Usage examples of "cierta" in Spanish with translation to English

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Esa historia suena a cierta. The story sounds true.
Cuando llegas a cierta edad no te andas con miramientos. When you reach a certain age you don't stand on ceremony.
Tiene cierta relación con este problema. It has some bearing on this problem.
Su historia resultó ser cierta. His story turned out to be true.
El calor se apaga automáticamente cuando la habitación alcanza cierta temperatura. The heat turns off automatically when the room reaches a certain temperature.
Él siente cierta simpatía por el niño. He had some sympathy for the child.
¿Puede ser cierta esta noticia? Can this news be true?
El accidente fue provocado por una cierta estrella de cine conduciendo ebria. The accident was due to the drunken driving of a certain film star.
Debemos ceder en cierta medida si queremos llegar a un acuerdo. We must give in in some extent if we want to get to an agreement.
La frase anterior es cierta. The previous sentence is true.
Si quieres saber cómo cierta palabra se usa, búscala en este diccionario. If you want to know how a certain word is used, look it up in this dictionary.
Si el budismo es atractivo, es porque aparece como una posibilidad de tocar el infinito y de obtener felicidad sin tener alguna obligación religiosa concreta. Un auto-erotismo espiritual en cierta medida. If Buddhism is attractive, it is because it appears as a possibility of touching the infinite and obtaining happiness without having any concrete religious obligations. A spiritual auto-eroticism of some sort.
Creo que la historia es cierta. I believe that the story is true.
Las serpientes son -en cierta medida- sordas, pero aún así pueden detectar sonidos muy débiles, y son muy sensibles a los olores. Snakes are -to a certain extent- deaf, but can still hear very low sounds and are very sensitive to smells.
Puede que su historia sea cierta. His story may be true.
Aunque a una hija rara vez le gusta el amante de su madre, una madre siempre siente cierta atracción por el amante de su hija. Even though a daughter rarely likes her mother's lover, a mother always has a certain attraction for her daughter's lover.
La noticia no puede ser cierta. The news can't be true.
Parte de su historia es cierta. Part of his story is true.
Su historia no puede ser cierta. Her story can't be true.
Me pregunté si su historia era cierta. I wondered if her story was true.
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