cerrar
No, solo estaban cerrando la puerta, señor. | No, it was just the door closing, sir. |
Esos dos tenían sus ataques listos, y ahora estaban cerrando sus ojos. | Those two had their attacks ready, and now they were closing their eyes. |
En todo caso, las instalaciones que se estaban cerrando en Bélgica no fabricaban OCS. | In any case the facilities being closed in Belgium did not manufacture OCS. |
De todas maneras, las instalaciones que se estaban cerrando en Bélgica no fabricaban OCS. | In any case the facilities being closed in Belgium did not manufacture OCS. |
Y los autocines estaban cerrando, así que no significaban mucho para nosotros. | Well, the drive-ins were going out at that time, so that didn't mean much to us |
Los bancos estaban cerrando, un cuarto de los americanos estaba desempleado, la rebelión se planeaba en las granjas. | The banks were closing, a quarter of Americans were unemployed, rebellion threatened on the farms. |
Mientras estaban cerrando el campamento, cientos de manifestantes protestaron en Washington, DC, exigiendo que se detenga el oleoducto Dakota Access. | As the camp was being shut down, hundreds of protesters rallied in Washington, DC, demanding no Dakota Access Pipeline. |
Encontré otra pequeña estación de auxilios y esperaba darles lo que llevaba, pero ya estaban cerrando para la noche. | I found another little station of relief hoping to give them what I had, but they were closing up shop for the night. |
La policía y los bandidos asaltaron y saquearon los campamentos cuando se estaban cerrando, atacando a los que se demoraron en recoger sus pertenencias y partir. | Police and bandits raided and looted the camps as they were closing, attacking those who were slow to pack up and leave. |
Allí se enteró de que los dueños estaban cerrando su otra tienda, Pedal Pushing, ubicada en El Cajon Boulevard en City Heights, la cual había estado operando durante 27 años. | That's when he learned the owners were closing their other business, Pedal Pushing, on El Cajon Boulevard in City Heights, which they had run for 27 years. |
El miembro del directorio de la asociación explicó que los dueños de comercios comunes en la ciudad, no de puestos en el mercado, estaban siendo golpeados con demandas extorsivas--a menudo impagables--y estaban cerrando sus puertas. | The member of the association's board of directors said that already owners of ordinary stores in the city, not market stalls, were being hit with much higher--often unpayable--extortion demands and were closing. |
Debemos leer los signos y preguntarnos si nos estaban cerrando la puerta o si la acción de cerrar la puerta podría ser vista como un intento de llamar la atención sobre ellos mismos; creo que es esto último. | We have to read the signs and ask ourselves whether they were shutting the door on us, or whether the action of shutting the door might be seen as an attempt at drawing attention to themselves; I believe the latter to be the case. |
Los artistas realizaron un primer viaje a la región de Tucumán para recoger información sobre los conflictos socioeconómicos de la zona, donde se estaban cerrando los molinos de azúcar que daban trabajo a gran parte de la población, con el consiguiente empobrecimiento de la región. | The artists made a first journey to Tucumán to collect information about the socioeconomic conflicts in the region, where the sugar mills that provided work for a large part of the population were being closed down, with the consequent general impoverishment. |
Estalló una pelea justo cuando estaban cerrando el bar. | A fight broke out just as the bar was closing. |
Era tarde y los comerciantes estaban cerrando tras acabar la jornada. | It was late, and storekeepers were closing up for the day. |
Estaban cerrando las cortinas, en caso de que me volví hacia arriba. | They were shutting the curtains, in case I turned up. |
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