Spanish Word for nun  

English Word: nun

Spanish Word: monja
The Spanish Word for nun
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My sister became a nun.
Mi hermana se hizo monja.

Yesterday I heard of a nun who was told she was being rescued and she should not look at the church.
Ayer me dijeron que a una monja le anunciaron que la iban a rescatar y que no se volviera para mirar a su iglesia.
In October, the nun Ngawang Sangdrol was released after decades of imprisonment, following massive international protests, including those from the European Parliament itself.
En octubre, fue puesta en libertad la monja Ngawang Sangdrol, tras décadas de encarcelamiento, como consecuencia de multitudinarias protestas internacionales, incluidas las del propio Parlamento Europeo.
The Chinese army has recently carried out yet another barbaric killing. On this occasion a defenceless Tibetan nun was murdered crossing the border into Nepal.
Recientemente, el ejército chino ha ejecutado un nuevo y bárbaro asesinato: en esta ocasión, una indefensa monja tibetana ha sido asesinada cruzando la frontera hacia Nepal.
A 17-year old nun was killed; a 20-year old was seriously injured; some individuals are missing and 29 people, including 14 children, were arrested.
Murió una monja de diecisiete años; una de veinte quedó gravemente herida; algunas personas desaparecieron y 29 fueron arrestadas, entre ellas 14 niños.
We need to learn from the example of love and reconciliation shown by the holy martyrs of Auschwitz; Maximilian Kolbe, a Polish monk, and Edith Stein, a Jewish nun.
Tenemos que aprender del ejemplo de amor y reconciliación que dieron los santos mártires de Auschwitz; Maximiliano Kolbe, un monje polaco, y Edith Stein, una monja judía.
Kelsang Namtso, a seventeen-year-old nun, was killed; many people were wounded, and thirty arrested, among them women and nine children.
Murió Kelsang Namtso, una monja de diecisiete años, y muchas otras personas resultaron heridas; treinta, detenidas, entre las cuales había mujeres y nueve niños.
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