Sentence examples of "ir a la deriva" in Spanish

<>
Para llegar al puerto del cielo tenemos que navegar, a veces con el viento, a veces contra él, pero debemos navegar y no ir a la deriva ni estar anclados. To reach the port of heaven, we must sail sometimes with the wind and sometimes against it— but we must sail, and not drift, nor lie at anchor.
Cuando nos despertamos, estábamos a la deriva en mar abierto. When we awoke, we were adrift on the open sea.
Tom no ha podido ir a la escuela por tres semanas. Tom hasn't been able to go to school for three weeks.
Se tarda una hora en ir a la estación andando. It takes you an hour to go to the station on foot.
Ella estuvo de acuerdo con él en que yo tenía que ir a la reunión. She agreed with him that I should go to the meeting.
De verdad que tenía muchas ganas de ir a la fiesta, pero no pude. I really wanted to go to the party, but I couldn't.
Tom no quería ir a la guerra. Tom didn't want to go to war.
Estoy acostumbrado a ir a la cama muy tarde. I am used to going to bed very late.
No consigue decidirse entre buscar trabajo o ir a la universidad. She can't make up her mind whether to get a job or to go on to college.
Ella no pudo ir a la boda. She couldn't go to the wedding.
Una enfermedad inesperada me impidió ir a la estación a recibirlo. A sudden illness prevented me from going to the station to meet him.
Ella no tiene que ir a la escuela el sábado. She doesn't have to go to school on Saturday.
El problema es que mi hijo no quiere ir a la escuela. The trouble is that my son does not want to go to school.
No sé si puedo ir a la fiesta o no. I don't know whether to go to the party or not.
Ella no tenía ropa para ir a la fiesta. She had no dress to attend the party in.
¡Debo parar de comer pimientos antes de ir a la cama! I must stop eating peppers before going to bed!
No puedo ir a la fiesta pero gracias de todas formas por invitarme. I cannot go to the party, but thank you for inviting me all the same.
Aunque decidí ir a la fiesta, no la espero con entusiasmo. Though I have decided to go to the party, I'm not looking forward to it.
Ella es demasiado joven para ir a la escuela. She is too young to go to school.
Yo quiero ir a la luna. I want to go to the moon.
Examples of word usage in different contexts are provided solely for linguistic purposes, i.e. to study word usage in a sentence in one language and how they can be translated into another. All samples are automatically collected from a variety of publicly available open sources using bilingual search technologies.
If you find a spelling, punctuation or any other error in the original or translation, use the "Report a problem" option or write to us.

In this section, you can see how words and expressions are used in different contexts using examples of translations made by professionals. The Contexts section will help you learn English, German, Spanish and other languages. Here you can find examples with phrasal verbs and idioms in texts that vary in style and theme. Examples can be sorted by translations and topics.

Learn foreign languages, see the translation of millions of words and expressions, and use them in your e-mail communication.