Dejar de respirar durante un rato breve.
To stop breathing for a short time.
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Puedo aguantar la respiración bajo el agua un minuto. — I can hold my breath underwater for a minute.
No esperes con el alma en vilo su llamada. — Don't hold your breath waiting for his call.
Deja que aguante la respiración y cuente hasta veinte. — Let me hold my breath and count to twenty.
Espero con el alma en vilo hasta que salgan los resultados. — I'm holding my breath until the results come out.
Aguanto la respiración cada vez que el ascensor da un tirón. — I hold my breath every time the lift jolts.
Esperamos con el alma en vilo mientras los jueces deliberaban. — We held our breath while the judges talked.
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