Translation of "a trancas y barrancas" into English

with difficulty, with great difficulty, in fits and starts are the top translations of "a trancas y barrancas" into English. Sample translated sentence: En lugar de mi tartamudeo a trancas y barrancas una carta es más concisa. ↔ Instead of me stammering in fits and starts, a letter is more concise.

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  • with difficulty

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  • with great difficulty

    adverb

  • in fits and starts

    En lugar de mi tartamudeo a trancas y barrancas una carta es más concisa.

    Instead of me stammering in fits and starts, a letter is more concise.

  • in leaps and bounds

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Aún hoy, cuando evocamos a trancas y barrancas las «feudalidades» industriales o bancarias, ¿lo hacemos con calma?
"Even today, are we entirely dispassionate when we speak of industrial or financial ""feudalisms""?"
Nuestro progreso, como especie, ha sido lento, a trancas y barrancas, con casi tantos pasos atrás como adelante.
Our progress as a species has been slow, in fits and starts, with almost as many backward steps as forward.
El pueblo avanzó a trancas y barrancas hacia una especie de recuperación.
The village limped its way back to a sort of recovery.
A trancas y barrancas conseguí crear un libro Kindle y lo subí.
I managed to cobble together a Kindle book and uploaded it.
Después, y por redondear una noche perfecta, me llegué a trancas y barrancas hasta un K-Mart próximo.
Afterwards, to round off a perfect evening, I clambered over to a nearby K-Mart and had a look around.
Un judío o un moro conversos al cristianismo, a trancas y barrancas podían integrarse a la españolidad.
A Jew or Moor who converted to Christianity could, with great difficulty, integrate into Spanish society.
Este libro fue escrito a trancas y barrancas y en circunstancias inusuales.
This book was written in fits and starts, under unusual circumstances.
Cuando por fin la columna regresó a trancas y barrancas a Nautaca, Shinar me estaba esperando.
When at last the column staggered back into Nautaca, Shinar was waiting for me.
Paso por un puente, el tráfico avanza a trancas y barrancas por un carril de emergencia.
I am moving along a bridge, the traffic grinding in contraflow along the pavement edge.
Hasta finales del siglo XVIII, la «profesionalización» de las fuerzas armadas se produjo a trancas y barrancas.
Until the late eighteenth century, the “professionalizing” of the military had proceeded in fits and starts.
Entonces su jaula comienza a moverse hacia arriba a trancas y barrancas.
Then her cage starts to move upward in fits and starts.
Charles gemía y se quejaba, mientras que Georges procuraba a trancas y barrancas ocultar su aflicción.
Charles was groaning and complaining, while George was trying as hard as humanly possible to hide his discomfort.
Al cabo de diez minutos de caminar a trancas y barrancas, llegamos a la gasolinera de la esquina.
In about ten unsteady minutes, we’d reached the corner gas station.
Al final, a trancas y barrancas lo consiguieron; pero, lo creas o no, no sirvió de nada.
It was by the skin of their teeth that they even got them up there, but believe it or not: no use.
Esgrimiendo ese reconocimiento, pudo esa comunidad cruzar a trancas y barrancas por los últimos catorce siglos.
Armed with this protection, the community somehow managed to survive the past fourteen centuries.
Esto que estamos cruzando a trancas y barrancas, ¿es una carretera o un río?
Is this a road we are floundering upon, or a river?
Julia ha podido ir estudiando, a trancas y barrancas, durante los últimos seis años.
Julia has been able to study, in fits and bursts, over the last six years.
Estaba entre nosotros un visitante extranjero y Gertrud, como era habitual, traducía a trancas y barrancas.
A foreign visitor was among us and Gertrud, as usual, was struggling with the translation.
, casi todo el mundo, al final, sale adelante a trancas y barrancas... Me volví lentamente.
Most people, you know, seem to muddle through all right in the end . . .� I slowly turned back to him.
A trancas y barrancas, con denuedo y uno por uno, fueron leyendo un capítulo de Ivanhoe.
With many stumbles and a lot of encouragement, one by one, they lurched through a chapter of Ivanhoe.
Avanzaban a trancas y barrancas a 3 kilómetros por hora.
They crawled along at two miles an hour.
No reescribiré mi historia; seguiré adelante a trancas y barrancas hasta llegar al fin de ella.
I don’t get to rewrite my story; I just have to stumble to the end of it.
Día tras día, un poco a trancas y barrancas, durante Dios sabe cuánto tiempo.
They’ve muddled along blindly for God knows how long.
Traducido por tempestad, a trancas y barrancas
Translation from French: lyliakar Special thanks to Alessandra for helping me with Greek
Piedra entra casi a trancas y barrancas y un segundo después entra Gail arrastrándose tras él.
Stone comes in almost head over heels, and a second or two later Gail scrambles through after him.