manifiesto el estancamiento de la empantanada situación en Yugoslavia.
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