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detrás

Principal Translations
Spanish		English
detrás adv	(en la parte posterior)	behind prep
	Al lado de la casa hay un árbol, y detrás hay una perrera.
	Next to the house there's a tree, and behind it is a kennel.
detrás de loc prep	(en la parte posterior de algo)	behind prep
		at the back of adv
	El niño está escondido detrás del árbol.
	The little boy is hiding behind the tree.
detrás de loc prep	(a espaldas de alguien)	behind prep
	El hombre que estaba detrás de mí en la fila quería que le cediera mi lugar.
	The man behind me in the queue wanted me to let him go ahead of me.

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Compound Forms:
Spanish		English
andar detrás de vi + loc prep	coloquial (querer, gustar)	be after [sb] v expr
	(figurative)	pursue [sb]⇒, follow [sb]⇒ vtr
	Mauro anda detrás de Estefanía y cree que nadie lo sabe; ¡si es evidente!
andar detrás de algo loc verb	(buscar con insistencia)	be after [sth] v expr
		go after [sth] v expr
	Anda detrás de un trabajo y no cejará hasta conseguirlo.
	He's after a job and won't give up until he gets one.
con la mosca detrás de la oreja, con la mosca en la oreja loc adv	coloquial (con desconfianza)	suspiciously adv
		be on your guard v expr
detrás de las cámaras loc adv	(fuera de filmación)	behind the cameras expr
		behind the lens expr
	Un enorme equipo trabaja detrás de las cámaras para que podamos disfrutar este programa todas las semanas.
	A large team works behind the cameras so that we can enjoy this TV show every week.
por detrás loc adv	(parte posterior)	from behind adv
	El bus chocó por detrás con el automóvil aparcado.
	The bus crashed into a parked car from behind.
por detrás loc adv	(a espaldas de alguien)	behind [sb]'s back adv
	Esta maniobra contra este político la han hecho por detrás.
	ⓘEsta oración no es una traducción de la original. I can't believe you guys have been scheming behind my back.
una mentira detrás de la otra expr	(siempre miente)	one lie after another, one lie on top of the other expr
	No le creas nada; dice una mentira detrás de la otra.
	Don't believe him; he tells one lie after another.
uno detrás del otro, uno detrás de otro loc adv	(alineados, en fila)	one after the other, one behind the other expr
		in single file, in a single file, single file expr
		in a straight line expr
	Los niños formaron fila uno detrás del otro.
	The children formed a line one after the other (or: one behind the other).
uno detrás del otro, uno detrás de otro loc adv	(uno a uno)	one after the other expr
		non-stop, incessantly adv
	Martín se comió los bombones uno detrás del otro.
	Martin ate all the sweets, one after the other.

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