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por sorpresa

Principal Translations
Spanish		English
por sorpresa loc adv	(desprevenido)	by surprise adv
	La noticia la tomó por sorpresa y se desmayó.
	The news took her by surprise and she fainted.

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Compound Forms:
Spanish		English
caer por sorpresa loc verb	(sorprender)	take by surprise v expr
	La noticia nos cayó por sorpresa.
	The news took us by surprise.
coger de sorpresa, coger por sorpresa, tomar por sorpresa loc verb	No Argentina (sobrevenir, sorprender)	take by surprise expr
	Cuando la vi no supe reaccionar, me cogió de sorpresa.
coger por sorpresa, tomar por sorpresa loc verb	No Argentina (sorprender)	take [sb] by surprise, catch by surprise v expr
	(miscalculate)	underestimate⇒ vtr
	El aumento de impuestos me cogió por sorpresa y me quedé sin dinero.
pillar por sorpresa, pillar de sorpresa loc verb	(agarrar desprevenido)	catch by surprise v expr
		catch [sb] red handed v expr
	(figurative)	catch [sb] with their hands in the cookie jar v expr
	La tormenta los pilló por sorpresa.

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