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"quake" in Spanish

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"quake" in Spanish
to quake{intransitive verb}
TRANSLATIONS & EXAMPLES
quake{noun}
Up to 40 000 people were made homeless by the main quake and numerous aftershocks.
40 000 personas han perdido sus hogares a causa del temblor principal y de las numerosas réplicas.
The quake damaged dozens of medieval buildings and shattered into tens of thousands of pieces the frescoes that covered the walls and ceiling of the Basilica of St.
El temblor dañó docenas de edificios medievales y destrozó en diez mil piezas los frescos que cubrían las paredes y el techo de la Basílica de San Francisco.
to quake[quaked · quaked] {intransitive verb}
If we were to go on the clapometer in relation to large payments to royalty or individual farmers, they would be quaking in their boots in royal houses across Europe.
Si los pagos de grandes sumas a la realeza o a los agricultores individuales funcionasen con arreglo al "aplausómetro", las casas reales europeas estarían temblando de miedo.

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I just want to point out that the quake reached 8.3 on the Richter scale.
Simplemente, hay que recordar que el seísmo alcanzó 8.3 en la escala de Richter.
Many point to the increasing insecurity, the growing despair among those who survived the quake, and the appalling lack of food and clothing.
Muchos apuntan a la creciente inseguridad, a la desesperación cada vez mayor de aquellos que sobrevivieron al seísmo y a la enorme carencia de ropa y alimentos.
"The situation in Haiti was disastrous before the quake hit," said George Haddad, Director of Unesco's Division of Higher Education, in an interview with University World News.
Los idiomas: un espacio de integración y de acercamiento El Año Internacional de Acercamiento de las Culturas invita a hablarse.