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

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Hay un banco frente a la estación. There is a bank in front of the station.
Una docena de personas se reunieron frente a la estación. A dozen people gathered opposite the station.
Tampoco seas cínico respecto al amor, porque frente a toda aridez y desencanto, el amor es tan perenne como la hierba. Neither be cynical about love; for in the face of all aridity and disenchantment it is as perennial as the grass.
Hay un parque frente a mi casa. There is a park in front of my house.
¿Hay un jardín frente a la casa? Is there a garden in front of the house?
Hay un pequeño jardín frente a mi casa. There is a small garden in front of my house.
La tienda está justo frente a la estación. The shop is just in front of the station.
Repentinamente, un hombre se puso frente a ellos. Suddenly, a man stepped in front of them.
Compré este libro en la librería frente a la estación. I bought this book at the bookstore in front of the station.
¿De quién es el auto que está estacionado frente a tu casa? Whose car is that parked in front of your house?
Tom pasa casi todos los días pidiendo dinero frente a las atracciones turísticas. Tom spent most days begging for money in front of tourist attractions.
Tom pudo oír una conmoción frente a su casa, así que salió a ver qué ocurría. Tom could hear a commotion in front of his house, so he went outside to see what was happening.
Me siento frente a la pantalla de un computador el día entero, así que sí resulto enormemente bombardeado por ondas electromagnéticas. I sit in front of a computer screen all day, so I get pretty heavily bombarded by electro-magnetic waves.
Es de Alemania la alumna que se sentó frente al maestro. The female student that sat in front of the teacher is from Germany.
Frente al parque hay un río precioso. Opposite the park there is a beautiful river.
Tom se sentó frente a Mary. Tom sat across from Mary.
Finalmente estaba frente a su enemigo. He was face to face with his enemy at last.
El visitante se sentó frente a mí. The visitor sat across from me.
No menciones eso frente a mi mamá. Don't talk about it in my mother's presence.
Él es muy tímido frente a ella. He acts very shy in her presence.
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