Usage examples of "a distancia" in Spanish with translation to English

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El mando a distancia de la televisión está debajo del sofá. The TV remote control is under the couch.
El lenguaje de gestos tenía, sin embargo, serias limitaciones, ya que no podía ser usado en la oscuridad o a distancia. Gestural language had, however, serious limitations, since it could not be used in the dark or at distance.
Desde esa distancia, el barco es similar a una isla. From that distance, the ship is similar to an island.
Oí un perro ladrar en la distancia. I heard a dog barking in the distance.
De casualidad, vi a mi amigo caminando en la distancia. It happened that I saw my friend walking in the distance.
¿A qué distancia está de Nueva York? How far is it to New York?
Ella vive a una cuadra de distancia y su nombre es Susan. She lives a block away and her name is Susan.
Podemos ver el Monte Fuji en la distancia. We can see Mt. Fuji in the distance.
Vista de una distancia, la colina se ve como un elefante. Seen from a distance, the hill looks like an elephant.
Vi una luz en la distancia. I saw a light in the distance.
Tu inteligencia es tan extensa como la distancia entre Bombay y Mumbai. Your intelligence is as vast as the distance between Bombay and Mumbai.
Divisé una torre a la distancia. I made out a tower in the distance.
¿Qué distancia hay hasta tu casa? How far is it from here to your house?
La distancia entre el sol y la tierra es de casi 93 millones de millas. The distance from the sun to the earth is about 93 million miles.
¿A qué distancia está el museo? How far is it from here to the museum?
A esta distancia, el barco parece una isla. At a distance, the ship looks like an island.
Tom le pidió a Mary que no haga llamadas de larga distancia desde su teléfono. Tom asked Mary not to make any long-distance calls on his phone.
La distancia que él había corrido era mucho mayor de lo que yo pensaba. The distance he ran was much greater than had been expected.
No hay distancia que esté tan lejos de la Tierra como la de ayer. There is no distance on this earth as far away as yesterday.
Hay una gran distancia de aquí a la escuela. It's a long way from here to school.
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