Sentence examples of "upon" in English with translation "por"

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In the past, separation and divorce were frowned upon by everyone. Antiguamente la separación o el divorcio eran muy mal vistos por todos.
Upon arriving at the airport, he made a phonecall to his wife. Al llegar al aeropuerto, llamó a su mujer por teléfono.
A democrat is, at the end of the day, one who admits that an opponent can be right, and therefore lets them express themselves and allows for reflection upon their arguments. When parties or men feel sufficiently persuaded by their own arguments that they allow the silencing of those that contradict them by means of violence, that isn't democracy. El demócrata es, después de todo, aquél que admite que un adversario puede tener razón, y por lo tanto le deja expresarse y acepta reflexionar sobre sus argumentos. Cuando los partidos o los hombres se sienten lo suficientemente persuadidos por sus propias razones que aceptan cerrarles la boca a los que les contradigan por medio de la violencia, entonces, eso ya no es democracia.
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