Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
after showing up to what he thought was a house party
Spanish translation:
tras llegar a lo que creía que no era más que una fiestecita
English term
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Native in: English
Works in: Spanish to English, English
after showing up to what he thought was a house party
One of the University of Rochester students abducted and tortured after showing up to what he thought was a house party has spoken out about his 40 hours of horror.
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tras llegar a lo que creía que no era más que una fiestecita
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Adoración Bodoque Martínez
: Yo también usaría "creía" en vez de "creyó". Otra opción podría ser "tras llegar a lo que creía que se trataba de una fiesta".
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Sí, muchas gracias, Adoración. :-)
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al asistir a lo que él pensó era una fiesta
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I read the Alethiometer
Native in: Spanish 
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English, French to Spanish, and 1 more.
tras acudir a lo que creyó que era una fiesta en una casa
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franglish
: "... lo que creyó ser una fiesta..."
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¡Gracias franglish! Creo que el pasado funciona mejor en el contexto.
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Mónica Algazi
: Así como está redactado.
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¡Muchas gracias Mónica! Saludos
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True words...
Native in: English (Variant: US) , Spanish (Variant: Latin American)
Works in: Spanish to English, Spanish, English, and 1 more.
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