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"precipicio" in English
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"precipicio" in English
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precipicio(also: despeñadero, derrumbadero, desbarrancadero)
Ahora hay otros que se encuentran al borde de ese mismo precipicio.
Now others stand on the edge of that very same precipice.
Nos hemos acercado al borde del precipicio, pero no hemos caído.
We have gone to the edge of the precipice but we have not gone over.
Costa de Marfil, que en un principio parecía haberse alejado de la guerra, podría estar acercándose de nuevo al precipicio.
Ivory Coast, having first taken a step away from war, may be edging back towards the precipice.
precipicio(also: barranco, barranca, quebrada)
precipicio(also: despeñadero, acantilado, cantil)
se dejó caer desde el borde del precipicio
he jumped off from the edge of the cliff
el coche cayó por un precipicio
the car went over a cliff
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CONTEXT EXAMPLES
Context examples for "precipicio" in English(!) These sentences come from external sources & may not be accurate. Therefore, we are not responsible for their content.
– Señor Presidente, todo el mundo dice que «Darfur está al borde del precipicio».
MrPresident, everyone is saying: ‘Darfur is on the brink of the abyss’.
– Señor Presidente, todo el mundo dice que« Darfur está al borde del precipicio».
Mr President, everyone is saying: ‘ Darfur is on the brink of the abyss’.
Por eso es tan trágico ver que avanza directamente al precipicio.
That is why it is so incredibly tragic to see it heading straight for the abyss.
Ahora hay otros que se encuentran al borde de ese mismo precipicio.
There is a phrase often used in Northern Ireland politics: ‘ We all jump together’.
La civilización del beneficio y de los miopes pusilánimes bien podría enviarnos un día a todos al precipicio.
Our society obsessed with profit, our society of the cautious and short-sighted, might one day easily bring calamity to us all.
se dejó caer desde el borde del precipicio
he jumped off from the edge of the cliff
Sería un grave error dejar el trabajo a medio hacer, porque el proceso de transición sigue estando en el borde del precipicio.
It would be a serious mistake to leave the job only half done, because the transitional process remains poised on a knife-edge.
el coche cayó por un precipicio
the car went over a cliff
un precipicio a pico
a sheer drop
Un enfoque exclusivo en una política de austeridad que Alemania ha promovido vigorosamente llevará a los países con déficits presupuestarios al borde del precipicio.
Focusing completely on a policy of austerity, which has been heavily promoted by Germany, will push these countries with budget deficits closer to the brink of disaster.
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