Usage examples of "embarcación a vela" in Spanish with translation to English

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La vela se apagó sola. The candle went out by itself.
Los miembros de su tripulación se quejaban a menudo de que Cristóbal Colón acaparaba la conexión Wi-fi de su embarcación para jugar a juegos en línea, pero él negaba estas acusaciones con indignación, alegando que estaba buscando tierras lejanas que todavía no hubieran sido descubiertas. His crew members often complained of Christopher Columbus's hogging of their vessel's Wifi connection to play online games, but he denied these accusations with indignation, claiming that he was researching faraway lands that they had yet to discover.
En Alemania existe la superstición de que, si enciendes un cigarro con una vela, un marinero morirá en el mar. In Germany, there's a superstition that if you light a cigarette off a candle, a sailor will die at sea.
La vela se está derritiendo. The candle is melting down.
La vela se hacía más y más corta, hasta que se apagó. The candle grew shorter and shorter, until at last it went out.
Encendió una vela en la oscuridad. He lit a candle in the dark.
Vivir la vida en la pista rápida es como quemar una vela por ambos extremos. Living life in the fast lane is like burning the candle at both ends.
Cuando sopló el viento, la vela se apagó. The moment the wind blew in, the candle went out.
Una vela iluminaba la habitación. A candle lighted the room.
No puedo encender esta vela. Está mojada. I cannot light this candle. It's wet.
Me gusta cruzar el lago en barco de vela. I like to go across the lake in a sailboat.
Que cada palo aguante su vela Each of us must face our own responsibilities
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