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En enero de 2008, un estudiante de kinder se portaba mal. | In January 2008, a kindergarten pupil was acting up. |
Y le dije que romperíamos si se portaba mal. | And I said I'd break up with him if he was mean to you. |
Recuerde cómo se comportaba usted o cuándo se portaba mal cuando era niño, cómo lidiaban sus padres con su comportamiento y cómo se sentía sobre sus técnicas de disciplina. | Think back to how you behaved, or misbehaved, as a child, about how your parents dealt with your behavior, and how you felt about their disciplinary techniques. |
Si de niño usted era enviado a su habitación cuando se portaba mal o le decían que no sería popular si no se comportaba bien, podría crecer asociando la soledad con el abandono. | If as a child, you were sent to your room when you misbehaved or were told that you would be unpopular if you did not behave, you may grow up associating solitude with abandonment. |
¿Qué hacia su padre cuando se portaba mal, Enrique? | What did your father do when you were misbehaving, Enrique? |
Dejamos de llevar a Oliver a misa porque se portaba mal. | We stopped taking Oliver to mass because he was misbehaving. |
Cada vez que Clara se portaba mal, le quitábamos el iPad. | Whenever Clara was behaving badly, we'd take away her iPad. |
Ángela se portaba mal, así que la pusimos en penitencia. | Angela was acting up, so we put her in a time-out. |
A Amaia la castigaban constantemente porque se portaba mal en la escuela. | Amaia kept getting grounded because she was behaving badly at school. |
Mi abuela solía darle una paliza a mi mamá cuando se portaba mal. | My grandmother used give my mom a beating when she misbehaved. |
Creaba problemas para mi hermano mayor cuando se portaba mal conmigo. | I would make problems for my older brother when he was mean to me. |
El maestro llevó al alumno a un lado para ver por qué se portaba mal. | The teacher took the student aside to see why he was acting out. |
Lola es un enigma. Esta mañana se portaba mal, pero ahora es una santa. | Lola is an enigma. She was misbehaving this morning, but now she's an angel. |
Blanca no podía evitar los favoritismos; siempre perdonaba a Jorge cuando se portaba mal. | Blanca couldn't help but play favorites; she always let Jorge off when he misbehaved. |
Sam estaba celoso cuando los hijos de mi hermana vinieron a visitar. Por eso se portaba mal. | Sam was jealous when my sister's kids came to visit. That's why he was behaving badly. |
El año pasado, Javier se portaba mal en clase, pero hablamos con él y ahora se está portando mucho mejor. | Last year, Javier was misbehaving in class, but we talked to him, and now he's behaving much better. |
Cuando le agradecí a mi hijo por portarse bien en la tienda, mi hija dijo "me portaba bien también". Era cómico porque sabía que se portaba mal. | When I thanked my son for behaving well in the store, my daughter said "I was well behaved too." It was funny because she knew that she behaved badly. |
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