Usage examples of "por segundo" in Spanish with translation to English

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Los presentadores de noticias parpadean una vez por segundo. Newscasters blink once every second.
Somos capaces de viajar en el tiempo. Y lo hacemos a la excepcional tasa de un segundo por segundo. We can travel through time. And we do at the remarkable rate of one second per second.
El amor está por encima del dinero. El segundo no puede darnos tanta felicidad como el primero. Love is above money. The latter can't give as much happiness as the former.
Cualquier verdad pasa por tres estados. Primero se la ridiculiza. Segundo, recibe una violenta oposición. Tercero, se la acepta como obvia. All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident.
- Ya se te han cumplido dos deseos, -dijo la hechicera- pero tu segundo deseo fue que todo volviera a ser como era antes de que pidieras tu primer deseo. Es por eso que no te acuerdas de nada. "You've had two wishes already," the hag said, "but your second wish was for me to return everything to the way it was before you had made your first wish. This is why you remember nothing."
Algunos dicen que el bote se perdió, otros que fue tragado por una ballena. Some say the boat got lost, others say it was swallowed by a whale.
Prefiero un perro a un gato porque el primero es más leal que el segundo. I like a dog better than a cat, for the former is more faithful than the latter.
Damos por sentado que la televisión existe. We take it for granted that television exists.
El reinado de Felipe II segundo duró cuarenta años. The reign of Philip II lasted forty years.
Solo solo conexiones o accesorios especificados por el fabricante. Only use attachments or accessories specified by the manufacturer.
El primo segundo de su esposa era miembro del consejo de gobierno judío. His wife's second cousin was a member of the Jewish ruling council.
Se arruinó la salud por trabajar demasiado. He ruined his health by working too much.
Para cada pueblo su idioma, y un segundo común a todos. To each group of people its language, and a second, common to all.
La Mona Lisa fue pintada por Leonardo da Vinci. The Mona Lisa was painted by Leonardo da Vinci.
Primero, no tengo nada de dinero. Segundo, no tengo tiempo. First, I don't have any money. Second, I don't have the time.
No me casé con él por ser rico. I didn't marry him because he is rich.
El segundo no es más que el primero de los perdedores. Second place isn't but the first place from the losers.
No pierdas el sueño por eso. Don't lose sleep over that.
Yo diría que el segundo. I'd say the second one.
Londres, donde vivo, solía ser famosa por su niebla. London, where I live, used to be famous for its fog.
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