Examples of using Rather in English and their translations into Spanish
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Maybe you would rather not go at all Maybe I wouldn't.
He had an urgent need, and he did it here rather than in the street.
Would have rather slept in my car if I had to.
I really thought you would rather die than lose.
But you would rather be up here with me, wouldn't you?
Pero preferías estar aquí conmigo,¿no es así?
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I want to have all this taken back to the office to tell Joseph that I have spent my entire life in a computer lab andI have decided I would rather spend the rest of it with you.
Quiero todo esto de regreso a la oficina para decirle a Joseph que pasé toda mi vidaen un laboratorio informático. Decidí que prefiero pasar el resto de ella contigo.He would rather be alone at his farm with his sheep.
El prefirió estar solo en su granja con su oveja.He threw himself out of the plane rather than face death by torture.
Prefirió lansarse del avión que la muerte por tortura.We would rather die than live to rest on the ground.
That must be hard- that she would rather be alone, than with you?
She would rather lead a rural life back at Pony's Home.
Prefirió llevar una vida rural regresando al Hogar de Pony.I was jealous because you would rather talk to him than anything!
¡Yo estaba celosa porque tú preferías hablar con él a ninguna otra cosa!He would rather risk his wife's life than their marriage.
Prefirió arriesgar la vida de su esposa que su matrimonio.I can't believe you would rather go out with him than me.
No puedo creer que prefieras salir con él que conmigo.We would rather tell you when it's coming out than just be late.
Preferiríamos deciros cuándo saldrá que simplemente será tarde.It is surprising that the world would rather talk about the fact that.
Es sorprendente que el mundo prefiera hablar acerca del hecho de que.But he would rather kill them all, than have Christ live.
Pero prefirió matarlos a todos, que permitir que Cristo viviera.You can blackmail me into being in a relationship with you, orinto living in this ridiculous house with you, but I would rather go to jail for the rest of my life than to marry you.
Puedes chantajearme para que mantenga una relación contigo, ovivir en esta ridícula casa contigo, pero prefiero ir a la cárcel durante el resto de mi vida antes que casarme contigo.I knew you would rather be at axl's thing than with me.
Sabía que preferías estar en el asunto de Axl que el mío.For the United States, it foresees, in the short term, that the Fed will not accelerate the adjustment of its policies andthat the economy of the Euro-zone will suffer specific falls, rather than sustained ones.
Para la Estados Unidos prevé, a corto plazo, que la Fed no acelere el ajuste de sus políticas y quela economía de la Eurozona no sufrirá caídas sostenidas, sino puntuales.Unless you would rather see Myrtle here drive off in your car.
Salvo que prefieras ver a Myrtle llevarse tu coche.When I am able to resist the temptation to judge others, I can see them asteachers of forgiveness in my life, reminding me that I can only have peace of mind when I forgive rather than judge.
Cuando soy capaz de resistir la tentación de juzgar a otros, puedo verlos comomaestros del perdón You don't think we would rather be with our kids right now?
¿No crees que preferiríamos estar con nuestros hijos ahora?I would rather have something closer to a wide angle but I failed.
Hubiera preferido tener algo más cercano a un gran angular pero no se pudo.Now Coronas has turned it into a chapel where the silence is constructed from the radiation of light; or rather, into a secret chamber whose sole mystery is the way the space is occupied by light.
Ahora, Coronas la ha convertido en una capilla donde el silencio se construye con la irradiación de la luz; o mejor, en una cámara secreta cuyo único misterio es la ocupación del espacio por la luz.Mrs Harding rather put me in my place when she was here.
La Srta. Harding prefirió ponerme en mi lugar cuando estuvo aquí.If you want to know how many calories you burn at night you have to do a direct calorimetry,which consists of"measuring" the calories we give off, a rather complicated procedure that we do not recommend.
Si quieres saber cuántas calorías quemas por la noche debes hacer una calorimetría directa,que consiste en"medir" las calorías que desprendemos, un procedimiento bastante complicado que no te recomendamos.Unless you would rather talk about Damon and Elena all day.
A menos que prefieras hablar sobre Damon y Elena todo el día.This means that spirituality is not to be understood as something that is added to a person,like something accidental or circumstantial, rather that it refers directly to the very essence of our condition as human beings.
Es decir, no se entiende la espiritualidad como algo que se añade, como algo accidental ocircunstancial a la persona, sino que hace referencia a la esencia misma de nuestra condición de seres humanos.She would rather you hate her than sully his blessed memory.
Prefirió que la odiaras a ella antes que mancillar su recuerdo.
