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perdía de vista

English translation: lose sight of him/her

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Spanish term or phrase:perdía de vista
English translation:lose sight of him/her
Entered by: Mariel Alvarado

00:20 Jan 3, 2003
Spanish to English translations [Non-PRO]
Art/Literary
Spanish term or phrase: perdía de vista
él no la perdía de vista largo tiempo
Mariel Alvarado
Guatemala
Local time: 19:13
lose sight of her
Explanation:
Hola mariel,

"he didn't lose sight of her for a long time"

Una opción.
Buena suerte y saludos del Oso ¶:^)
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Oso (X)
Grading comment
Gracias Oso, sin duda hay días en que la cabeza no funciona para unos, pero aquí siempre se consigue ayuda.

Máriel
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
5 +6lose sight of her
Oso (X)
4 +1lost sight of
Susana Galilea
3lose sight of
Spiros Doikas


  

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8 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +6
lose sight of her


Explanation:
Hola mariel,

"he didn't lose sight of her for a long time"

Una opción.
Buena suerte y saludos del Oso ¶:^)

Oso (X)
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in pair: 3064
Grading comment
Gracias Oso, sin duda hay días en que la cabeza no funciona para unos, pero aquí siempre se consigue ayuda.

Máriel

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Simon Charass: or "... lose her of his sight ..."
5 mins
  -> Thanks, Simon ¶:^)
agree  Susana Galilea: vale, oso!
8 mins
  -> Muchas gracias, Susana ¶:^)
agree  Marian Greenfield
10 mins
  -> Gracias mil, Marian ¶:^)
agree  Refugio: Or, it was a long time before he lost sight of her.
13 mins
  -> D'accordo! Thanks, Ruth ¶:^)
agree  mónica alfonso
14 hrs
  -> Mil gracias, Mónica ¶:^)
agree  LoreAC (X)
4 days
  -> Grazie, Lore ¶:^)
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9 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
lost sight of


Explanation:
he didn't lose sight of her for long

Susana Galilea
United States
Local time: 20:13
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in pair: 1475

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Trudy Peters
15 mins
  -> gracias, trudy
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10 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
lose sight of


Explanation:
He did not lose sight of him for long

Spiros Doikas
Local time: 04:13
Native speaker of: Native in GreekGreek

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Susana Galilea: "lose sight of her"
7 mins
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