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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)

Creían que aquello era un mal necesario.

They believed that it was a necessary evil.

Cuando era un niñito no le temía a nada.

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

Ocultó por completo que era un Viajero Estelar.

He completely hid the fact that he was a Star Traveler.

Era un charlatán y un tonto.

He was a charlatan and a fool.

— Espantoso (2026)

No sabía que Tom era un drogadicto.

I didn't know Tom was a drug addict.

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.

El proyecto era un fracaso completo.

The project was a complete failure.

Me pareció que era un rompecabezas relativamente difícil.

I thought it was a relatively difficult puzzle.

El gurú de la secta era un canguro.

The guru of the sect was a kangaroo.

Era un erudito que estudiaba idiomas como yo.

He was a scholar who studied languages like me.

— 虐殺器官 (2017)

Era un amor sin la carga de una hipoteca, trabajo o hijos.

It was a love without the burden of a mortgage, job, or children.

— Eternidad (2025)

Era un marine.

He was a marine.

— Avatar (2009)

El hombre que vi ayer era un completo caballero.

The man I saw yesterday was a complete gentleman.

Era un buen estudiante.

He was a good student.

— La Sociedad de los Poetas Muertos (1989)

¿Eso era un títere?

Was that a puppet?

— El jardín de los pecadores 5: Paradoja espiral (2008)

Era un comando finlandés.

He was a Finnish commando.

— Sisu (2022)

Fray Bartolomé Arrazola era un fraile español.

Friar Bartolomé Arrazola was a Spanish friar.

Tuve un novio que era un vaquero.

I had a boyfriend who was a cowboy.

— Picnic (1955)

Era un roble de fuego.

It was a fire oak.

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

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

— Manon des sources (1986)

Él era un herrero hábil.

He was a skilled blacksmith.

Podía esperar, pero veinte años era un plazo más largo de lo que podía imaginar.

It could wait, but twenty years was longer than I could imagine.

No era un monje.

He wasn't a monk.

— El Huésped (2006)

Era un fastidio.

It was a nuisance.

— Tropa de Élite (2007)

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

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

— Die Fälscher (2007)

Ziri era un fanático.

Ziri was a fanatic.

¿Qué podía hacer yo cuando era un bebe?

What could I do when I was a baby?

Tom era un enfermero.

Tom was a nurse.

Mi último marido era un perfecto idiota.

My last husband was a complete idiot.

Era un cielo.

He was a sweetheart.

— Ciudad de Dios (2002)

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

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

Fuera cierto o no, era un riesgo.

Whether it was true or not, it was a risk.

— Pacto de sangre (1944)

Clarke no era una estrella, era un cometa.

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

— El día del fin del mundo: Migración (2026)

Era un atracador.

He was a mugger.

— Río Místico (2003)

Batts era un capo, Tommy no.

Batts was a boss, Tommy wasn't.

— Buenos Muchachos (1990)

Ziri era un comunista.

Ziri was a communist.

Era un universo infinito de posibilidades.

It was an infinite universe of possibilities.

— Hackers: Ningún sistema es seguro (2014)

Era un misterio.

It was a mystery.

Era un obrero.

He was a manual laborer.

— 活着 (1994)

Cuando yo era joven, era un arroyo hermoso.

When I was young, it was a beautiful stream.

— Jean de Florette (1986)

Su padre era un director de un periódico en Moldavia.

His father was a newspaper director in Moldova.

Todo lo que necesitaba era un acceso.

All I needed was access.

— Hackers: Ningún sistema es seguro (2014)

Kei se escapó de casa y vino a Tokio cuando era un adolescente.

Kei ran away from home and came to Tokyo when he was a teenager.

— El tiempo contigo (2019)

Allí era un minero de carbón.

He was a coal miner there.

— 三峡好人 (2006)

Aún no lo sabía, pero era un presagio de lo que estaba por venir.

I didn't know it yet, but it was a sign of things to come.

— Los renglones torcidos de Dios (2022)

El proyecto era un fracaso desde el principio.

The project was a failure from the start.

Era un Thunder Cat.

It was a ThunderCat.

— Y tu mamá también (2001)

El árbol que viste era un roble.

The tree you saw was an oak.

Pero era un dron.

But it was a drone.

— Bacurau (2019)

El hombre era un juez.

The man was a judge.

— Pixote: A Lei do Mais Fraco (1980)

Mi papá era un reo durante ese tiempo.

My dad was an inmate during that time.

