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"to tell the difference" in Spanish

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"to tell the difference" in Spanish
to tell the difference{transitive verb}
diferenciar
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to tell the difference{transitive verb}
to tell the difference(also: to difference, to differentiate, to distinguish, to differentiate between)
diferenciar{v.t.}
‘ Waving or drowning’: it is sometimes very difficult to tell the difference.
«¿Ese nadador nos saluda o se está ahogando?»: en ocasiones es muy difícil ver la diferencia.
Clearly, the people of Europe find it hard to tell the difference.
Es evidente que los pueblos europeos tienen dificultades en ver la diferencia.
‘Waving or drowning’: it is sometimes very difficult to tell the difference.
«¿Ese nadador nos saluda o se está ahogando?»: en ocasiones es muy difícil ver la diferencia.

SIMILAR TRANSLATIONS
Similar translations for "to tell the difference" in Spanish
tellnoun
montículo
to tellverb
enterar- chivar- cantar- lorear- platicar- prometer- referir- decir- narrar- contar (historia)- distinguir- contar- saber
theadverb
cuanto
thearticle
el- los- la- las
the
el- la- los- lasel- la- por- el- la- los- las
to thepreposition
al
differencenoun
diferencia- desnivel- discrepancia- divergencia- divorcio- razón aritmética
to differenceverb
diferenciar
CONTEXT EXAMPLES
Context examples for "to tell the difference" in Spanish(!) These sentences come from external sources & may not be accurate. Therefore, we are not responsible for their content.
Mr President, I am afraid that Mr Duhamel cannot tell the difference between what is populist and what is popular.
Señor Presidente, lamentablemente, el Sr. Duhamel confunde lo que es populista con lo que es popular.
Who can tell the difference between the proceeds from organised crime and those from normal economic transactions?
Resulta muy difícil distinguir el dinero procedente de la delincuencia organizada del que procede del funcionamiento normal de la economía.
Apparently, the Council cannot tell the difference between the financial perspectives, the multiannual framework for the budget and the budget itself.
El Consejo, aparentemente, no sabe distinguir entre las perspectivas financieras, el marco plurianual para el presupuesto y el propio presupuesto.
I have a friend who says that what distinguishes the intelligent from the unintelligent is their ability to tell the difference between the essential and the peripheral.
Yo tengo un amigo que dice que lo que distingue a las personas inteligentes de aquéllas que no lo son es que saben distinguir lo principal de lo accesorio.
To my mind, the Council is like one of those people whom you cannot ask to post a letter, because they cannot tell the difference between a letterbox and a drain-hole.
El Consejo, a mi juicio, pertenece a ese tipo de gente a la que no se le puede pedir que ponga una carta al correo porque no distingue el agujero del buzón del de la alcantarilla.
Prices may diverge across the internal market for sound economic reasons, but also because of market malfunctioning, and our aim is to find ways to tell the difference.
Los precios pueden variar en el mercado interior por razones económicas lógicas, pero también por el mal funcionamiento del mercado, y nuestro objetivo es encontrar la forma de distinguirlas.

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