Sentence examples of "está a punto de" in Spanish

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Ella está a punto de partir. She is about to leave.
Tom está a punto de irse. Tom is about to leave.
Ella está a punto de matarme. She is about to kill me.
El sol está a punto de hundirse. The sun is about to sink.
El concierto está a punto de comenzar. The concert is about to start.
El águila está a punto de aterrizar. The eagle is about to land.
El abuelo está a punto de morir. The grandfather is about to die.
Algo malo está a punto de ocurrir. Something bad was about to happen.
Su marido está a punto de morir. Her husband is about to die.
Él está a punto de ir a Londres. He is about to leave for London.
La economía del país está a punto de colapsarse. The country's economy is about to collapse.
El sol está a punto de ocultarse en el oeste. The sun is about to sink in the west.
El avión está a punto de despegar rumbo a París. The plane is about to take off for Paris.
Ella estaba a punto de salir. She was about to go out.
El tren estaba a punto de irse cuando llegué a la estación. The train was on the point of leaving when I got to the station.
Ella estaba a punto de quitarse la vida. She was on the verge of killing herself.
Yo estaba a punto de comenzar. I was about to start.
Estaba a punto de dejar la casa cuando empezó a caer un ligera lluvia . I was on the point of leaving home when a light rain started to fall.
Estaba a punto de revelar el secreto cuando una mirada fuerte de Martha le calló. He was on the verge of revealing the secret when a sharp look from Martha shut him up.
Estuve a punto de ser apuñalado. I was about to be stabbed.
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