Translation of "estaban retenidos" to English language:
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| Siguen retenidos sin juicio. | They are also currently held in detention without trial. |
| Fueron retenidos durante meses sin cargos formales y se les negó la posibilidad de comunicarse. | They were held for months without a formal charge and were denied the ability to communicate. |
| Hisham Al Omeisy describe más la odisea, diciendo que los pasajeros quedaron retenidos en el avión durante siete horas | Hisham Al Omeisy describes the ordeal further, saying the passengers were held in the plane for seven hours |
| (Fuertes y prolongados aplausos) retenidos de una manera escandalosa, en despecho de las reglas más elementales del Derecho internacional. | LE PEN (DR). (FR) Mr President, Mr President in Office, ladies and gentlemen, I welcome the moderate tone which did not come as a complete surprise to me adopted by the representatives of the Community organizations. |
| Hemos condenado sin reservas la cínica explotación de los ciudadanos extranjeros ilegalmente retenidos por Irak hemos dicho que utilizar | We must therefore give the new citizens of the Community an opportunity to make their voices heard, and we must listen to them. |
| Estas personas no estaban comiendo perros... estaban comiendo gatos... y no estaban comiendo gatos... estaban comiendo ratas. | These people weren't eating dogs they were eating cats and they weren't eating cats they were eating rats. |
| Aconsejan a los estadounidenses que hagan lo siguiente para repatriar a sus propios ciudadanos retenidos a la fuerza en Irán. | They advised the Americans to arrange to repatriate their own nationals detained in Iran. |
| A los que remitáis los pecados, les han sido remitidos y a quienes se los retengáis, les han sido retenidos. | If you forgive anyone's sins, they have been forgiven them. If you retain anyone's sins, they have been retained. |
| A los que remitáis los pecados, les han sido remitidos y a quienes se los retengáis, les han sido retenidos. | Whose soever sins ye remit, they are remitted unto them and whose soever sins ye retain, they are retained. |
| Tampoco podemos permitimos el lujo de olvidar la terrible situación de los miles de extranjeros, incluidos ciudadanos irlandeses, retenidos en Irak. | Europe must not continue to be at the mercy of the threat of an Islamic fifth column, the infrastructure of a potentially awful terrorist force. |
| En Greenpeace estaban emocionados. Las ballenas estaban felices. | Greenpeace was thrilled. The whales were happy. That's a quote. |
| Estaban abrazados. | They had their arms around each other. |
| Estaban jadeando. | They were panting. |
| Estaban felices. | You were happy. |
| Estaban muertos. | They were dead. |
| Estaban enfermos. | They were sick. |
| Estaban enfermas. | They were sick. |
| Estaban juntos. | They were together. |
| Estaban equivocados. | They were wrong. |
| Estaban equivocadas. | They were wrong. |
| Estaban listos. | They were ready. |
| Estaban listos. | You were ready. |
| Estaban listas. | You were ready. |
| Estaban bebiendo. | They were drinking. |
| estaban desfasados. | We felt that they were out of date. |
| Estaban interesados en la salud, estaban interesados en la educación. | They were interested in health they were interested in education. |
| Alrededor de veinte alumnos consiguieron escapar saltando por las ventanas y las verjas, mientras que el resto quedaban retenidos por el grupo de seguridad. | About twenty pupils managed to escape by jumping from the windows and over fences, while the rest were detained by the security detail. |
| Estaban súper bien. | They were doing fine. |
| ellos estaban aburridos | So, they were bored. |
| Antes, estaban aislados. | Before, they were closed off. |
| Todos estaban felices. | All were happy. |
| Ellas estaban nadando. | They were swimming. |
| Estaban muy confundidos. | They were very confused. |
| Ellos estaban ocupados. | They were busy. |
| Todos estaban felices. | Everyone was happy. |
| Estaban absolutamente sorprendidos. | They were completely surprised. |
| No estaban satisfechos? | Weren't they satisfied? |
| Ellos estaban satisfechos. | They were satisfied. |
| Todos estaban aplaudiendo. | Everybody applauded. |
| Ellos estaban cerrados. | They were closed. |
| Ellos estaban enfermos. | They were sick. |
| Ellas estaban enfermas. | They were sick. |
| Ellos estaban atrapados. | They were trapped. |
| Ellos estaban equivocados. | They were wrong. |
| Ellas estaban equivocadas. | They were wrong. |
