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Lo que podías hacer físicamente era un don.

What you could do physically was a gift.

Siempre supe que Tom era un alborotador.

I always knew Tom was a troublemaker.

Mi último marido era un perfecto idiota.

My last husband was a complete idiot.

Era un pardillo.

He was a fool.

— Perdición (1944)

Fray Bartolomé Arrazola era un fraile español.

Friar Bartolomé Arrazola was a Spanish friar.

Era un charlatán y un tonto.

He was a charlatan and a fool.

— The Dreadful (2026)

Ziri era un comunista.

Ziri was a communist.

Y era un original de Hartwood.

And it was a Hartwood original.

— Los visitantes (1993)

Era un cine genial.

It was a great cinema.

— Doña Clara (2016)

Me pareció que era un rompecabezas relativamente difícil.

I thought it was a relatively difficult puzzle.

Jackson era un encanto.

Jackson was a delight.

— Die My Love (2025)

Él era un pequeñín listo de once años.

He was a clever little boy of eleven.

El árbol que viste era un roble.

The tree you saw was an oak.

Era un cura.

He was a priest.

— The Host (2006)

Eso también era un récord.

That was a record too.

— Vivir (1952)

Era un soplón.

He was a snitch.

— Uno de los nuestros (1990)

Era un Thunder Cat.

It was a ThunderCat.

— Y tu mamá también (2001)

El hombre que vi ayer era un completo caballero.

The man I saw yesterday was a complete gentleman.

Era un intelectual de la ciudad que jugaba a ser granjero.

He was an urban intellectual who played at being a farmer.

— La venganza de Manon (1986)

No era un cliché.

It wasn't a cliché.

— Scream 7 (2026)

Era un sábado por la noche.

It was a Saturday night.

Tuve un novio que era un vaquero.

I had a boyfriend who was a cowboy.

— Picnic (1955)

Yo era un procurador.

I was a solicitor.

— La increíble historia de David Copperfield (2019)

Era un antiguo profesor universitario e investigador.

He was a former university professor and researcher.

Connolly solo era un incentivo para ti.

Connolly was just an incentive for you.

— Whiplash (2014)

Mi padre era un patriota.

My father was a patriot.

— Núremberg (2025)

Era un broma.

It was a joke.

— Deseando amar (2000)

Papa era un florista, ¿vale?

Dad was a florist, okay?

— Mi vecino Totoro (1988)

No, era un cocodrilo.

No, it was a crocodile.

— La diva (1981)

Era un matón, el mejor de la ciudad.

He was a thug, the best in town.

— El profesional (Léon) (1994)

Además de ser cirujano, era un célebre escritor.

Besides being a surgeon, he was a celebrated writer.

Todo lo que necesitaba era un acceso.

All I needed was access.

— Who Am I: Ningún sistema es seguro (2014)

El escándalo era un obstáculo para su carrera.

The scandal was an obstacle to his career.

Hilaal estaba loco por el hospital, era un santo salvador de vidas.

Hilaal was crazy about the hospital; he was a saint who saved lives.

— हैदर (2014)

Él era un enfermero de combate.

He was a combat medic.

— Blade Runner 2049 (2017)

El almacén era un frente para traficantes de drogas.

The warehouse was a front for drug traffickers.

Él nunca trabajó en Los Álamos, era un enlace.

He never worked at Los Alamos; he was a liaison.

— Oppenheimer (2023)

Era un privilegio para un policía pertenecer a la corporación.

It was a privilege for a police officer to belong to the force.

— Tropa de élite (2007)

El pico de Pike entonces era un grano, ¿no?

So Pike's pimple was a zit, right?

— Uno de los nuestros (1990)

Él era un muy amigo verdadero.

He was a very true friend.

— Victoria (2015)

Matoub Lounes era un militante bereber argelino.

Matoub Lounes was an Algerian Berber militant.

Tom era un campesino próspero.

Tom was a prosperous farmer.

Era un desgraciado.

He was a miserable wretch.

— Cadena perpetua (1994)

Era un jodido lobo.

It was a fucking wolf.

— Mystic River (2003)

El proyecto era un fracaso completo.

The project was a complete failure.

No era un lunes, sino un domingo.

It wasn't a Monday, but a Sunday.

— La gran juerga (1966)

Le dije a Tom que él era un cabrón y él me dio.

I told Tom he was a bastard and he hit me.

Seguro creyeron que era un viejo llevando el curso.

They probably thought it was an old man leading the course.

Friedrich me contó que usted era un peligroso criminal, ¿y ahora?

Friedrich told me you were a dangerous criminal—and now?

— Los falsificadores (2007)

Era un amor joven.

It was young love.

— Eternity (2025)

Aquel hombre era un miserable.

That man was a wretch.

Cuando conocí a Sami, era un adolescente que se hacía el matón.

When I met Sami, he was a teenager who acted like a bully.

Era un tributo, como en Sicilia, sólo que lo hacían en EE UU.

It was a tribute, like in Sicily, only they did it in the USA.

— Uno de los nuestros (1990)

Su padre era un director de un periódico en Moldavia.

His father was a newspaper director in Moldova.

Esto era un armario para almacenar los documentos de Andrew.

This was a cabinet for storing Andrew's documents.

