Behind - Detrás (The 2044th Most Common Spanish Word)

The Spanish translation for Behind is Detrás. This word often comes up when talking about being & changes, location & place, sport, cooperation. It is classified as a B1 word, and is the 2044th most common word in Spanish. It can be used as adverb. You can find example sentences below to provide context, and you can also listen to how the word is pronounced. Our app contains over 60,000 example sentences, pronunciations, and various practice types for the 3000 most common Spanish words. Download it now to discover them all.

Pronunciation

en English: behind

es Spanish: detrás

Examples

en es
She's right behind you. Él está justo detrás de ti.
I'm right behind her. Están justo detrás de vosotros.
I suppose that behind each thing we have to do, there's something we want to do... Supongo que detrás de cada cosa que tenemos que hacer, hay algo que queremos hacer...
He was right behind me. Él estaba justo detrás de mí.
Look behind you ¡Mira detrás de ti
Someone's behind me. Hay alguien detrás de mí.
With most things there's both what you see and what's behind it. Con la mayoría de las cosas, hay tanto lo que ves como lo que hay detrás.
Somebody must be behind this. Alguien debe estar detrás de esto.

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Behind - Detrás (The 2044th Most Common Spanish Word)
I knew you were behind this. Sabía que estaban detrás de esto.
She's right behind me. Está justo detrás de mí.
Don't back up. There's a tree behind you. No des marcha atrás. Hay un árbol detrás de ti.
People also live behind the mountain. También vive gente detrás de la montaña.
I'm behind in my paperwork. Estoy detrás de mis papeles.
There's a house behind the trees. Detrás de los árboles hay una casa.
He was standing behind the door. Estaba parado detrás de la puerta.
Someone is standing behind the wall. Hay alguien parado detrás de la pared.
Pass a ball quickly to a person behind you. Pase una pelota rápidamente a una persona detrás de usted.
Let's hide behind the curtain. Ocultémonos detrás de la cortina.
The moon is behind the clouds. La luna está detrás de las nubes.
He stood behind the chair. Se paró detrás de la silla.
He was the brains behind the plot. Él era la mente detrás del complot.

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Behind - Detrás (The 2044th Most Common Spanish Word)

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