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

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Mil edificios están en ruinas. One thousand buildings lay in ruins.
Mil construcciones quedaron en ruinas. One thousand buildings lay in ruins.
Quiero visitar las ruinas de Atenas. I want to visit the ruins of Athens.
Vale la pena visitar las ruinas. The ruins are worth visiting.
El viejo castillo está en ruinas. The old castle lay in ruins.
El castillo ahora está en ruinas. The castle is now in ruins.
La ciudad quedó en las ruinas. The town fell into ruin.
Quiero visitar las ruinas de Machu Picchu. I want to visit the ruins of Machu Picchu.
Se conocen pocas ruinas de esta civilización. There aren't many ruins of this civilization known to us.
Esas ruinas fueron un palacio espléndido una vez. Those ruins were once a splendid palace.
Esas antiguas ruinas fueron alguna vez un templo. That ancient ruin was once a shrine.
Una serie de explosiones dejó el laboratorio en ruinas. A series of blasts reduced the laboratory to ruins.
Las ruinas de la Edad de Piedra fueron descubiertas. The Stone Age ruins were discovered.
La torre se erigía en medio de las ruinas. The tower stood amid the ruins.
Encontraron una misteriosa ciudad en ruinas en el desierto. They found a mysterious city in ruins in the desert.
Pueden ver a lo lejos las ruinas de la antigüedad. You can see the ancient ruins in the distance.
Ella estaba parada en medio de las ruinas del castillo. She was standing amid the ruins of the castle.
La imagen de las ruinas lo confrontó al significado de la guerra. The sight of the ruins brought home to him the meaning of war.
Apostar le trajo la ruina. Gambling brought about his ruin.
Su afición por el arte indígena mexicana se convirtió en su ruina. His love for indigenous Mexican art became his downfall.
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