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

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

You can't get back the wasted time. No se recupera el tiempo perdido.

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

It is difficult to make up for wasted time. Es difícil compensar el tiempo perdido.

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.

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

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

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

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

If he hadn't wasted time, he'd be finished by now. Si no hubiera desperdiciado el tiempo, ya habría terminado.

The Allies wasted no time. Los Aliados no perdieron tiempo.

I shouldn't have wasted my time watching that movie. No debí haber malgastado mi tiempo viendo aquella película.

I shouldn't have wasted my time trying to convince Tom to change his mind. No debí haber perdido mi tiempo tratando de convencer a Tom de cambiar de idea.

McClellan wasted no time. McClellan no perdió tiempo.

I shouldn't have wasted my time. No debí haber desperdiciado mi tiempo.

When I ask people what they regret most about high school, they nearly all say the same thing: that they wasted so much time. Cuando le pregunto a la gente qué es lo que lamenta más del instituto, casi todos dicen lo mismo: que perdieron demasiado tiempo.

We wasted a lot of time. Perdimos mucho tiempo.

Much time was wasted. Se perdió mucho tiempo.

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

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