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a hombros
Language:
es
1.
Spain
Latin America
neutral
Carried on the shoulders of others, typically as a gesture of triumph or celebration.
Transported by being placed on someone's shoulders.
2.
Spain
Latin America
informal
colloquial
Figuratively supported or borne by someone else; to be dependent on another's effort or resources.
Examples:
ES:
José ha derrotado a su adversario, ¡La multitud lo saca a hombros!
EN:
José has defeated his opponent, the crowd carries him on their shoulders!
ES:
Yo te llevaré a hombros.
EN:
I'll carry you on my shoulders.
ES:
Te llevo a hombros.
EN:
Come on my shoulders. Go on.
ES:
Tú sabes muy bien que tu madre nos abandonó el día que vio salir el piano a hombros hacia la casa de empeño.
EN:
You know very well your mother abandoned us the day she saw the piano on the way to the pawnbroker's.
ES:
Acabará llevando a Paul a hombros.
EN:
There he is. He's going to end up carrying Delambre on his shoulders.
ES:
No quiero que cargues conmigo, no voy a vivir a hombros de nadie.
EN:
I don't want you to carry me. I won't hang on anyone's shirt-tails.
ES:
-Irán a hombros. Con orden y delicadeza, los bajarán a hombros.
EN:
Orderly, gently, cradle them down.
EN:
Orderly, gently, cradle them down.
ES:
Sacaremos su carruaje o lo llevaremos a hombros hasta Londres.
EN:
We'll either free his coach or carry him back to London on our backs.
ES:
Te llevaron a hombros.
EN:
They carried you on their shoulders.
ES:
Madre, aunque solo sea por probar, ¿quieres que te lleve a hombros?
EN:
Mother, although only for trying, would you like me to carry you?
ES:
Yo la habría llevado a hombros en la vuelta.
EN:
I would have carried you myself on the trip back.
ES:
Le llevaré a hombros.
EN:
This is the fireman's lift.
ES:
Vd. Es estudiante, un ciudadano que salva Oriente con leche en polvo, DDT y llevándolo a hombros.
EN:
A private citizen saving the east with powdered milk, DDT and the fireman's lift.
ES:
Poco faltó para que la sacaran a hombros.
EN:
Almost paraded her through the streets.
ES:
Hace 15 años. ibas al parvulario y yo te llevaba a hombros.
EN:
Yes, 15 years ago. You went to the school and I held you on my shoulders.
ES:
Tendrás que llevarme a hombros.
EN:
Let's make a piggyback.
ES:
Es un gran hombre, salvó mi vida llevándome a hombros 10 kilómetros.
EN:
He's a great man, he saved my life carrying me on his shoulder for ten kilometres.
ES:
Las mulas se mueven con mucha dificultad. Y cuando subimos una montaña llevamos la carga a hombros.
EN:
Mules move with great difficulty and when we have to climb a peak we carry our supplies on our shoulders.
ES:
Pero están a punto de entrar y sacarte a hombros.
EN:
But any minute now, the thundering herd is coming through that door to lift you on their shoulders.
ES:
Transporte a hombros por 90 mon.
EN:
The shoulder litter is 90 mon.
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