Sentence examples of "cuello" in Spanish

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Él me agarró del cuello. He seized me by the neck.
Estaba tan gordo que el cuello no le cerraba. He got so stout that his collar did not meet.
Ocurre con la gente de mente pequeña lo mismo que con las botellas de cuello estrecho. Cuanto menos contiene, más ruido hacen al vaciarlas. It is with narrow-souled people as with narrow necked bottles: the less they have in them, the more noise they make in pouring it out.
Quítame las manos del cuello. Take your hands off my neck.
Quítame la mano del cuello. Take your hand off my neck.
Cogí al gato por el cuello. I seized the cat by the neck.
Estoy hasta el cuello de trabajo. I am up to my neck in work.
Me torcí el cuello mientras dormía. I sprained my neck while sleeping.
¡Te vas a romper el cuello! You’ll break your neck!
Una erupción reventó en su cuello. A rash broke out on her neck.
Tom está endeudado hasta el cuello. Tom is up to his neck in debt.
¡Te vas a quebrar el cuello! You’ll break your neck!
Quita tus manos de mi cuello. Take your hands off my neck.
Me levanté hoy con dolor de cuello. I got up today with a pain in my neck.
El agua nos llegó hasta el cuello. The water came up to our necks.
Las jirafas tienen el cuello muy largo. Giraffes have very long necks.
El caballo se rompió el cuello al caerse. The horse broke its neck when it fell.
Tom le retorció el cuello a la gallina. Tom wrung the chicken's neck.
La policía agarró al ladrón por el cuello. The police seized the robber by the neck.
No arriesgues tu cuello por algo tan ridículo. Don't risk your neck over something foolish.
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