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The faces turned toward Baedecker were as translucent as water, as unsteady as candle flames.Las caras vueltas hacia Baedecker eran transparentes como el agua, inestables como la llama de una vela.Simmons, Dan / Phases of GravitySimmons, Dan / Fases de GravedadFases de GravedadSimmons, Dan© 1991 Ediciones В S.A.© 1989 by Dan SimmonsPhases of GravitySimmons, Dan© 1989, 2001 by Dan Simmons
In one of the rooms there was a bed, a candlestick with a candle, and a big mirror next to the bed.En una de ellas, sin embargo, había una cama, una palmatoria con una vela y un gran espejo junto a la cama.Bolano, Roberto / 2666Bolano, Roberto / 26662666Bolano, Roberto© 2004 por herederos de Roberto Bolaño2666Bolano, Roberto© 2004 by the heirs of Roberto Bolaño© 2008 by Natasha Wimmer
"I lit a candle for you.– Encendí una vela por ti.Ward, J.R. / Lover AwakenedWard, J.R. / Amante DespiertoAmante DespiertoWard, J.R.Lover AwakenedWard, J.R.© Jessica Bird, 2006
A candle had been left burning on a table and I took it over to the chest.Sobre una mesa había una vela encendida, que cogí y llevé junto al cofre.Sansom, Christopher John / DissolutionSansom, Christopher John / El gallo negroEl gallo negroSansom, Christopher JohnDissolutionSansom, Christopher John© C.J. Sansom, 2003
A candle she could remember lighting next to the claw-foot tub.Una vela que recordaba haber encendido al lado de la bañera con patas de garra.Ward, J.R. / Lover AwakenedWard, J.R. / Amante DespiertoAmante DespiertoWard, J.R.Lover AwakenedWard, J.R.© Jessica Bird, 2006
'Do not give up, sir,' Mark said awkwardly as he set the candles on the table.– No os rindáis, señor -dijo Mark tímidamente dejando las velas en la mesa-.Sansom, Christopher John / DissolutionSansom, Christopher John / El gallo negroEl gallo negroSansom, Christopher JohnDissolutionSansom, Christopher John© C.J. Sansom, 2003
I don’t think lighting candles and doing all that stuff is honoring her memory.No creo que encender velas y hacer todo eso honre su recuerdo.Sebold, Alice / The Lovely BonesSebold, Alice / Desde Mi CieloDesde Mi CieloSebold, Alice© 2002 por Alice Sebold© 2003 por Aurora Echevarria© 2003 por Random House Mondadori, S. A.The Lovely BonesSebold, Alice© 2002 by Alice Sebold
The place still smelled the same… a combination of the lemon floor wax she used on the wide pine boards and the rosemary candles she liked to burn.El lugar todavía olía igual... una combinación de la cera de limón del piso que había utilizado en los anchos tableros de pino y las velas de romero que le gustaba quemar.Ward, J.R. / Lover AwakenedWard, J.R. / Amante DespiertoAmante DespiertoWard, J.R.Lover AwakenedWard, J.R.© Jessica Bird, 2006
In contrast to the antechamber, Lord Cromwell's room was gloomy, only one small sconce of candles by the desk lit against the dark afternoon.A diferencia de la antecámara, el despacho de lord Cromwell sólo estaba iluminado por un pequeño candelabro que había junto al escritorio y que apenas paliaba la oscuridad de la tarde.Sansom, Christopher John / DissolutionSansom, Christopher John / El gallo negroEl gallo negroSansom, Christopher JohnDissolutionSansom, Christopher John© C.J. Sansom, 2003
He had not yet lit the candles, but the firelight cast a flickering glow over his troubled face.Aún no había encendido las velas, pero las llamas del hogar arrojaban una claridad vacilante sobre su preocupado rostro.Sansom, Christopher John / DissolutionSansom, Christopher John / El gallo negroEl gallo negroSansom, Christopher JohnDissolutionSansom, Christopher John© C.J. Sansom, 2003
Some way off another coffin stood surrounded by candles: Simon Whelplay's.A cierta distancia había otro ataúd rodeado de velas: el de Simón Whelplay.Sansom, Christopher John / DissolutionSansom, Christopher John / El gallo negroEl gallo negroSansom, Christopher JohnDissolutionSansom, Christopher John© C.J. Sansom, 2003
There was a large metal sconce filled with fat candles in the centre of the room.En el centro de la cámara había un gran candelabro de hierro provisto de gruesos cirios.Sansom, Christopher John / DissolutionSansom, Christopher John / El gallo negroEl gallo negroSansom, Christopher JohnDissolutionSansom, Christopher John© C.J. Sansom, 2003
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Collocations
large candle
hacha
burn the candle at both ends
hacer de la noche día
Word forms
candle
verb
Basic forms | |
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Past | candled |
Imperative | candle |
Present Participle (Participle I) | candling |
Past Participle (Participle II) | candled |
Present Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I candle | we candle |
you candle | you candle |
he/she/it candles | they candle |
Present Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I am candling | we are candling |
