luces, se dividió en mil y mil luces

English translation: sparkling lights

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Spanish term or phrase:luces
English translation:sparkling lights
Entered by: chica nueva

01:09 May 25, 2011
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature / sentimientos
Spanish term or phrase: luces, se dividió en mil y mil luces
Una noche el abogado le preguntó a Águeda sonriendo, si le gustaría que él formarse parte de su familia; Águeda al oírlo, se turbó; la luz de la sala dio vueltas ante sus ojos y se dividió en mil y mil luces...

(Águeda, Pío Baroja 1872-1956)
chica nueva
Local time: 20:02
it split into a thousand beams of light
Explanation:
it burst into a thousand beams of light?
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paragonc
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Local time: 10:02
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4 +1fragmented into thousands upon thousands of lights
Lydia De Jorge
4it split into a thousand beams of light
paragonc
4splintered into thousands of points of light
Linda Grabner
4"[...] was splitting into an infinite number of beams"
Rosmu


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fragmented into thousands upon thousands of lights


Explanation:
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Lydia De Jorge
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Local time: 03:02
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it split into a thousand beams of light


Explanation:
it burst into a thousand beams of light?

paragonc
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Local time: 10:02
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splintered into thousands of points of light


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Linda Grabner
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"[...] was splitting into an infinite number of beams"


Explanation:
[…]. When Águeda heard that, she got so embarrassed that she had the sensation that the light in the living room was splitting into an infinite number of beams.

Rosmu
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