Examples of using Were appalling in English and their translations into Spanish
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The wars were appalling.
The conditions relating to hygiene were appalling.
Las condiciones de higiene eran lamentables.The results were appalling, lines scooting all over the place.
Los resultados fueron pésimos, había líneas por todas partes.The German casualties were appalling.
Las bajas alemanas eran abrumadoras.The scenes in Castle Garden were appalling, the atmosphere charged with antagonism and harshness.
Las escenas en Castle Garden fueron espantosas, el ambiente estaba cargado de antagonismo y severidad.In fact, the impoverished conditions there were appalling.
En realidad, las condiciones de pobreza allí eran espantosas.Conditions were appalling.
Las condiciones eran terribles.Conditions of detention in the police cells visited were appalling.
Las condiciones de detención en las celdas de la policía visitadas eran atroces.Conditions in the coal districts were appalling and aid was urgently needed.
Las condiciones en las regiones mineras eran espantosas y necesitaban ayuda urgente.Mr. HUSSAIN(Bangladesh) said that the events in Gaza were appalling.
Crime figures in that region were appalling, but some improvement was being seen.
The events currently unfolding in Gaza were appalling.
Material conditions in most medical units were appalling and medical equipment and medication was lacking.
La mayoría de los dispensarios se encontraban en unas condiciones deplorables y carecían del equipo médico y los medicamentos necesarios.The crass distinctions between the different social layers in England were appalling.
Las grandes diferencias entre las distintas capas sociales de Inglaterra eran espantosas.The conditions in all of these containers were appalling, leading to complete disrespect of the human dignity of the detainees and the police guards working in these facilities.
Las condiciones en todos los contenedores eran espantosas y revelaban una falta completa de respeto por la dignidad humana de los internos y de los guardias.Sanitary conditions were appalling.
The living conditions of the 500 Greeks andMaronite Cypriots living in the Turkish-occupied part of the island were appalling.
Las condiciones de vida de los 500 griegos ymaronitas chipriotas que viven en la parte de la isla ocupada por Turquía son lamentables.In some countries,the sanitation conditions were appalling and the authorities did nothing to ensure respect for the right to both food and drinking water.
En ciertos países,las condiciones sanitarias son deplorables y las autoridades no adoptan ninguna medida para que se respeten el derecho a la alimentación o el derecho a disponer de agua potable.Ms. AL-THANI remarked that the figures relating to the AIDS pandemic in Malawi were appalling.
La Sra. AL-THANI hace notar que las cifras relativas a la pandemia de SIDA en Malawi son pavorosas.Prison conditions were appalling and torture was often reported by the families of Cuba's detained journalists and dissidents.
Las condiciones en que se encuentran detenidos son catastróficas y las torturas que padecen en prisión han The conditions of detention in two of the prisons visited by the Special Rapporteur were appalling.
Las condiciones de reclusión en dos de las prisiones visitadas por el Relator Especial eran espantosas.Although the conditions at Topzawa were appalling for everyone, the most grossly overcrowded quarter seem to have been those where the male detainees were held.
Aunque las condiciones eran terribles en Topzawa para todo el mundo, la mayor zona superpoblada parece haber The living conditions of the thousands of villagers scattered in the jungle were appalling and disease was rampant.
Las condiciones de vida de los miles de aldeanos que se encuentran en la jungla son espantosas y hacen que se propaguen las enfermedades.The conditions in the camps were appalling, with thousands of people crowded into a very small area of land rendering impossible the traditional patterns of subsistence farming.
Las condiciones en los campamentos eran terribles, ya que había miles de personas hacinadas en una zona pequeña de tierra, lo que impedía las pautas tradicionales de la agricultura de subsistencia.The troops who stormed ashore were met by a hail of machine gun fire and artillery,and the casualties were appalling.
Las tropas que irrumpieron en tierra Material conditions were appalling, and the CPT's delegation found residents fixed to beds or other furniture, mostly with torn strips of cloth but also by chains and padlocks.
Las condiciones materiales eran deplorables y la delegación del CPT encontró a varios residentes atados a la cama u otros muebles, principalmente con tiras de tela, pero también con cadenas y candados.The 300,000 members of the Pandit community had been regrouped into 52 refugee camps,where their living conditions were appalling.
Hoy día los 300.000 miembros de la comunidad pandit están agrupados en 52 campos de refugiados,donde sus condiciones de vida son espantosas.The conditions of detention in those establishments were appalling, especially the poor hygiene in detention areas, the limited access to medical services, including specialized health care, and the non-separation of pretrial and convicted prisoners.
Las condiciones en esos centros eran deplorables, especialmente en lo relativo a las deficientes condiciones higiénicas en las zonas de reclusión, el acceso limitado a servicios de salud, incluida la atención médica especializada, y la falta de separación entre los presos en prisión preventiva y los condenados.They were limited to one pint of water each per day and though none died on the trip to Macau which was reached on 11 July,conditions below were appalling.
Se les proporcionaba solamente una pinta de agua cada día y, aunque ninguno murió en el viaje a Macao,las condiciones abajo fueron terribles.Recent research demonstrated that children living in institutions were often subject to ill-treatment and abuse and that in many cases the conditions in which they lived,especially in larger institutions, were appalling.
Los estudios realizados recientemente indican que con frecuencia los niños que viven en instituciones 
