Sentence examples of "en su lugar" in Spanish
Tom se hizo daño en la rodilla izquierda entrenando, así que John tuvo que jugar en su lugar.
Tom hurt his left knee during practice, so John had to play the game in his place.
El Sr. Jones está enfermo y el Sr. Brown hoy dará la clase en su lugar.
Mr Jones is sick and Mr Brown will teach in his place today.
Actuando bajo el concejo de sus astrónomos, Alejandro Magno decidió no atacar Egipto, y en su lugar fue a India.
Acting on advice from his astronomers, Alexander the Great decided not to attack Egypt and went to India instead.
Si te vas a quitar tus zapatos, por favor ponlos en su lugar.
If you are taking your shoes off, please put them in their place.
A Cristóbal Colón no le gustaban los burdeles españoles, ya que le parecían sucios y demasiado caros. En su lugar, se iba al mar, donde era atraído (a propósito) por la canción de una sirena, y pasaba un buen rato.
Christopher Columbus disliked Spanish brothels, as he found them dirty and too expensive. Instead, he would go out to sea, get lured in - on purpose - by the Siren's song, and then have a rocking good time.
Quizás pronto me dé por vencido y en su lugar tome una siesta.
I may give up soon and just nap instead.
Yo en su lugar no encendería un fuego en el bosque en verano.
If I were you, I would not light a fire in a forest in summer time.
Considerad lo que les hacemos a nuestros hijos. No les decimos "algunas personas creen que la Tierra es redonda, y otras que es plana; cuando crezcas, puedes, si quieres, examinar las pruebas y llegar a tus propias conclusiones". En su lugar decimos "la Tierra es redonda". Para cuando nuestros hijos son lo suficientemente grandes como para examinar las pruebas, nuestra propaganda ha bloqueado su mente...
Consider what we do to our children. We do not say to them: 'Some people think the earth is round, and others think it is flat; when you grow up, you can, if you like, examine the evidence and form your own conclusion.' Instead of this we say: 'The earth is round.' By the time our children are old enough to examine the evidence, our propaganda has closed their minds...
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