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Gases (petroleum), deisobutanizer tower overheads;
gases (petróleo), productos de cabeza de la torre del desisobutanizador;
I looked up into the yawning empty space of the bell tower, remembering.
Levanté la cabeza hacia el cilindro vacío del campanario, recordando.
Sansom, Christopher John / DissolutionSansom, Christopher John / El gallo negro
El gallo negro
Sansom, Christopher John
Dissolution
Sansom, Christopher John
© C.J. Sansom, 2003
The first was Rosa Lopez Larios, nineteen. Her body was discovered behind a Pemex tower where couples met at night to make love.
La primera se llamaba Rosa López Larios, tenía veintinueve años y su cuerpo se encontró detrás de una torre de Pemex en donde por las noches se juntaban algunas parejas para hacer el amor.
Bolano, Roberto / 2666Bolano, Roberto / 2666
2666
Bolano, Roberto
© 2004 por herederos de Roberto Bolaño
2666
Bolano, Roberto
© 2004 by the heirs of Roberto Bolaño
© 2008 by Natasha Wimmer
Cato nodded, and leaned against the broad timber post at the rear of the tower, looking back down the slope to the main camp delineated by a mass of brilliant orange pinpricks from torches and fires.
Cato asintió con la cabeza, se apoyó en el ancho poste de madera en la parte de atrás de la torre y deslizó la mirada por la pendiente hacia el campamento principal, delineado por un cúmulo de brillantes puntitos anaranjados de teas y hogueras.
Scarrow, Simon / The Eagle's ConquestScarrow, Simon / Roma Vincit!
Roma Vincit!
Scarrow, Simon
© 2001 by Simon Scarrow
© de la traducción: Montserrat Batista, 2002
© de la presente edición: Edhasa, 2002
The Eagle's Conquest
Scarrow, Simon
© 2001 by Simon Scarrow
I turned away and looked up at the bell tower.
-Me volví y alcé la vista hacia el interior del campanario-.
Sansom, Christopher John / DissolutionSansom, Christopher John / El gallo negro
El gallo negro
Sansom, Christopher John
Dissolution
Sansom, Christopher John
© C.J. Sansom, 2003
He made a mental note to ensure that Scaurus was given only tower duties from now on.
Tomó nota mentalmente para asegurarse de que a partir de entonces a Escaro le asignaran únicamente servicio de guardia en la torre.
Scarrow, Simon / The Eagle's ConquestScarrow, Simon / Roma Vincit!
Roma Vincit!
Scarrow, Simon
© 2001 by Simon Scarrow
© de la traducción: Montserrat Batista, 2002
© de la presente edición: Edhasa, 2002
The Eagle's Conquest
Scarrow, Simon
© 2001 by Simon Scarrow
My letter of appointment as commissioner gained me entrance to the Tower, and I found myself passing through the gate under the looming mass of London Wall.
Mi carta de nombramiento como comisionado me concedía acceso a la Torre, en cuyo recinto penetré tras atravesar la imponente Muralla de Londres.
Sansom, Christopher John / DissolutionSansom, Christopher John / El gallo negro
El gallo negro
Sansom, Christopher John
Dissolution
Sansom, Christopher John
© C.J. Sansom, 2003
Depending on who tells the story, Galileo Galilei either dropped balls from the top of the Leaning Tower of Pisa or he rolled balls down slopes at home.
Según quién cuente la historia, se dice que Galileo Galilei dejó caer balas desde la parte más alta de la Torre Inclinada de Pisa o que hizo rodar las balas sobre planos inclinados en su casa.
'I am to hand this to you personally.' He handed me a paper bearing the Tower seal.
Tengo órdenes de entregaros esto personalmente -dijo tendiéndome un pliego con el sello de la Torre.
Sansom, Christopher John / DissolutionSansom, Christopher John / El gallo negro
El gallo negro
Sansom, Christopher John
Dissolution
Sansom, Christopher John
© C.J. Sansom, 2003
Did you know that the only ones that find a mate are the ones that make the best gardens, the best towers, the best clearings, the ones that perform the most elaborate dances?
¿Sabía que sólo se aparean los que construyen el mejor jardín, la mejor torre, la mejor pista, los que ejecutan la más elaborada de las danzas?
The savage detectivesBolano, Roberto / Los detectives salvajes
Los detectives salvajes
Bolano, Roberto
e savage detectives
The savage detective
© 1998 by Roberto Bolaño
© 2007 by Natasha Wimmer
In the center of the square, the red brick courthouse towered over the other buildings.
En el centro de la plaza, el edificio del juzgado se erguía por encima de los demás.
Kava, Alex / A Perfect EvilKava, Alex / Bajo Sospecha
Bajo Sospecha
Kava, Alex
A Perfect Evil
Kava, Alex
© S.M. Kava 2000
People marveled at the orange brilliance of Mars in the night sky and crowded around telescopes for clear views of the planet's towering volcanoes, ruddy plains and glistening polar ice caps.
La gente se maravilló con el brillante color anaranjado de Marte en el cielo nocturno y se amontonó alrededor de los telescopios para ver claramente los enormes volcanes del planeta, las llanuras coloradas y las brillantes capas de hielo polar.
Christine looked out at Timmy bouncing down the field, weaving in between the boys that towered over him.
Christine vio a Timmy correteando por el campo, colándose entre los muchachos que se cernían sobre él.
Kava, Alex / A Perfect EvilKava, Alex / Bajo Sospecha
Bajo Sospecha
Kava, Alex
A Perfect Evil
Kava, Alex
© S.M. Kava 2000
Weser: from the Bremen railway bridge to a line linking the Langwarden and Kappel church towers with the Schweiburg secondary arm including the Kleine Weser, Rekumder-Loch, and Rechter Nebenarm secondary arms.
Weser: desde el puente de ferrocarril de Bremen hasta la línea que une los campanarios de Langwarden y de Cappel en el brazo secundario Schweiburg, incluyendo los brazos secundarios Kleine Weser, Rekumer-Lock y Rechter Nebenarm.
In the doorway to the kitchen towered a barrel-chested man with a crew cut and thick forearms.
En el umbral de la cocina se erguía un hombre corpulento con pelo cortado al cepillo y antebrazos musculosos.
Kava, Alex / A Perfect EvilKava, Alex / Bajo Sospecha
Bajo Sospecha
Kava, Alex
A Perfect Evil
Kava, Alex
© S.M. Kava 2000

