Usage examples of "llamaba" in Spanish with translation to English

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¿Cómo se llamaba el niño? What was the boy called?
Le pregunté cómo se llamaba. I asked him what his name was.
Antes de la Segunda Guerra Mundial, a la Primera Guerra Mundial se la llamaba la Gran Guerra. Prior to the Second World War, World War I was referred to as the Great War.
¿Cómo se llamaba el hotel? No recuerdo. What was the hotel called? I can't remember.
Me dijo que se llamaba Tom. He told me his name was Tom.
Él me llamaba casi todos los días. He called me up almost every day.
Uno de Apóstoles de Jesús se llamaba Pablo. One of Jesus' disciples was named Paul.
En esa época todo el mundo me llamaba Tony. Everybody called me Tony in those days.
Había una vez, un gato que se llamaba Tango. Once upon a time, there was a cat whose name was Tango.
El profesor llamaba a los alumnos por orden alfabético. The teacher called the students in alphabetic order.
Fue un hombre enviado de Dios, el cual se llamaba Juan. There came a man who was sent from God; his name was John.
Tom la llamaba Mary a pesar de no ser ese su verdadero nombre. Tom called her Mary even though that wasn't really her name.
Ella se acercó a él y le preguntó cómo se llamaba. She walked up to him and asked him what his name was.
¿Te acuerdas del nombre de pila de tu abuela? No, yo siempre la llamaba abuelita. Do you remember the first name of your grandmother? - No, I just always called her granny.
Ella se arrodilló a su lado y le preguntó cómo se llamaba. She knelt beside him and asked him what his name was.
Llegando al fin de cada año (esto es, el último día del calendario lunar) no era sólo un nuevo día reemplazando al anterior, sino también un nuevo año reemplazando al anterior, y esto se llamaba "primer intercambio". Arriving at the end of each year (that is, the last day of the lunar calendar) wasn't just a new day taking over from the previous one, but also a new year taking over from the previous one, and this was called 'first exchange'.
Llama al médico de inmediato. Call the doctor right away.
¿Cómo se llama este zoológico? What's this zoo's name?
Alguien llamó a la puerta. Someone knocked on the door.
Volveré a llamar al mediodía. I'll ring back at midday.
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