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

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Tom perdió más de cien libras. Tom lost more than a hundred pounds.
La camisa cuesta doce libras. The blouse costs twelve libras.
Él pesa cerca de 300 libras. He weighs about 300 pounds.
La silla de madera cuesta sesenta libras. The wooden chair costs sixty libras.
No tenía más de tres libras. I had no more than three pounds.
La silla de plástico cuesta cuatro libras. The plastic chair costs four libras.
Las reparaciones costarán al menos veinte libras. The repairs will cost at least 20 pounds.
"Más o menos cuatro libras", dice Bob. "Nearly four pounds," says Bob.
El cerebro humano pesa cerca de tres libras. The human brain weighs about three pounds.
Mis ingresos no alcanzan para mis gastos por quinientas libras. My income falls short of my expenditure by five hundred pounds.
Tom quería perder cinco libras antes de las vacaciones de verano. Tom wanted to lose five pounds before summer vacation.
Nunca estoy libre los domingos. I am never free on Sundays.
Eran aproximadamente 25 centavos por libra más baratos. They were about 25 cents a pound cheaper.
¡Es genial haberse librado de él! It's nice to be rid of him!
Tengo tiempo libre este tarde. I am free this afternoon.
Esta carne es de cuatro dólares por libra. This beef is four dollars per pound.
Tengo que librar mi cocina de cucarachas. I must rid my kitchen of cockroaches.
Nos oponemos al comercio libre. We stand against free trade.
Así es como la gente se libra de las cosas que ya no necesitan. This is how people get rid of things they no longer need.
¿Qué día sueles estar libre? What day are you usually free?
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