¡Él era un dinosaurio de verdad!

He was a real dinosaur!

Matoub Lounes era un militante bereber argelino.

Matoub Lounes was an Algerian Berber militant.

¿Pensabas que era un tango?

Did you think it was a tango?

— Diarios de motocicleta (2004)

Jackson era un encanto.

Jackson was a delight.

— Mátate, amor (2025)

Era un salón de recepción.

It was a reception room.

— Retrato de una mujer en llamas (2019)

Seguro creyeron que era un viejo llevando el curso.

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

Para mí, un traficante era un traficante.

To me, a drug dealer was a drug dealer.

— Tropa de Élite (2007)

¿Karl Mark era un comunista?

Was Karl Marx a communist?

Mi padre no era un barón consagrado.

My father was not a consecrated baron.

— Sin novedad en el frente (2022)

El escándalo era un obstáculo para su carrera.

The scandal was an obstacle to his career.

Es decir que era un embarazo bastante avanzado.

In other words, it was quite an advanced pregnancy.

— Argentina 1985 (2022)

Mi padre era un sastre.

My father was a tailor.

— El laberinto del fauno (2006)

Connolly solo era un incentivo para ti.

Connolly was just an incentive for you.

— Whiplash: Música y Obsesión (2014)

Era un fanático del béisbol.

He was a baseball fanatic.

— El Campo de los Sueños (1989)

Ziri era un entrenador.

Ziri was a coach.

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

So Pike's pimple was a zit, right?

— Buenos Muchachos (1990)

Tom era un campesino absurdo.

Tom was an absurd peasant.

Era un pendejo despierto este.

This guy was a sharp asshole.

— Nueve reinas (2000)

Su siguiente producción era un muy ambicioso musical.

His next production was a very ambitious musical.

Te lo he dicho, era un relámpago.

I told you, it was a flash of lightning.

— Astérix & Obélix : Mission Cléopâtre (2002)

Era un acusado vigilado.

He was a defendant under surveillance.

— Legado en los huesos (2019)

El árbol que viste no era un roble.

The tree you saw was not an oak.

No era un adolescente, nazi.

He wasn't a teenager, a Nazi.

— Bacurau (2019)

Mary era un marimacho.

Mary was a tomboy.

Era un antiguo profesor universitario e investigador.

He was a former university professor and researcher.

La medicina era un líquido marrón.

The medicine was a brown liquid.

En la vida real era un cero sobre unos.

In real life it was zero out of ones.

— Hackers: Ningún sistema es seguro (2014)

Karl Valentin era un filósofo.

Karl Valentin was a philosopher.

BT era un ocho, y la R habría sido un siete.

BT was an eight, and R would have been a seven.

— Proyecto: El Internado (2026)

Era un convento de clausura.

It was a cloistered convent.

— El Gatopardo (1963)

Era un jodido lobo.

It was a fucking wolf.

— Río Místico (2003)

Aquel hombre era un miserable.

That man was a wretch.

Era un amor joven.

It was young love.

— Eternidad (2025)

Tres ya era un patrón.

Three was already a pattern.

— Jugada Maestra (2026)

¿Eso era un haiku?

Was that a haiku?

— Los ilusionistas 3: Ahora me ves, ahora no (2025)

Era un caluroso día de verano.

It was a hot summer day.

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.

Y muchos otros dirían que era un mercenario.

And many others would say he was a mercenary.

Tom era un fracasado.

Tom was a failure.

Yo era un procurador.

I was a solicitor.

— La historia de David Copperfield (2019)

Lo que podías hacer físicamente era un don.

What you could do physically was a gift.

La mañana de su regreso siempre era un caos.

The morning of her return was always chaotic.

Él era un enfermero de combate.

He was a combat medic.

— Blade Runner 2049 (2017)

El avance en la favela era un arte.

Progress in the favela was an art.

— Tropa de Élite (2007)

No era un lunes, sino un domingo.

It wasn't a Monday, but a Sunday.

— La Grande Vadrouille (1966)

Era un sábado por la noche.

It was a Saturday night.

Todos estaban muy bien, quiero decir, era un acontecimiento muy pequeño.

Everyone was great—I mean, it was a very small event.

— Toni Erdmann (2016)

Esto era un caldero del diablo, amigo.

This was a devil's cauldron, my friend.

— Tropa de Élite 2 (2010)

Mi padre era un patriota.

My father was a patriot.

— Nuremberg: El Juicio Del Siglo (2025)