miles de personas

thousands of people

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phrase Rare #29,187
thousands of people Used to talk about a very large number of people.
SP: Miles de personas asistieron al concierto.
EN: Thousands of people attended the concert.

Para ellos es irrelevante si miles de personas deben morir.

For them, it is irrelevant whether thousands of people have to die.

— R.A.F. Facción del ejército rojo (2008)

Ese idioma no está muerto, todavía lo hablan miles de personas.

That language is not dead; thousands of people still speak it.

Miles de personas acaban de aparecer de repente.

Thousands of people just suddenly appeared.

Miles de personas visitaron la ciudad.

Thousands of people visited the city.

Miles de personas fueron a la playa a ver al delfín.

Thousands of people went to the beach to see the dolphin.

Pero sin embargo, miles de personas vinieron a nosotros el último año.

However, thousands of people came to us last year.

— Good bye, Lenin! (2003)

Miles de personas querían saber la respuesta.

Thousands of people wanted to know the answer.

Miles de personas estaban ahí.

Thousands of people were there.

Hasta ahora sólo PK preguntaba, ahora miles de personas como PK harán preguntas.

Until now, only PK asked questions; now thousands of people like PK will ask questions.

— P.K. (Peekay) (2014)

Miles de personas murieron de hambre.

Thousands of people died of hunger.