La Palabra del Día : el comodín
el comodín - (noun) joker, wild card; catch-all, all purpose word, useful pretext; useful gadget
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Es fácil jugar una variedad de juego de naipes con los comodines
It is easy to play rummy with the jokers
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Me gusta ser el comodín de la baraja. Una risa vale más que un ceño fruncido.
I like being the joker in the pack. A laugh is worth more than a frown.
En español igual que en inglés hay verbos comodín como tener, poner, haber, hacer, dar - que tienen un sentido vago y por eso se pueden adaptar para expresar una multitud de conceptos distintos.
In Spanish as in English there are 'catch-all' verbs like tener, poner, haber, hacer and dar, which have quite a vague meaning and because of this they can be adapted to express a multitude of different concepts.
Recientemente he descubierto una palabra comodín:stuff. Nunca sé cómo entenderla, ni mucho menos cómo usarla.
I recently discovered an all purpose word: stuff. I never know how to understand it, and much less how to use it.
Batman tiene un enemigo que se llama El comodin.
Batman has an ememy whose name is the Joker.
En esta baraja francesa, los cuatros de corazones son definitivamente "comodines"!
In this deck of cards, the four of hearts are definitely "wildcards".
Aquí tenemos algunos comodines en inglés: thingie, whatchamacallit, thingamajig, stuff, junk, crud.
Here are some catch-all words in English: thingie, whatchamacallit, thingamajig, stuff, junk, crud.
El comodín silvestre era un concurso de televisión Américano.
The Joker's Wild was an American television game show.
En Bolivia los naipes comodines se llaman 'monas' .
In Bolivia the wild cards (jokers) are called 'monkeys'
Me gusta cuando traen en comodines en los programas de realidad.
I like when they bring on wildcards in reality programs.
Who is the joker in the purple suit?
¿Quién es el comodín en de traje morado?
Mi equipo es un comodín en las eliminatorias de este año.
My team is a wildcard in the playoffs this year.
The joker in the royal court is the only one who can speak the truth to the people in power.
El comodín en la corte real es la única persona que puede decir la verdad a la gente en el poder.
This is Jon Stewart, a U.S. comedian with a television show, The Daily Show, that mocks and parodies the U.S. government and media. He functions as a modern-day court jester.
Historically, the court jester was given the task of entertaining the king and his court, but in this oftentimes dangerous occupation lies the essence of the fool’s role: to tell the truth. More than anyone else, the jester was given license to mock the king, vent the frustrations of the people, and so on, under the guise of comedy.
The jester was unique in that he was allowed to speak "truth to power." And a successful jester could make himself virtually immune to the taunts, threats, and insults from powerful people that might not otherwise appreciate the humor directed towards them as much as their superior, the king.
El grupo escénico “El Comodín Joven” va a participar en un certamen de teatro clásico.
( The theatrical group “The Wild Young” will participate in a contest of classical theater. )
... correcciones se llevará a cabo ¡como se sugiere!
El niño no está enfermo, es solo un pretexto para no tener que ir a la escuela.
The boy isn't sick, it's just a pretext so that he doesn't have to go to school.
(Help welcome...would this be the right way to use comodín as a "useful pretext"?)
En la universidad estudié la Sociología del Juego (o sea, de apostar) y la catedrática nos enseñó que la carta del comodín no figura tanto en los juegos de cartas modernos porque representa el elemento de "posibilidad" ¡y ahora somos mucho más rígidos que nuestros colegas medievales!
At university I studied Sociology of Gambling and the profesor taught us that the Joker card doesn't appear so much in modern card games because it represents the element to "chance" and now we're much more ridgid than out Medieval counterparts!