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Collocations

tower head
turricefalia
cooling tower
torre de refrigeración
Tower of Babel
Torre de Babel
Leaning Tower of Pisa
Torre Inclinada de Pisa

Word forms

tower

noun
SingularPlural
Common casetowertowers
Possessive casetower'stowers'

tower

verb
Basic forms
Pasttowered
Imperativetower
Present Participle (Participle I)towering
Past Participle (Participle II)towered
Present Indefinite, Active Voice
I towerwe tower
you toweryou tower
he/she/it towersthey tower
Present Continuous, Active Voice
I am toweringwe are towering
you are toweringyou are towering
he/she/it is toweringthey are towering
Present Perfect, Active Voice
I have toweredwe have towered
you have toweredyou have towered
he/she/it has toweredthey have towered
Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I have been toweringwe have been towering
you have been toweringyou have been towering
he/she/it has been toweringthey have been towering
Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I toweredwe towered
you toweredyou towered
he/she/it toweredthey towered
Past Continuous, Active Voice
I was toweringwe were towering
you were toweringyou were towering
he/she/it was toweringthey were towering
Past Perfect, Active Voice
I had toweredwe had towered
you had toweredyou had towered
he/she/it had toweredthey had towered
Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I had been toweringwe had been towering
you had been toweringyou had been towering
he/she/it had been toweringthey had been towering
Future Indefinite, Active Voice
I shall/will towerwe shall/will tower
you will toweryou will tower
he/she/it will towerthey will tower
Future Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will be toweringwe shall/will be towering
you will be toweringyou will be towering
he/she/it will be toweringthey will be towering
Future Perfect, Active Voice
I shall/will have toweredwe shall/will have towered
you will have toweredyou will have towered
he/she/it will have toweredthey will have towered
Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will have been toweringwe shall/will have been towering
you will have been toweringyou will have been towering
he/she/it will have been toweringthey will have been towering
Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I should/would towerwe should/would tower
you would toweryou would tower
he/she/it would towerthey would tower
Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would be toweringwe should/would be towering
you would be toweringyou would be towering
he/she/it would be toweringthey would be towering
Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice
I should/would have toweredwe should/would have towered
you would have toweredyou would have towered
he/she/it would have toweredthey would have towered
Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would have been toweringwe should/would have been towering
you would have been toweringyou would have been towering
he/she/it would have been toweringthey would have been towering
Present Indefinite, Passive Voice
I am toweredwe are towered
you are toweredyou are towered
he/she/it is toweredthey are towered
Present Continuous, Passive Voice
I am being toweredwe are being towered
you are being toweredyou are being towered
he/she/it is being toweredthey are being towered
Present Perfect, Passive Voice
I have been toweredwe have been towered
you have been toweredyou have been towered
he/she/it has been toweredthey have been towered
Past Indefinite, Passive Voice
I was toweredwe were towered
you were toweredyou were towered
he/she/it was toweredthey were towered
Past Continuous, Passive Voice
I was being toweredwe were being towered
you were being toweredyou were being towered
he/she/it was being toweredthey were being towered
Past Perfect, Passive Voice
I had been toweredwe had been towered
you had been toweredyou had been towered
he/she/it had been toweredthey had been towered
Future Indefinite, Passive Voice
I shall/will be toweredwe shall/will be towered
you will be toweredyou will be towered
he/she/it will be toweredthey will be towered
Future Perfect, Passive Voice
I shall/will have been toweredwe shall/will have been towered
you will have been toweredyou will have been towered
he/she/it will have been toweredthey will have been towered