Usage examples of "perdía el tiempo" in Spanish with translation to English

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Él perdía el tiempo apostando en carreras de caballos. He wasted his time on gambling at the horse races.
Seguía fumando todo el tiempo. He kept on smoking all the time.
Estoy matando el tiempo. I'm killing time.
La gente que habla de sí misma todo el tiempo me aburre. People who talk about themselves all the time bore me.
Sólo el tiempo dirá si llevaba razón. Only time will tell if he was right.
Tom nunca olvidará todo el tiempo que Mary pasó con él. Tom will never forget all the time Mary spent with him.
Un hombre del tiempo es alguien con quien el tiempo no siempre está de acuerdo. A weatherman is someone with whom the weather does not always agree.
El mataba el tiempo en un café mirando pasar las muchachas. He killed time in a coffee shop watching girls pass by.
El tiempo se está agotando. Time is running out.
El tiempo no puede ser detenido. Time cannot be stopped.
Una vez perdido, el tiempo no se puede recuperar. Once lost, time cannot be recalled.
Mataban el tiempo jugando a las cartas. They killed time playing cards.
Bonito el tiempo, ¿no? Beautiful weather, isn't it?
El tiempo era espantoso. It was dreadful weather.
Pasamos el tiempo hablando. We talked our time away.
¿Dónde irías si pudieras viajar en el tiempo? If you had a time machine, where would you go?
Pospondré mi viaje a Escocia hasta que el tiempo mejore. I will postpone my trip to Scotland until it is warmer.
Al menos Tom se quedó el tiempo suficiente para averiguar cuánto dinero debía. At least Tom stuck around long enough to find out how much money he owed.
No se recupera el tiempo perdido. You can't get back the wasted time.
El tiempo y la circunstancia traen sabiduría. Time and circumstances bring wisdom.
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