Usage examples of "called for" in English with translation to Spanish

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An expert was called for advice. Se le pidió consejo a un experto.

They would call for help. Ellos pedirían ayuda.

That calls for a drink. Eso llama a un trago.

Let's call for backup. Vamos a pedir refuerzos.

Drastic times call for drastic measures. Momentos drásticos llaman medidas drásticas.

Someone is calling for help. Alguien está pidiendo ayuda.

There's a phone call for you! ¡Tienes una llamada!

She heard someone calling for help. Ella oyó a alguien pidiendo ayuda.

I'll call for you at 8 tomorrow morning. Te llamaré mañana a las 8 de la mañana.

I heard a young girl call for help. Oí a una pequeña niña pidiendo ayuda.

I called for help. He pedido ayuda.

He called for beer. Pidió una cerveza.

Margaret is called Meg for short. El diminutivo de Margaret es Meg.

He called a cab for me. Él llamó a un taxi para mí.

He called a taxi for me. Llamó a un taxi para mi.

My boss called me down for making private calls on the office phone. Mi jefe me regañó por hacer llamadas privadas desde el teléfono de la oficina.

But in many ways, the bird called Alex is unusual, for it has shown the kind of mental abilities that scientists once thought only humans had. Pero en muchas maneras, el pájaro llamado Alex es inusual, a mostrado el tipo de habilidades mentales que científicos pensaron que solo humanos tenían.

"Honey, quick, quick. There's this website called Tatoeba that's auctioning it's sentence collection for a cent each! They've even got special offers like buy 100 sentences and get 1 free!" "Ah great! now people collect sentences as a hobby?! what's the world coming to!" "Cariño, ven rápido. ¡Hay una página web llamada Tatoeba que está vendiendo su colección de oraciones a un céntimo cada una! ¡Incluso tienen una oferta especial del tipo de compre cien oraciones y reciba una gratis!" "¡Oh, genial! ¡¿Ahora la gente colecciona las oraciones como pasatiempo?! ¡Adónde estamos llegando!"

In 2006, the International Astronomical Union decided to create a new category for solar system objects called "dwarf planets", and Pluto was reclassified as a dwarf planet. En 2006, la Unión Astronómica Internacional decidió crear una nueva categoría para los objetos del sistema solar llamada "planetas enanos", y Plutón fue reclasificado como un planeta enano.

Bigfoot is not a pet. For one thing, they don't like being called 'bigfoot'. Pie grande no es una mascota. Por una cosa: no les gustan que les llamen "pie grande".

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