Usages of el siglo
En ese siglo no existía el tren.
In that century, the train did not exist.
¿Qué bebían en el siglo quince?
What did they drink in the fifteenth century?
¿Quién inventó el teléfono hace un siglo?
Who invented the telephone a century ago?
Ellas inventaron la primera vacuna hace un siglo.
They invented the first vaccine a century ago.
No pudimos usar la bombilla hace dos siglos.
We could not use the lightbulb two centuries ago.
Hace un siglo, aseguraron que habitaríamos otro planeta.
A century ago, they assured that we would inhabit another planet.
El experto confirmó la autenticidad de la mesa; en efecto, es del siglo pasado.
The expert confirmed the authenticity of the table; indeed, it is from the last century.
La trilogía no es ninguna novedad: es del siglo pasado.
The trilogy is nothing new: it's from the last century.
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