CONTABA IN ENGLISH TRANSLATION

• had
• told
• counted
• featured
• included
• comprised
• possessed
• had had
• relied
• employed

Examples of using Contaba in Spanish and their translations into English

Contaba palillos, hacía trampa. Autista.
Count toothpicks, cheat at cards.

Contaba con estar en casa el 4 de julio.
I was counting on being home by the 4th of July.

Y un día llegó a casa y se reía y contaba historias.
And then one day he comes home and he's laughing and telling stories.

Caía por aquí los sábados y contaba sus experiencias de la semana.
He would drop in here Saturdays and tell his experiences for that week.

Cada día daba la vuelta a una piedra y así contaba el tiempo.
Each day he would throw away a stone and in this way count the time.

A su apogeo, en el siglo XVIII, contaba no menos once mezquitas.
At its apogee, in XVIIIth century, the town count until eleven mosques.

resucitó La gente se acercaba a escuchar las historias que contaba Jesús.
Rose Again People came to hear Jesus tell stories.

Se sentía bien descansando en ese lugar mientras contaba hojas de trébol.
It felt good to lie in that place counting clover leaves.

Lundbeck contaba con 180 empleados.
Lundbeck counts 180 employees.

Lundbeck contaba con 180 empleados.
Lundbeck counts 180 employees.

Veíamos las estrellas de noche y mami contaba cuentos de hadas.
We watched stars at night and listened to Mommy tell fairy tales.

me escapaba y contaba mentiras todo el tiempo.
I would run away and tell lies all the time.

Todas las tardes, Youseff tomaba café con nosotros y nos contaba historias irrepetibles.
Each afternoon, Youseff would join our coffee break and tell us unrepeatable stories.

Eso es, lo que mi madre me contaba cada aniversario de las muertes.
It's what my Mum tells me every anniversary of the murders.

Él me llamaba cada domingo y me contaba todo acerca de su semana.
He would call me every sunday and tell me all about his week.

Nos sentábamos aquí mientras ella zurcía calcetines… y nos contaba historias.
We used to sit here while she would darn socks… and tell us stories.

Había gente que contaba con usted.
There were people counting on you.

¿Sabias que en la cena me sentaba y contaba cuántas veces masticaban?
Did you know at dinnertime I would sit and actually count how many times they chewed?

No han estado las personas con las que verdaderamente contaba.
Not even the people I was counting on were among them.

Mis sentimientos amenazaron con lo que yo contaba.
My feelings threatened the thing that I count on.