you are candling | you are candling |
he/she/it is candling | they are candling |
Present Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I have candled | we have candled |
you have candled | you have candled |
he/she/it has candled | they have candled |
Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I have been candling | we have been candling |
you have been candling | you have been candling |
he/she/it has been candling | they have been candling |
Past Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I candled | we candled |
you candled | you candled |
he/she/it candled | they candled |
Past Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I was candling | we were candling |
you were candling | you were candling |
he/she/it was candling | they were candling |
Past Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I had candled | we had candled |
you had candled | you had candled |
he/she/it had candled | they had candled |
Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I had been candling | we had been candling |
you had been candling | you had been candling |
he/she/it had been candling | they had been candling |
Future Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will candle | we shall/will candle |
you will candle | you will candle |
he/she/it will candle | they will candle |
Future Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will be candling | we shall/will be candling |
you will be candling | you will be candling |
he/she/it will be candling | they will be candling |
Future Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will have candled | we shall/will have candled |
you will have candled | you will have candled |
he/she/it will have candled | they will have candled |
Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will have been candling | we shall/will have been candling |
you will have been candling | you will have been candling |
he/she/it will have been candling | they will have been candling |
Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I should/would candle | we should/would candle |
you would candle | you would candle |
he/she/it would candle | they would candle |
Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I should/would be candling | we should/would be candling |
you would be candling | you would be candling |
he/she/it would be candling | they would be candling |
Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I should/would have candled | we should/would have candled |
you would have candled | you would have candled |
he/she/it would have candled | they would have candled |
Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I should/would have been candling | we should/would have been candling |
you would have been candling | you would have been candling |
he/she/it would have been candling | they would have been candling |
Present Indefinite, Passive Voice | |
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I am candled | we are candled |
you are candled | you are candled |
he/she/it is candled | they are candled |
Present Continuous, Passive Voice | |
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I am being candled | we are being candled |
you are being candled | you are being candled |
he/she/it is being candled | they are being candled |
Present Perfect, Passive Voice | |
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I have been candled | we have been candled |
you have been candled | you have been candled |
he/she/it has been candled | they have been candled |
Past Indefinite, Passive Voice | |
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I was candled | we were candled |
you were candled | you were candled |
he/she/it was candled | they were candled |
Past Continuous, Passive Voice | |
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I was being candled | we were being candled |
you were being candled | you were being candled |
he/she/it was being candled | they were being candled |
Past Perfect, Passive Voice | |
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I had been candled | we had been candled |
you had been candled | you had been candled |
he/she/it had been candled | they had been candled |
Future Indefinite, Passive Voice | |
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I shall/will be candled | we shall/will be candled |
you will be candled | you will be candled |
he/she/it will be candled | they will be candled |
Future Perfect, Passive Voice | |
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I shall/will have been candled | we shall/will have been candled |
you will have been candled | you will have been candled |
he/she/it will have been candled | they will have been candled |
candle
noun
Singular | Plural | |
Common case | candle | candles |
Possessive case | candle's | candles' |