doblar la esquina: meaning & examples

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Language: Spanish

Meanings:

  • 2.

    SpainLatin AmericainformalcolloquialMachine
    • To be very near in space or time; to be 'just around the corner' or imminent.

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    • El fin de semana está doblando la esquina y ya tengo planes con mis amigos.

      The weekend is just around the corner and I already have plans with my friends.

    • Con las elecciones doblando la esquina, los candidatos intensifican sus campañas.

      With the elections just around the corner, the candidates are intensifying their campaigns.

    • No te preocupes, la solución está doblando la esquina; pronto todo mejorará.

      Don't worry, the solution is just around the corner; soon everything will get better.

  • 1.

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    • To turn a street corner or change direction at an intersection while walking or driving.

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    • Dobla la esquina y encontrarás la panadería a la izquierda.

      Turn the corner and you will find the bakery on the left.

    • Cada vez que doblaba la esquina, veía a los niños jugando en el parque cercano.

      Every time he turned the corner, he saw the children playing in the nearby park.

    • Doblar la esquina fue difícil con tanta gente en la calle durante el festival.

      Turning the corner was difficult with so many people on the street during the festival.

Examples:

  • ES: . Justo al doblar la esquina.
    EN: Bathroom right around the corner.
  • ES: Dice que el camión le pasó rozando al doblar la esquina.
    EN: You say the truck passed within three feet of you as it went by the corner?
  • ES: Y si nos desguellan a Ud. y a mí al doblar la esquina, diga que sí. Yo siempre estoy conforme.
    EN: And if we get our throats slit as we turn the next corner, just say yes. I'll agree to anything.
  • ES: Ah, ahí. Necesitamos doblar la esquina.
    EN: We need to get around the corner.
  • ES: Encontrará una iglesia al doblar la esquina.
    EN: I want to confess.
  • ES: Yal doblar la esquina, Dulce Priscilla sigue por delante.
    EN: And at the turn, it's still Sweet Priscilla.
  • ES: - Al doblar la esquina.
    EN: I think she takes them.
    EN: - Down at the corner.
  • ES: Cruzaba la Piazza dell'Opera para volver a casa cuando, al doblar la esquina, fui arrollado violentamente por un hombre que salía del portal.
    EN: I was crossing the Piazza dell'Opera on my way home when on the corner of the street I was almost knocked over by a man who had just come out of the main entrance to that building.
  • ES: Mayor hay un bar al doblar la esquina, tal vez un trago le haría sentirse mejor.
    EN: Major, there's a speak-easy around the corner. Maybe if you had a little drink, you'd feel better. Oh, no.
  • ES: El muro de las lamentaciones está al doblar la esquina.
    EN: The wailing wall is just around the corner, Keith.
  • ES: Vivo justo al doblar la esquina.
    EN: I live right around the corner here.
  • ES: ¡Está al doblar la esquina!
    EN: He's only around the corner!
  • ES: Vivimos aquí, al doblar la esquina.
    EN: We live here, around the corner.
  • ES: Vive allí, al doblar la esquina.
    EN: He's over there, just past the corner.
  • ES: Había un camión al doblar la esquina.
    EN: As I was walking a truck turned in.
  • ES: Farrell, esta será tu posición, justo aquí, en caso de que intente doblar la esquina.
    EN: Farrell, that's your position, right there, in case he tries to get around the corner.
  • ES: Creí que podría doblar la esquina entre un camión y la isleta.
    EN: When I turned the corner, I thought I had room to make it between a truck ahead and a safety island.
  • ES: Conozco un buen garito justo al doblar la esquina.
    EN: I know a small place around the corner.
  • ES: No, sólo hay que doblar la esquina.
    EN: Why, it's just up the lane and around.
  • ES: Está al doblar la esquina.
    EN: It's just around the corner.

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