| stop | Urge detener e invertir inmediatamente esta peligrosa tendencia. | It is imperative to stop and reverse, with immediacy, this dangerous trend. |
| stop | Rick, debemos detener la cremación. | Rick, we have to stop this cremation. |
| stop | Es mi deber como sheriff intentar detener esta violencia. | Apparently it's my duty as sheriff to try and stop this violence. |
| stop | La Inquisición sabría cómo detener su lengua. | The Inquisition would know how to stop her tongue. |
| stop | Tengo una idea para detener el colapso. | I have an idea how we can stop the collapsing of space-time. |
| stop | Samantha, tienes para detener esto. | Samantha, you have got to stop this. |
| stop | Puede detener el combate cuando quiera. | You may stop the combat at any moment. |
| stop | Usted ni siquiera intentó detener esta agresión. | This aggression you did not even try to stop. |
| stop | Averiguaremos quién es después de detener el frenesí. | We figure out who she is after we stop the feeding frenzy. |
| stop | Al parecer intentó detener la sinestesia llevando gafas tintadas. | It looks like he tried to stop the synesthesia by wearing tinted glasses. |
| stop | Juntos, debemos detener corrupción como ésta. | Together, we need to stop corruption like this. |
| stop | Quieren detener todo contacto con especies alienígenas. | They want to stop all contact with alien species. |
| halt | No pudimos detener ni revertir la agresión serbia. | We could neither halt, nor roll back the Serbian aggression. |
| halt | Hay que detener la transmisión vertical. | Vertical transmission must be brought to a halt. |
| arrest | Pero te puedo detener por negligencia. | No, but I can arrest you for negligence. |
| arrest | Y daré orden de detener a su compañera. | And I shall give orders for the arrest of his female companion. |
| stop | Si el semáforo está en rojo, debes detener el vehículo. | If the traffic light is red, you should stop the car. |
| detain, hold | Detuvieron al sospechoso cuando trataba de salir del país. | The suspect was held (or: detained) as he was trying to flee the country. |
| detain | Detuvieron al culpable y lo pusieron a disposición de la autoridad competente. | They detained the accused and put him at the disposal of the competent authorities. |