Sentence examples of "castigaban" in Spanish

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Translations: all26 punish26
Cristóbal Colón empezó a llevar su famoso sombrero al revés cuando todavía iba al colegio, y sus profesores a menudo le castigaban por no querer quitárselo en clase. Christopher Columbus started wearing his famous hat back when he was still a schoolboy, and was often punished by his teachers for refusing to take it off in class.
¿Por qué les estás castigando? What are you punishing them for?
Ellos se escaparon de su castigo. They escaped being punished.
El alumno fue castigado por fumar. The pupil was punished for smoking.
Si hacemos eso, debemos ser castigados. Were we to do such a thing, we should be punished.
Insistieron en que el criminal fuera castigado. They insisted on the criminal being punished.
¿Qué hemos hecho para ser castigados así? What have we done to be punished like this.
Lo castigamos de acuerdo a las reglas. We punished him according to the rules.
En nombre de la luna, ¡te castigaremos! In the name of the moon, we'll punish you!
¿Nunca se les ocurrió que les castigarían? Didn't it ever occur to them that they would be punished?
Mary castigó a su hija por mentir. Mary punished her daughter for lying.
La gente que rompe la ley es castigada. People who break the law are punished.
Él debería ser castigado si comete un crimen. He ought to be punished if he commits a crime.
A él no le gustaba que le castigaran. He didn't like to be punished.
Yo pensé que era absurdo que te castigaran. I thought it was absurd that you got punished.
Uno es castigado más que nada por sus virtudes. One is punished most for one's virtues.
Uno es castigado por la mayoría de sus virtudes. One is punished most for one's virtues.
¿Cuál es la mejor forma de castigar a un perro? What's the best way to punish a dog?
La probabilidad de que Tom sea castigado es muy pequeña. The probability of Tom being punished is very small.
No lo castiguen por romper la ventana. Él no es culpable. Don't punish him for breaking the window. He is not to blame.
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