Spanish Sentences using contener  

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Debemos contener el fuego.
We must contain the fire.
El despachador quiere que contengamos el fuego.
The dispatcher wants us to contain the fire.
¿Qué contenia?
What was inside it?
Contenia una máquina.
There was a camera inside.
¿Creíste que el libro contiene la verdad? No, no lo creí.
Did you believe that the book was true? No, I did not believe it.
Juan creyó algunas partes de él pero no creyó todo de lo que contiene.
Juan believed parts of it but he did not believe all of it.
Esta maleta sólo contiene objetos personales.
This case contains only personal belongings.
Esta maleta sólo contiene objetos personales.
This case contains only personal belongings.
Un paquete de cigarrillos contiene 21 cigarrillos.
A cigarettes pack has 21 cigarettes.
Ella se contuvo de decirle la verdad.
She held herself back from telling him the truth.
Esa botella contiene un litro.
That bottle contains one liter.
Habría llorado, si no me hubiese contenido.
I would have cried if I hadn’t held myself back.

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