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

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Tom es un artista desconocido. Tom is an unknown artist.
No deberías aceptar dulces de un desconocido. You wouldn't accept candy from a stranger.
Quizá en otro universo, las leyes físicas son tan diferentes que desde nuestro punto de vista todo es desconocido. Maybe in another universe, the physical laws are so different that everything from our point of view looks unfamiliar.
La letra x en matemáticas usualmente representa un valor desconocido. The symbol "X" usually stands for an unknown quantity in mathematics.
Vi entrar a un desconocido en esa casa. I saw a stranger enter that house.
Quizás el único adjetivo de la lengua inglesa que puede ir delante del sustantivo que modifica es "desconocido". Perhaps the only adjective in the English language that can follow the noun it modifies is "unknown".
No quiero compartir la habitación del hotel con un desconocido. I don't want to share the hotel room with a stranger.
Aunque la mayoría de las islas en el océano han sido mapeadas, el suelo oceánico es por lo general desconocido. Although most islands in the ocean have been mapped, the ocean floor is generally unknown.
Un desconocido se me acercó y me preguntó la hora. A stranger came up to me and asked me the time.
La persona que abrió la puerta y entró era un desconocido. The person who opened the door and came in was an utter stranger.
Si un desconocido por la calle me diera una bofetada, lo mataría sin aviso. If a stranger on the street slapped me in the face, I'd kill him without warning.
Si un desconocido por la calle me diera una bofetada, le pegaría con mucha fuerza. If a stranger on the street slapped me in the face, I'd hit him back hard.
La causa del incendio es desconocida. The source of the fire is unknown.
Me siento bastante a gusto entre desconocidos. I feel quite at ease among strangers.
Al principio habrá muchas palabras y formas gramaticales desconocidas, pero no tienes que temer. At first there will be many unfamiliar words and grammatical forms, but you don't have to be afraid.
Debes tener cuidado con perros desconocidos. You must beware of strange dogs.
La causa del incendio era desconocida. The cause of the fire was unknown.
Deberías estar alerta cuando haces negocios con desconocidos. You should be on your guard when doing business with strangers.
La gente que nos topamos en los libros pueden agradarnos, o bien porque se parecen a los amigos a los que apreciamos en la vida real, o bien porque son desconocidos a quienes estamos encantados de conocer. The people we meet in books can delight us either because they resemble the friends we hold dear in real life, or because they are unfamiliar people that we are pleased to get to know.
La causa del accidente es desconocida. The cause of the accident is unknown.
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