sobrecoger

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Acabas de perder una mujer maravillosa y no te sobrecoge.	You just lose a wonderful woman and you not appalled.
Es inútil, su majestuosidad sobrecoge y atrapa sin predecirlo.	It is useless, its grandeur startles and captivates without prediction.
Es grande y nos sobrecoge su belleza.	It was large and we were impressed by its beauty.
La vanidad del hombre sobrecoge a menudo su razón y elude su lógica.	Man's conceit often outruns his reason and eludes his logic.
Y un sentimiento agradable, inexplicable, sobrecoge la persona.	And a nice, inexplicable feeling comes over a person.
Pero entonces, los signos prometidos empiezan a brillar y el buscador se sobrecoge.	But then, the promised signs begin to shine and the seeker is awe-struck.
La visión de eso me sobrecoge.	The sight of it nags me.
El conjunto causa una impresión que sobrecoge por su sinceridad y su bella inclemencia.	The ensemble makes an impression which moves by its sincerity and its beautiful inclemency.
Aquellos que me conocen concederán: no soy una persona que se sobrecoge fácilmente.	Those who know me would allow I'm not a person easily overwhelmed.
Con una autenticidad que sobrecoge.	With an authenticity that's overwhelming.
Una tristeza profunda nos sobrecoge.	A deep sadness overtakes us.
Traces tiene su historia y sobrecoge (te invito a buscar las palabras del artista).	Traces has its history and awe (I invite you to look for the words of the artist).
Tu benevolencia me sobrecoge.	Your kindness overwhelms me.
Nos sobrecoge su dedicación.	We're humbled by your dedication.
A mi no me resultaba indiferente: me impresiona y me sobrecoge la arquitectura ideologizada.	To me the place was not indifferent: ideological architecture impresses and deeply affects me.
¿Cómo puede la humanidad encontrar la brújula para reorientarse dentro de una modernidad cuya complejidad le sobrecoge?	How can it find a compass by which to reorient itself within a modernity whose complexity overwhelms it?
Sacude y sobrecoge al espectador con choques profundos, y le sorprende con imágenes siempre nuevas de expresividad explosiva.	He jolts and startles the spectator with profound shocks, and surprises us with always new and explosively expressive images.
Ocurre de una forma sutil que no les sobrecoge, sino que abre su consciencia a pensamientos y acciones más elevados.	It happens in a subtle way that does not overpower them, but opens up their consciousness to more evolved thoughts and actions.
Cada año, nos sobrecoge el vacío que dejan y las palabras de gratitud que nunca llegarán a escuchar.	Every year, we are haunted by the empty spaces they leave behind, and the words of gratitude that they will never get to hear.
Instrumentos, efectos de sonido, arreglos, cada cosa está trabajada al detalle en un recorrido musical que en ocasiones sobrecoge al oyente.	Instruments, sound effects, arrangements, everything is aimed at a work that in some instances overwhelms the audience.