Sentence examples of "so called" in English

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Computers seem to play the role of the human brain, so they're often called "electric brains". Los ordenadores parecen desempeñar el papel del cerebro humano, por lo que frecuentemente son llamados "cerebros electrónicos".

I was called into the office first, my name being at the head of the list. Me llamaron a la oficina primero, estando mi nombre a la cabeza de la lista.

I am called Sara. Me llamo Sara.

Tom called Mary a coward. Tom llamó a Mary cobarde.

"Honey, quick, quick. There's this website called Tatoeba that's auctioning it's sentence collection for a cent each! They've even got special offers like buy 100 sentences and get 1 free!" "Ah great! now people collect sentences as a hobby?! what's the world coming to!" "Cariño, ven rápido. ¡Hay una página web llamada Tatoeba que está vendiendo su colección de oraciones a un céntimo cada una! ¡Incluso tienen una oferta especial del tipo de compre cien oraciones y reciba una gratis!" "¡Oh, genial! ¡¿Ahora la gente colecciona las oraciones como pasatiempo?! ¡Adónde estamos llegando!"

The detective I hired called to tell me he has a promising lead. El detective que contraté me llamó para decirme que tiene una pista prometedora.

Tom called Mary up and asked her what her schedule was. Tom llamó a Mary y le preguntó cuál era su horario.

What was the hotel called? I can't remember. ¿Cómo se llamaba el hotel? No recuerdo.

My friend called me a coward. Mi amigo me llamó cobarde.

Tom called the insurance company to report that his car had been stolen. Tom llamó a la compañía de seguros para informar de que le habían robado el coche.

Tom called Mary up from the airport. Tom llamó a Mary desde el aeropuerto.

Tom could hear his name being called. Tom pudo oír que llamaban su nombre.

He was about to fall asleep, when he heard his name called. Estaba a punto de dormirse cuando oyó que alguien decía su nombre.

He called me a coward. Él me llamó cobarde.

Daniela called me at home. Daniela me llamó a la casa.

She called him to say that she'd be late. Ella lo llamó para decirle que llegaría tarde.

Have you ever called Taninna? ¿Has llamado alguna vez a Taninna?

Hardware RAID is not managed directly by the operating system but by a dedicated card, called a RAID controller. Un hardware RAID no es administrado directamente por el sistema operativo sino por una tarjeta especializada, llamada controlador RAID.

Tom called Mary, and there was no answer. Tom llamó a Mary y no hubo respuesta.

If he had known her phone number, he could have called her up. Si el hubiera sabido su número de teléfono, habría podido llamarla.

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