| wave | Fui arrastrado por una enorme ola. | I was swept away by a rogue wave... |
| wave | Estoy cabalgando la ola, flotando. | I'm riding the wave, just floating. |
| wave | Una pequeña ola origina un tsunami. | A slight wave gives rise to a tsunami. |
| wave | Cuando vieron la ola era demasiado tarde. | But then they saw the wave and it was too late. |
| wave | Mickey baja una ola muy empinada. | [Corky] Mickey's dropping into a very steep wave. |
| wave | Me estaba golpeando esta ola de desesperanza. | I was just kind of getting hit by this wave of hopelessness. |
| wave | Una terrible ola de paquetes bomba. | A wave of parcel bombs that spread terror. |
| wave | Ponga rumbo a la ola solitón. | Lay in a course for the soliton wave. |
| wave | Está braceando y viene la ola. | She is paddling and here comes the wave. |
| wave | Desházte de esta última ola y hagámonlo. | Shake off that last wave, and let's do this. |
| wave | Podría iniciar una ola de crímenes. | It may be the beginning of a crime wave. |
| wave | Una ola de represión estatal recorre Filipinas. | People in the Philippines are currently suffering a wave of state repression. |
| wave | Una ola de indignación recorrió fábricas y talleres. | A wave of indignation ran through the shops and factories. |
| wave | Una ola de protestas inunda Europa. | The wave of social protests rolls across Europe. |
| wave | Los surfers locales dominan la ola. | The local surfers have mastered in riding this wave. |
| wave | Una ola de esperanza tomó sus corazoncitos. | A new wave of hope seemed to take over their hearts. |
| wave | La ola de indignación dura ya cierto tiempo. | The wave of indignation has already lasted quite some time. |
| wave | Es como surfear una ola de positivismo. | It's like I'm surfing on this wave of positivity. |
| tide | Esta proposición frenaría la ola de desalojos. | Proposition G would slow down the tide of evictions. |
| tide | La ola viene, y la ola se va. | The tide comes in, and the tide goes out. |
| wave | En la película, el transatlántico Poseidón es volcado por una ola gigante. | In the movie, the transatlantic Poseidon is overturned by a huge wave. |
| wave | La ola de calor está produciendo muchos desmayos. | The heat wave is causing a lot of fainting spells. |
| the in thing | La nueva ola es salir a la calle con los zapatos en la mano. | Nowadays, the in thing is to go out with your shoes in hand. |
| kids, kids today | La nueva ola cree que el dinero cae del cielo. | Kids now a days think money grows on trees. |
| new wave | Este nuevo álbum busca rendir tributo a aquella nueva ola de la que hoy quedan muy pocos exponentes. | This new album seeks to pay tribute to the new wave of which there are very few exponents today . |