English-Spanish translations for halt

pararDe lo contrario, difícilmente pararemos esta masacre. Otherwise, it will be difficult to halt this massacre. Soy partidario del progreso y el progreso no se puede parar. I am in favour of progress and progress cannot be halted.
altoEn cambio, las fuerzas militares internacionales tan sólo han traído un alto en las hostilidades. Instead, international military force has merely brought about a halt in hostilities. Lo primero que cabría hacer es pues escuchar al público cuando dice "no" o cuando pide que se haga un alto. Therefore start by listening to the public when they say 'no' or when they tell you to call a halt.

To limp; move with a limping gait
To stand in doubt whether to proceed, or what to do; hesitate; be uncertain; linger; delay; mammer
To be lame, faulty, or defective, as in connection with ideas, or in measure, or in versification
To falter
To stop marching
To bring to a stop
A cessation, either temporary or permanent
A minor railway station in the United Kingdom
Lame, limping
Lameness; a limp

The contract negotiations halted operations for at least a week
The contract negotiations put a halt to operations
The halt itself never achieved much importance, even with workers coming to and from the adjacent works

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