he was holding a shovel

Spanish translation: sostenía una pala

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English term or phrase:	he was holding a shovel
Spanish translation:	sostenía una pala
Entered by:	jenny morenos

07:48 Dec 6, 2020

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English term or phrase: he was holding a shovel

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on the ground there was a body bag and inside there was someone dead . as he was staring at this body bag, the Holy Spirit was telling him to look up . ** As he was looking up, in his left hand , he was holding a shovel . ** he was looking at the shovel and at the bag . the Holy Spirit was telling him that he was there for a reason . he was there to help humans bury bodies in the ground . millions are gonna die . there’s gon be a huge tsunami wave that’s gonna strike the land . millions and millions of humans will perish very very soon .

en el suelo había una bolsa para cadáveres y dentro había alguien muerto . mientras miraba la bolsa para cadáveres, el Espíritu Santo le dijo que mirara hacia arriba . ** mientras miraba hacia arriba, con su mano izquierda, teniendo sosteniendo una pala . ** miraba la pala y la bolsa . el Espíritu Santo le dijo que estaba allí por una razón . estaba allí para ayudar a los seres humanos a enterrar los cuerpos en el suelo . millones van a morir . va a haber una enorme ola de tsunami que va a golpear la tierra . millones y millones de seres humanos van a perecer muy muy pronto .

As he was looking up, in his left hand , he was holding a shovel .

mientras miraba hacia arriba, con su mano izquierda, teniendo una pala .

mientras miraba hacia arriba, con su mano izquierda, sosteniendo una pala .

mientras miraba hacia arriba, en su mano izquierda, tenía una pala .

mientras miraba hacia arriba, en su mano izquierda, sostenía una pala .

jenny morenos
France

sostenía una pala

Explanation:
Yo creo.

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Víctor Zamorano
Spain
Local time: 07:29

Grading comment

My spanish is bad so I was confused, i was almost sure it was tener, and I didn't know the verb sostener
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5 +6

sostenía una pala

Víctor Zamorano

aguantaba una pala

Natalia Pedrosa

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22 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +6

sostenía una pala

Explanation:
Yo creo.

Víctor Zamorano
Spain
Local time: 07:29
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Spanish
PRO pts in category: 28

Grading comment

My spanish is bad so I was confused, i was almost sure it was tener, and I didn't know the verb sostener

3 hrs confidence:

aguantaba una pala

Explanation:
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Note added at 5 days (2020-12-12 06:06:40 GMT) Post-grading
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Aguantar algo en las manos es sostenerlo. Saludos.

Natalia Pedrosa
Spain
Local time: 07:29
Native speaker of:

Spanish,

Catalan,

English
PRO pts in category: 24

Notes to answerer

Asker: thank you very much for helping me; i didn't know aguantar also meant that

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