Usage examples of "período de cinco años" in Spanish with translation to English

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Un jovencito, que no podía haber sido de más de cinco años, le preguntó a Tom cómo llegar a la oficina de correos. A young boy, who couldn't have been more than five years old, asked Tom how to get to the post office.
No hay cuota de admisión para los niños menores de cinco años. There is no admission fee for children under five.
Volví a mi ciudad natal después de cinco años de ausencia. I returned to my hometown after five years' absence.
Han pasado más de cinco años desde que le vi la última vez. It is more than five years since I last saw him.
Muchos han sufrido la opresión y la miseria durante un largo período de tiempo bajo el dominio del colonialismo. Many have suffered oppression and misery for a long period of time under the rule of colonialism.
Fue a su oficina después de una ausencia de cinco semanas. He went to his office after an absence of five weeks.
Ese hombre ya ha tocado fondo: su mujer le ha dejado, le han echado del trabajo y es alcohólico. Lo peor es que yo le conocía, él era mi jefe hace cinco años. That man has hit bottom: his wife has left him, he's lost his job, and he's an alcoholic. The worst is that I know him--he used to be my boss five years ago.
Nuestro objetivo es establecer una semana laboral de cinco días. We are aiming at establishing the five-day workweek.
El mes que viene hará cinco años que él empezó a tocar el violín. Next month it'll be five years since he began playing the violin.
Puedo obtener la pistola para ti en menos de cinco horas. I can get a gun for you within five hours.
Él fue finalmente sentenciado a cinco años de prisión por ese violento crimen. He was eventually sentenced to five years in prison for that violent crime.
Tenemos menos de cinco minutos para evacuar todo el edificio. We have less than five minutes to evacuate the whole building.
Su tío murió hace cinco años. His uncle died five years ago.
Estaré de vuelta en menos de cinco minutos. I will be back in less than five minutes.
Tom le preguntó a Mary acerca del accidente de tráfico en el que había estado involucrada cuando tenía cinco años. Tom asked Mary about the traffic accident she was involved in when she was five years old.
Nuestra familia se compone de cinco personas. Our family consists of five members.
Hace poco asistí a la boda de un amigo chino. La novia y el novio habían sido compañeros en la universidad, ambos se graduaron de la facultad china. Ya han estado juntos durante cinco años. Recently I attended the wedding of a Chinese friend. The bride and groom had been classmates at university, and both graduated from the Chinese faculty. They've already been together for five years.
Tom suele quedarse en hoteles de cinco estrellas. Tom usually stays at five-star hotels.
Mi cuñada tuvo cuatro hijos en cinco años. My sister-in-law had four children in five years.
Es curioso cómo el alemán puede coger un verbo, partirlo en dos, y extenderlo por una oración de cinco proposiciones. It's funny how German can take a verb, cut it in half, and spread it over a five-clause sentence.
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