Usage examples of "wasting time" in English with translation to Spanish

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Stop wasting time and get back to work. Para de perder el tiempo y vuelve al trabajo.

You're wasting your time. Estás perdiendo el tiempo.

Tom thought Mary was wasting her time. Tom pensaba que Mary estaba perdiendo el tiempo.

Young people are apt to waste time. La gente joven puede perder el tiempo.

Though he is young, he never wastes time. Aunque sea joven, él nunca pierde el tiempo.

Let's hurry so as not to waste time. Vayamos deprisa para no perder el tiempo.

I shouldn't have wasted my time reading that. No debería haber perdido el tiempo leyendo eso.

He wasted his time on gambling at the horse races. Él perdía el tiempo apostando en carreras de caballos.

There are people who just want to interrupt and waste your time. Hay gente que lo único que quieren es interrumpir y hacerte perder el tiempo.

You need to stop wasting time. Necesitas dejar de desperdiciar tiempo.

We should spend our time creating content for our website rather than wasting time worrying about minor cosmetic details. Deberíamos ocupar nuestro tiempo creando contenidos para nuestro sitio web en vez de perder tiempo preocupándonos de detalles cosméticos menores.

Do you think I'm wasting my time? ¿Piensas que estoy perdiendo mi tiempo?

Tom told Mary that she was wasting her time. Tom le dijo a Mary que estaba malgastando su tiempo.

Mary thought that Tom was wasting his time studying Latin. Mary pensó que Tom perdía su tiempo al estudiar latín.

If a student and his or her professor bore each other, then both are wasting their time. Si un estudiante y su profesor se aburren el uno al otro, entonces ambos están malgastando su tiempo.

If all professors bore all of their students, then all professors are wasting their time. Si todos los profesores aburren a todos sus estudiantes, luego todos los profesores malgastan su tiempo.

It's high time you stopped wasting your money. Ya estaría bueno que pares de malgastar tu dinero.

What time do you go home? ¿A qué hora te vas a casa?

She thought that he was wasting electricity. Ella pensaba que él estaba desperdiciando electricidad.

We must make up for lost time. Tenemos que recuperar el tiempo perdido.

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