La palabra del día: amanecer

Question

amanecer - to rise (sun), to get light outside; to get up (person); to begin to appear, or to show itself (metaphorical)

Post your sentences and vote for the ones you like. The correct answer will be chosen tomorrow on the basis of the biggest number of votes.

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Recientemente amanezco con un dolor de la espalda y por eso volví a practicar yoga.

I've been waking up with a back pain recently and that's why I started doing yoga again.

• For aches and pains, take raw garlic. Mince it, and drink it with a glass of liquid. - Rex_W Nov 7, 2009
• But don't breath on anyone afterwards! - sheila-foste Nov 7, 2009
• jejeje... I´ve prepared a salad spiced with garlic for my husband´s birthday today :) - Issabela Nov 7, 2009
• The best thing for back pain is situps/crunches. I do 600 per day--sciatica is great motivation. - lorenzo9 Nov 7, 2009

Answer 1

Levántate, resplandece, porque ha llegado tu luz y la gloria del SEÑOR ha amanecido sobre ti.

Arise, shine, for your light has come, and the glory of the Lord rises upon you.

Answer 2

"A amanecer, usaremos esto cofre de tesoro vacio como cebo para atrapar los piratas. Estaré buceo en la bahía y esconderé detrás un roca y señal cuando a caerá la red de pescar."

"Al amanecer usaremos este cofre de tesoro vacío como cebo para atrapar a los piratas. Estaré buceando en la bahía y me esconderé detrás de una roca, luego les daré la señal para lanzar la red de pescar."

• Thanks for spending all the time you do on corrections. - Seitheach Nov 7, 2009
• No problem, just double check later, because I've been overlooking things. I edited something just now. - 0068e2f4 Nov 7, 2009
• Wow -- Cool. Thanks for fixing my post. It reads and sounds so much better than I wrote! I always write and talk over ability -- it is fun. - Daniel Nov 7, 2009

Answer 3

Me gustan la verano porque el sol amanece a primera hora. No me gustan las mañanas obscuro.

• Oops - I bet that should be "obscura" - sheila-foste Nov 7, 2009
• Or even 'obscuras', possibly? - Jespa Nov 7, 2009
• Probably! - sheila-foste Nov 7, 2009
• How about " me gusta el verano"? - 00515f39 Nov 7, 2009
• Oh well - I tried! - sheila-foste Nov 7, 2009
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Answer 4

Un fantasma se amaneció en mi cama conmigo. Me asustó porque él estaba sin ropa.

A ghost woke up in my bed with me. He scared me because he had no clothes on.

• No le temerías si lleva ropa entonces? o.o - 003487d6 Nov 7, 2009
• Un fantasma amaneció...probably wouldn't have scared him if the fantasma was a she. - 0068e2f4 Nov 7, 2009
• Boo! lol :D - Issabela Nov 7, 2009

Answer 5

Antes de que amaneciera, escribí mi frase para el concurso de la palabra del día.

Before sunrise, I wrote my sentence for the "word of the day" contest.

Answer 6

La hora más oscura es justo antes del amanecer / The darkest hour is just before dawn

Answer 7

Todos los días me despierto antes del amanecer.

I get up before dawn everyday.

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• Todos los días me despierto antes del amanacer. ..desPIerto - 0068e2f4 Nov 7, 2009
• Gracias. - lorenzo9 Nov 7, 2009

Answer 8

El cielo rojo al atardecer augura buen tiempo, el cielo rojo al amanecer augura el mal.

Red sky at dusk foretells good weather, red sky at dawn foretells the bad.

Answer 9

Esto es de una poema escribió en "Spanglish"

"nosotros estamos entrelazados como el amanecer

nosotros estamos entrelazados como el atardecer

noche y día, oscuridad y luz

I speak the words, and you are the truth"

(we are intertwined like the dawn

we are intertwined like the dusk

day and night, darkness and light

hablo las palabras, y tú eres la verdad)

• I was trying to say "a poem that I wrote in Spanglish" - did I conjugate it wrong? - aloshek Nov 7, 2009
• Este es un poema que escribí en Spanglish. - 0068e2f4 Nov 7, 2009
• That's why it is always a good idea to write everything in both languages. - 0068e2f4 Nov 7, 2009

Answer 10

¿Cómo amaneciste? No pude dormir bien anoche porque tuve algunos sueños extraños.

Answer 11

• "amanecer"

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"A amanecer, usaremos esto cofre de tesoro vacio como cebo para atrapar los piratas. Estaré buceo en la bahía y esconderé detrás un roca y señal cuando a caerá la red de pescar."

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(At dawn, we will use this empty treasure chest as bait to catch the pirates. I will be skindiving in the bay and hide behind a rock and signal when to drop the fishing net.)

Answer 12

Did you mean to type "despierto"?

What you typed seems to mean "I woke up before sunrise everyday."

Please enlighten me (so to speak!).

• je je - funny, Carlo! - aloshek Nov 7, 2009
• It is obviously a typo. For it to be a word it would have to be either despierto or despertó (with the accent on the O) Mi madre me despertó enojada. DespertO is not a word. - 0068e2f4 Nov 7, 2009

Answer 13

Ya viene amaneciendo y La luz ya nos alumbra.

Her comes the dawn and its light illuminates us.

Answer 14

Me encanta pasear por la playa al amanecer.

I love to walk on the beach at dawn.

Answer 15

Como me consigo más viejo encuentro que amenezco en la oscuridad y la espera el amanacer.

As I get older I find that I wake in darkness and wait for down.