Usage examples of "sink" in English with translation to Spanish

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She swims, but does not sink. Ella nada pero no se hunde.
Would you put the dishes in the sink? ¿Podrías poner los platos en el fregadero?
The sun is about to sink. El sol está a punto de hundirse.
We saw the sun sink below the horizon. Vimos al sol hundirse bajo el horizonte.
I saw the sponge in the sink. Vi la esponja en el fregador.
The dishes are piling up in the sink. Los platos se están acumulando en la pileta.
The ship's going to sink! ¡El barco se va a hundir!
There was a half-eaten apple near the kitchen sink. Había una manzana a medio comer cerca del fregadero.
The ship set sail only to sink two days later. La nave zarpó sólo para hundirse dos días más tarde.
He can't swim, he will sink! ¡Él no sabe nadar, se hundirá!
The plumber used many different tools to fix our sink. El fontanero usó muchas herramientas diferentes para arreglar nuestro fregadero.
The situation has come to the point where we either sink or swim. La situación ha llegado al punto en que nos hundimos o nadamos.
The washing-up machine at home was regarded as a rival to the worker at the kitchen sink. El lavaplatos de casa fue considerado una amenaza por el encargado del fregadero.
If you find yourself in quicksand you'll sink more slowly if you don't move. Si te encuentras en arenas movedizas te hundirás más lentamente si no te mueves.
I haven't had time to do the dishes for two days; they are in a pile in the kitchen sink. No he tenido tiempo para lavar los platos por dos días; están apilados en el fregadero.
This means that houses are starting to sink, roads are breaking up and lamp-posts are leaning at crazy angles. Esto quiere decir que las casas se están comenzando a hundir, las rutas a romper, y las postes de luz a inclinarse en ángulos disparatados.
They abandoned the sinking ship. Ellos abandonaron el barco que se hundía.
Wood floats, but iron sinks. La madera flota, pero el hierro se hunde.
The boat sank to the bottom. El barco se hundió hasta el fondo.
The boat sank in a flash. El barco se hundió en seguida.
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