Usage examples of "horas extras" in Spanish with translation to English

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Me temo que tú tendrás que trabajar horas extras. I'm afraid that you have to work overtime.
¿Qué son estos cargos extras? What are these charges for?
Si el jefe te dice que tienes que hacer horas extra, entonces no te queda más remedio que hacerlo. If the boss says you've got to work overtime, then there's no choice but to do so.
Llevo dos horas esperando. I've been waiting for two hours.
Esperé por diez minutos, aunque esos diez minutos parecieron como diez horas para mí. I waited for ten minutes, though they seemed like 10 hours to me.
Ayer vi televisión por dos horas. I watched TV for two hours yesterday.
Nos llevó dos horas a Atenas. It took us two hours to get to Athens.
Su discurso duró tres horas. His speech lasted three hours.
"¿A qué horas te levantas?" "Me levanto a las ocho." "When do you get up?" "I get up at eight."
Ellos llevan viendo esa película por horas. They’ve been watching that film for ages.
Andamos durante dos horas. We walked for two hours.
Ayer pasé dos horas intentando arreglar esa radio rota. I spent two hours yesterday trying to fix that broken radio.
Se quedó despierta por horas pensando en él. She lay awake for hours thinking about him.
Esas fueron las horas más tristes de mi vida. Those were the saddest hours of my life.
Me tomó varias horas decifrarlo. It took me several hours to decypher it.
Él trabajó durante cinco horas continuas. He worked for five hours on end.
Deberías dormir ocho horas al día. You should sleep for eight hours a day.
Me tomó varias horas abrirlo. It took me several hours to open it.
Él se fue a casa tres horas más tarde. He went home three hours later.
Ese niño siguió llorando por horas. That kid kept crying for hours.
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