Usage examples of "línea media" in Spanish with translation to English

Esperé a mi amigo durante media hora, pero no apareció. I waited half an hour for my friend, but he didn't turn up.

La línea roja en el mapa representa una vía férrea. The red lines on the map represent a railway.

¿Cuántas veces por minuto parpadea de media una persona? How many times a minute does the average person blink?

Llevo todo el día llamándole pero la línea está ocupada. I've tried calling him all day, but the line is busy.

De media, voy al cine dos veces al mes. On an average, I go to the movies twice a month.

¿En el arcoíris quién puede trazar la línea en la que el matiz violeta termina y comienza el naranja? Vemos con claridad la diferencia de los colores, pero ¿exactamente dónde empieza el uno a mezclarse con el otro? Lo mismo ocurre con la cordura y la locura. Who in the rainbow can draw the line where the violet tint ends and the orange tint begins? Distinctly we see the difference of the colors, but where exactly does the one first blendingly enter into the other? So with sanity and insanity.

Él es de la clase media. He comes from the middle class.

A la oficina de la línea aérea. To the airline office.

Tenemos media docena de huevos. We have a half-dozen eggs.

Se les cortó la línea en mitad de su conversación telefónica. They were cut off in the middle of their telephone conversation.

Me hizo esperar alrededor de media hora. He made me wait for about half an hour.

Contáctese con la línea de servicio al cliente adecuada si el dispositivo no funciona apropiadamente. Contact the appropriate customer service helpline if the device does not operate properly.

Estudio inglés dos horas al día de media. I study English two hours a day on an average.

Ojalá hubiera malas personas en algún lugar cometiendo malas acciones y solo hubiera que separarlos del resto de nosotros y destruirlos. Pero la línea divisoria entre el bien y el mal atraviesa el corazón de todos los seres humanos. ¿Y quién está dispuesto a destruir una parte de su propio corazón? If only there were evil people somewhere insidiously committing evil deeds, and it were necessary only to separate them from the rest of us and destroy them. But the line dividing good and evil cuts through the heart of every human being. And who is willing to destroy a piece of his own heart?

La oficina de correos está a media milla. The post office is half a mile away.

Tom llamó a Mary, pero la línea estaba ocupada. Tom called Mary, but the line was busy.

Llegó media hora más tarde, así que todos se enojaron con él. He arrived half an hour late, so everyone was angry with him.

La línea está ocupada ahora. The line is busy now.

Tom tiene media hora más de trabajo que hacer antes de que se pueda ir a casa. Tom has another half an hour of work to do before he can go home.

Espere en línea, por favor. Wait in line, please.

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