— La asistenta (2025)

Tres ya era un patrón.

Three was already a pattern.

— Jugada maestra (2026)

Era un fanático del béisbol.

He was a baseball fanatic.

— Campo de sueños (1989)

El avance en la favela era un arte.

Progress in the favela was an art.

— Tropa de élite (2007)

Era un miedo que nada tenía que ver con la oscuridad o con lo que la rodeaba.

It was a fear that had nothing to do with the darkness or with what surrounded her.

— Y tu mamá también (2001)

Cuando yo tenía tu edad, Plutón era un planeta.

When I was your age, Pluto was a planet.

Era un obrero.

He was a manual laborer.

— ¡Vivir! (1994)

No tenía ni idea de que Khurram era un informante.

I had no idea that Khurram was an informant.

— हैदर (2014)

Mi padre no era un barón consagrado.

My father was not a consecrated baron.

— Sin novedad en el frente (2022)

Cuando yo era joven, era un arroyo hermoso.

When I was young, it was a beautiful stream.

— El manantial de las colinas (1986)

Te lo he dicho, era un relámpago.

I told you, it was a flash of lightning.

— Astérix y Obélix: Misión Cleopatra (2002)

Era un cielo.

He was a sweetheart.

— Ciudad de Dios (2002)

Tom era un enfermero.

Tom was a nurse.

No era un adolescente, nazi.

He wasn't a teenager, a Nazi.

— Bacurau (2019)

No sabía que Tom era un furro.

I didn't know Tom was a furry.

Lo que estaba cerrado desde hacía tiempo era un refugio para serpientes.

What had been closed for a long time was a snake shelter.

— Zootrópolis 2 (2025)

Karl Valentin era un filósofo.

Karl Valentin was a philosopher.

Tom era un pesado desde antes que naciera su hija.

Tom was a pain even before his daughter was born.

Pensaba que era un nerd en la prepa, pero en realidad apenas estaba comenzando.

I thought I was a nerd in high school, but in reality I was just getting started.

Ese tipo era un soplón.

That guy was a snitch.

— The Internship (2026)

Sami era un informador de la policía.

Sami was a police informant.

Era un universo infinito de posibilidades.

It was an infinite universe of possibilities.

— Who Am I: Ningún sistema es seguro (2014)

Era un marine.

He was a marine.

— Avatar (2009)

Era un fastidio.

It was a nuisance.

— Tropa de élite (2007)

Mi papá era un reo durante ese tiempo.

My dad was an inmate during that time.

Pero era un dron.

But it was a drone.

— Bacurau (2019)

Para mí, un traficante era un traficante.

To me, a drug dealer was a drug dealer.

— Tropa de élite (2007)

Él era un elemento muy valioso para la Corporación.

He was a very valuable asset to the Corporation.

El padre era un veterano de la Guerra de Corea.

The father was a Korean War veteran.

La medicina era un líquido marrón.

The medicine was a brown liquid.

Batts era un capo, Tommy no.

Batts was a boss, Tommy wasn't.

— Uno de los nuestros (1990)

Allí era un minero de carbón.

He was a coal miner there.

— Naturaleza muerta (2006)

Ziri era un entrenador.

Ziri was a coach.

En la vida real era un cero sobre unos.

In real life it was zero out of ones.

— Who Am I: Ningún sistema es seguro (2014)

Tom era un campesino absurdo.

Tom was an absurd peasant.

Era un honor.

It was an honor.

El árbol que viste no era un roble.

The tree you saw was not an oak.

Era un ama de llaves más que digna.

She was a more than worthy housekeeper.

— Parásitos (2019)

Tom era un fracasado.

Tom was a failure.

Creían que aquello era un mal necesario.

They believed that it was a necessary evil.

Era un día festivo.

It was a holiday.

Hace mucho tiempo, cuando Plutón aún era un planeta, hubo un niño llamado Tom.

Long ago, when Pluto was still a planet, there was a boy named Tom.

Era un erudito que estudiaba idiomas como yo.

He was a scholar who studied languages like me.

— Genocidal Organ (2017)

Cuando era un niñito no le temía a nada.

When I was a little boy, I wasn't afraid of anything.

Clarke no era una estrella, era un cometa.

Clarke wasn't a star, he was a comet.

— Greenland 2 (2026)

Mi padre era un sastre.

My father was a tailor.

— El laberinto del fauno (2006)

Aún recuerdo cuando el hijo de Sigfritt era un recién nacido.

I still remember when Sigfritt's son was a newborn.

— Fresas salvajes (1957)

Él era un herrero hábil.

He was a skilled blacksmith.

El hombre era un juez.

The man was a judge.

— Pixote, la ley del más débil (1980)

Era un ciclo, al igual que la vida.

It was a cycle, just like life.

Era un prodigio.

He was a prodigy.

— Shelter: El Protector (2026)

El gurú de la secta era un canguro.

The guru of the sect was a kangaroo.

Ziri era un fanático.

Ziri was a fanatic.

Yo no era un nazi.

I wasn't a Nazi.

— Mother Night (1996)

Tom era un chaval de calle.

Tom was a street kid.

No era un Hospital.

It wasn't a hospital.

— Cónclave (2024)

No sabía que Tom era un drogadicto.

I didn't know Tom was a drug addict.