Sentence examples of "Upon" in English with translation "con"

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She hit upon a good idea. Ella dio con una buena idea.
I came upon a friend of mine. Me encontré con un amigo mío.
Don't dwell too much upon the subject. No te obsesiones mucho con el tema.
I came upon an old friend of mine on the train. Me encontré con un viejo amigo mío en el tren.
Fairy tales usually start with “once upon a time...” and end with “...and they lived happily ever after”. Los cuentos infantiles suelen comenzar con la frase "érase una vez..." y terminan con un "...y vivieron felices y comieron perdices".
While on a mountain trip, I was chewing on some hard, stale bread when I happened upon a huge snake. Durante un viaje a las montañas, masticaba un trozo de pan duro y rancio, cuando me encontré con una enorme serpiente.
What would happen if two powerful nations with different languages - such as United States and China - would agree upon the experimental teaching of Esperanto in elementary schools? ¿Qué pasaría si dos países poderosos con diferentes idiomas - tal como los Estados Unidos y China - aceptaran la enseñanza experimental del esperanto en las escuelas primarias?
The man that lays his hand upon a woman, save in the way of kindness, is a wretch whom't were gross flattery to name a coward. El hombre que le pone la mano encima a una mujer, excepto si lo hace con gentileza, es un miserable al cual sería un gran piropo llamarle cobarde.
If I owe a person money, and cannot pay him, and he threatens to put me in prison, another person can take the debt upon himself, and pay it for me. Si le debo dinero a una persona, no puedo pagarle, y él me amenaza con meterme a prisión, otra persona puede cargarse la deuda a si mismo y pagarla por mí.
The boy, upon seeing a butterfly, proceeded to run after it, provoking the anger of his mother, who had ordered him to stay quiet while she gossiped with the lady next door. El niño, al ver una mariposa, comenzó a correr tras ella, provocando así la cólera de su madre que le había ordenado que se quedase quieto mientras ella cotilleaba con la vecina.
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