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de espaldas

with one's back turned; on one's back

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with one's back turned; on one's back Describes someone facing away from someone or something, or lying with their back against a surface.
SP: Se quedó de espaldas a la ventana.
EN: She stayed with her back to the window.

"¿Por qué las ardillas nadan de espaldas?""Para no mojarse las nueces."

“Why do squirrels swim on their backs?” “So they don’t get their nuts wet.”

Por poco me caigo de espaldas de la silla al ver lo que pasó después.

I almost fell backward out of my chair when I saw what happened next.

¡Se vuelven de espaldas!

They turn their backs!

— El último emperador (1987)

El viejo estaba de espaldas a mí.

The old man had his back to me.

¡Está de espaldas!

He’s got his back to us!

— Malcolm X (1992)

Piotr hizo una reverencia y salió de espaldas por la puerta.

Piotr bowed and backed out through the door.

Él estaba tirado de espaldas.

He was lying on his back.

Se acostó de espaldas y alzó su mirada al cielo.

He lay down on his back and looked up at the sky.

Estaba tendido de espaldas en la playa.

He was lying on his back on the beach.

Ella está de espaldas.

She has her back turned.

— State and Main (2000)

Se desmayó y se cayó de espaldas.

She fainted and fell on her back.

Tom se apoyó de espaldas sobre el sofá.

Tom leaned back on the sofa.

Y Sophie Tucker se caerá de espaldas, lo sé, al ver su nombre debajo del mío.

And Sophie Tucker will fall backward, I know, when she sees her name beneath mine.

— Chicago (2002)

Tom está recostado de espaldas.

Tom is lying on his back.