la cúpula

the dome; top leadership

→ el
phrase Rare #41,828
the dome; top leadership Can refer literally to a building dome, or figuratively to the top leaders of an organization.
SP: La cúpula del edificio brillaba con la luz del sol.
EN: The building's dome shone in the sunlight.

Creo que la cúpula se está cerrando sobre nosotros.

I think the dome is closing in on us.

La cúpula nos ha quitado tanto a todos.

The dome has taken so much from all of us.

O que la cúpula nos había elegido.

Or that the dome had chosen us.

Hace tiempo que hubiéramos terminado la cúpula y las columnas.

We would have finished the dome and the columns a long time ago.

— Andrei Rublev (1966)

La cúpula quiere saber si tiene algún valor.

The dome wants to know if it has any value.

— Las invasiones bárbaras (2003)