unawares in the Oxford Spanish Dictionary

Translations for unawares in the English»Spanish Dictionary

unawares [Am ˌənəˈwɛrz, Brit ʌnəˈwɛːz] ADV

1. unawares (by surprise):

to catch or take sb unawares

agarrar a alguien desprevenido or por sorpresa

to catch or take sb unawares

coger a alguien desprevenido or por sorpresa esp Spain

2. unawares (without noticing):

unawares liter

inadvertidamente

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he was taken completely unawares

lo agarró completamente desprevenido

he was taken completely unawares

lo cogió completamente desprevenido esp Spain

Translations for unawares in the Spanish»English Dictionary

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pillar a alg. desprevenido pregunta:

to catch sb unawares o off guard

sorprender

to catch … unawares

entramos por detrás y los sorprendimos

we went in the back and surprised them o caught them unawares o took them by surprise

agarrar a alg. en curva Mex inf

to catch sb unawares

nos cogió de sorpresa

he took us by surprise o caught us unawares

nos cogió desprevenidos

it caught us unawares

unawares in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for unawares in the English»Spanish Dictionary

unawares [ˌʌnəˈweəz, Am -ˈwerz] ADV

to catch sb unawares

coger a alguien desprevenido

Translations for unawares in the Spanish»English Dictionary

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coger a alguien desprevenido

to catch sb unawares [or off guard]

coger desapercibido

to catch unawares [or off guard]

unawares Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

to catch sb unawares

coger a alguien desprevenido

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

The pirates took the galleon's captain unawares while he played cards in his own cabin.

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The primary goal of his current efforts is healing the human mind and freeing it from manipulation, a situation into which it has fallen unawares.

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It will make friends feel bad for catching you unawares, and if what you call mess is someone else's tidy, they'll feel worse.

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When it did start, the flag caught some of the field unawares.

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They insisted that the cinema of the future be the cinema of fact: newsreels recording the real world, life caught unawares.

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The enemy, to their consternation, found themselves assailed in the rear by the party they had expected to strike unawares.

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Approximately 200 metres southwest of the island is a dangerous reef that has caught many sailors unawares.

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This has, however, not caught me unawares, knowing him to be a guy that never stands still.

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An unobservant or complacent batsman can easily be caught unawares and lose their wicket.

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But various dents in the brick wall today reveal that motorists are still taken unawares by it.

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