Usage examples of "dar cuenta" in Spanish with translation to English

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Tienes que dar cuenta de tu ausencia. You have to account for your absence.
No puedo dar cuenta de lo que ha ocurrido. I cannot account for what has happened.
Necesito su número de cuenta I need your account number
Eso da cuenta de su retraso. That accounts for her delay.
Debo confesar que mi teoría no da cuenta de ese hecho. I must confess that my theory doesn't account for that fact.
Se le informó de su estado de cuenta hace tres días atrás. You've been informed of your account state three days ago.
Es la inteligencia del hombre la que tan a menudo lo hace comportarse más ridículamente que las bestias. ... El hombre es impulsado a inventar teorías que den cuenta de lo que sucede en el mundo. Desafortunadamente, en la mayoría de los casos, él no es lo suficientemente inteligente para encontrar las explicaciones correctas. It is man's intelligence that makes him so often behave more stupidly than the beasts. ... Man is impelled to invent theories to account for what happens in the world. Unfortunately, he is not quite intelligent enough, in most cases, to find correct explanations.
¿Te acabas de dar cuenta? Just realized it?
Algún día te vas a dar cuenta de la importancia de ahorrar. Some day you will come to realize the importance of saving.
Me acabo de dar cuenta de que me podría graduar el año siguiente, pero como que no quiero. I just realized that I could graduate next year, but I kind of don't want to.
Sólo recientemente la gente se ha empezado a dar cuenta de la importancia de la conservación de la naturaleza. It is only recently that people have begun to realize the importance of nature conservation.
Este es el libro que le quiero dar a mi madre. This is the book I want to give my mother.
¿Te has dado cuenta de que no has comido nada desde esta mañana? Did you realize that you haven't eaten anything since this morning?
La única cosa en el mundo que uno nunca puede recibir o dar demasiado es el amor. The only thing in the world which one can never receive or give too much is love.
¿Puede preparar mi cuenta lo más pronto posible? Please make out my bill as soon as possible?
¿Me puede dar un par de sándwiches de queso? May I have a couple of cheese sandwiches?
Envíame la cuenta. Send me the account.
La enfermedad me impidió el dar un viaje. Illness prevented me from taking a trip.
Está bien, eso no cuenta. It's OK, that doesn't count.
El audaz caballero no titubeó a la hora de dar la ofensiva. The bold knight didn't hesitate at the time to go onto the offensive.
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