Sentence examples of "detener" in Spanish

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Nadie puede detener mi enloquecimiento. Nobody can stop my turning to madness.
Él no nos puede detener. He cannot stop us.
No puedo detener el sangrado. I cannot stop the bleeding.
Ella no la puede detener. She cannot stop her.
Ella no las puede detener. She cannot stop them.
Nadie puede detener el transcurso del tiempo. No one can stop the the time from passing.
Levanté la mano para detener un taxi. I held up my hand to stop a taxi.
Nadie puede detener mi vuelta a la locura. Nobody can stop my turning to madness.
Tom trató de detener a Mary de que hablara con John. Tom tried to stop Mary from talking to John.
Él se esforzó todo lo que pudo para detener esa reforma. He made great efforts to stop the reform as best he could.
Tom trató de detener a Mary de tomarse la última botella de vino. Tom tried to stop Mary from drinking the last bottle of wine.
Nos tuvimos que detener por dos horas en San Francisco debido a la niebla. We had to stop over in San Francisco for two hours due to the fog.
Nadie se detiene a escucharlo. No one stops to listen to him.
¿Señor Roberto? Queda usted detenido. Mr. Roberto? You're under arrest.
Tom fue detenido por la policía. Tom was detained by the police.
Creo que ya me detendré. I think I'll stop now.
Los policías detuvieron al ladrón. The police officers arrested the burglar.
Tom fue detenido como un sospechoso. Tom was detained as a suspect.
¿Por cuánto nos detenemos aquí? How long do we stop here?
La policía detuvo al sospechoso. The police arrested the suspect.
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