la tumba

the grave

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phrase Common #8,794

the grave Also means "the tomb." Used literally for a burial place and figuratively in expressions like "take it to the grave" or "silent as the grave."

SP: Ella se llevó sus secretos a la tumba.

EN: She took her secrets to the grave.

Y yo me lo llevaré a la tumba.

And I'll take it to the grave.

Ella se llevó sus secretos a la tumba.

She took her secrets to the grave.

Nunca podré ver la tumba en la que descansa.

I will never be able to see the grave where he rests.

— La strada (1954)

Son silenciosos como la tumba.

They are as silent as the grave.

— Avatar: El sentido del agua (2022)

Hasta la tumba.

Until the grave.

— El maquinista (2004)

Sí yo lo saqué de la tumba, pero no me considero culpable.

Yes, I took him out of the grave, but I don't consider myself guilty.

— მონანიება (1987)

Irás a prisión, de lo contrario irás a la tumba.

You will go to prison; otherwise, you will go to the grave.

Estaba a punto de localizar la tumba.

I was about to locate the grave.

— Indiana Jones y la última cruzada (1989)

Cuando abrimos la tumba, había una inscripción.

When we opened the tomb, there was an inscription.

— Guardianes del día (2006)

Si abres la tumba, habrá guerra.

If you open the tomb, there will be war.

— Guardianes del día (2006)

La tumba está en esta biblioteca, que antes era una iglesia.

The tomb is in this library, which used to be a church.

— Indiana Jones y la última cruzada (1989)

Y la vergüenza llevó a mi madre a la tumba.

And shame led my mother to her grave.

— Ahora me ves 3 (2025)

Alfa, he encontrado la tumba.

Alpha, I've found the tomb.

— Zeta (2026)

Me lo llevaré a la tumba.

I'll take it to the grave.

— El agente secreto (2025)

Incluso los muertos vivientes acaban volviendo a la tumba.

Even the undead eventually return to their graves.

Lo que se aprende en la cuna, se lleva a la tumba.

What is learned in the cradle, is taken to the grave.

Mi padre no buscaba un libro sobre la tumba, sino la propia tumba.

My father wasn't looking for a book about the tomb, but for the tomb itself.

— Indiana Jones y la última cruzada (1989)