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The English Word of the Day = Spend

The English Word of the Day = Spend

14
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to spend (verb)

  • money: gastar
  • effort, use: esfuerzo
  • time: pasar
  • devote time to: emplear tiempo; dedicarse
  • spend the night = pernoctar

Thanks Diagonx, Francobollo, a.a.o. for helping us out with the Spanish (whenever you can and want!), while we are waiting for our new 'official' corrector!


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Mi frase/my sentence:

Yesterday I spent a day at the beach. Nothing is as calming, relaxing, soothing and comforting, especially when it is not too crowded.

Ayer pasé un día en la playa. Nada es tan calmante, relajante, alivador y reconfortante, sobre todo cuando no hay demasiada gente.

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¿Has visto todas las contribuciones en 'The Word of the Day' de ayer? Todos los jugadores merecen tu atención (y votos).

Did you see all the entries of yesterday's Word of the Day? All players deserve your attention (and votes).

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updated Jun 3, 2013
edited by mcl020
posted by mcl020
Great to see you again how are you , and thanks for the keeping the thread going. - ray76, May 31, 2013
I agree with you. I love the sea. I love having it to myself. - katydew, May 31, 2013
Gracias for all the work you do mc:) - Jraider, May 31, 2013
Hi Marijke! Thanks again for all the time you spend doing this. I love today's photo...'the sea and me' is one of my favourite expressions. - 0095ca4c, May 31, 2013
Nice post! - 0080b918, May 31, 2013
a photo worth a thousand words! Nice post! - chellapadua, May 31, 2013
...alivador y reconfortante...demasiada gente. - diagonx, May 31, 2013
A lightning might as well come keep her warm company if she waits long enough - diagonx, May 31, 2013
thanks Mc - Aranjuez12, Jun 1, 2013
Thanks a lot Diagonx for the corrections! I appreciate you(r hard work) a lot!! - mcl020, Jun 1, 2013
Thanks for the comment ray, katy, jraider, Margherite, chellapadua, Aran and diagonx ;-) - mcl020, Jun 1, 2013

15 Answers

11
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Life is like a coin: you can spend it any way you choose, but you can only spend it once.

La vida es como una moneda: puedes gastarla de la manera que te parezca, pero sólo puedes gastarla una vez.

~Lillian Dickson

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updated Jun 1, 2013
posted by PumpkinCalabaza
Reincarnation???? - Jraider, May 31, 2013
You are quick today Jraider...yes, I agree. - 0095ca4c, May 31, 2013
Not to say it's not worth it though:) - Jraider, May 31, 2013
i do agree with margherite - 0080b918, May 31, 2013
Neat. - annierats, May 31, 2013
Great quote! - mcl020, Jun 1, 2013
9
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¿Sabes algo? Estoy harta de siempre haber de hacer ahorros y más ahorros. Nunca vemos los ahorros, quiero gastar y comprar, sin pensar en mi cuenta bancaria. ¡Ojalá!

Do you know something, I'm fed up with always having to make endless savings. We never see these savings, I want to spend and buy, without thinking of my bank account. If only..

updated Jun 3, 2013
edited by annierats
posted by annierats
Well, in moderation, a new pair of jeans, a nice bottle of wine, a meal out.. - annierats, May 31, 2013
You can always take the store manager for a meal out with a nice botlte of wine in exchange for the jeans, you'll enjoy it all - diagonx, May 31, 2013
That's agood idea, depending what he looks like.. - annierats, May 31, 2013
Good work annie:) - Jraider, May 31, 2013
I hope financial luck will be with you soon, annie!! - mcl020, Jun 1, 2013
9
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I am going to spend a penny - as soon as I can find a loo.

Voy a gastar un centavo - tan pronto como puedo encontrar un inódoro.

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or a pissoir of course - then it will cost not a centime.

updated Jun 2, 2013
edited by ian-hill
posted by ian-hill
One thing I don't think you should have to pay for. When you gotta go you gotta go!!!! - Jraider, May 31, 2013
What is this pic of? - chellapadua, May 31, 2013
Me voy a gastar...pronto como encuentre un inodoro. - diagonx, May 31, 2013
Spending a penny? - pmikan-pam, May 31, 2013
Ian tiene ganas de orinar, en inglés decimos : spend a penny! - annierats, May 31, 2013
Ian, maybe you should put it up as a mystery question! - annierats, May 31, 2013
:) I thought everyone knew what this was Annie. - ian-hill, May 31, 2013
We had some like that in Melbourne years ago , they were sold off to the U S A for feeding troughs. - ray76, Jun 1, 2013
a Dutch one...... - Aranjuez12, Jun 1, 2013
Yes, this is my city. And you can smell these things from miles away ;-((( Bleeeeggghhhhh - mcl020, Jun 1, 2013
9
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Me gasta demasiado dinero en comida y bebida ,

tengo que dejar de y beber comer pronto, o estar quiebra.

I spend too much money on food and drink ,

I have to stop eating and drinking soon ,or be bankrupt.

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updated Jun 1, 2013
edited by Jraider
posted by ray76
I get a creepy crawly feeling just looking at this image. eeehhh - katydew, May 31, 2013
¿Cuánto dinero necesita un caníbal? - Jraider, May 31, 2013
Heads he wins tails you lose :) - ian-hill, May 31, 2013
Well his food bills would be lower, did you see him as "Alfred Hitchcock" brilliant. - ray76, May 31, 2013
I guess delikatessen for Dr Lecter must be quite expensive; brains au vin maybe? - diagonx, May 31, 2013
Now I am going to have nightmares!! Jokes :) Anthony Hopkins is a great actor! - chellapadua, May 31, 2013
I'd rather have you eat all items in picture 1 than humans ;-)))) I missed his Alfred Hitchcock's impersonation. - mcl020, Jun 1, 2013
8
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Don't spend time loving things instead of people. No pases el tiempo amando a las cosas en vez de a las personas.

updated Jun 3, 2013
edited by pmikan-pam
posted by pmikan-pam
No pases el tiempo amando a las cosas en vez de a las personas. - diagonx, May 31, 2013
Thank you for your help diagonx! - pmikan-pam, May 31, 2013
Very nice! - chellapadua, May 31, 2013
=) - diagonx, May 31, 2013
Matierialism bad. Spiritualism good! - Jraider, May 31, 2013
Muchas gracias chellapadua! - pmikan-pam, May 31, 2013
Si si JR! Catch lots of fish for me to clean so we can make the cats happy. - pmikan-pam, May 31, 2013
Good advice. - katydew, Jun 1, 2013
thank goodness.....Languages are not things. :-) - Aranjuez12, Jun 1, 2013
Great advice, Pammy ;-) - mcl020, Jun 1, 2013
7
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I'd spend my life working; but then, I wouldn't get to live it.

Me pasaría la vida trabajando; pero si lo hiciera, no la viviría.

updated Jun 1, 2013
posted by diagonx
It depends on how much you enjoy your work. - togtog, May 31, 2013
Yes, now my work has run out, I'm a bit lost.. You have agood point. - annierats, May 31, 2013
Fact is most people just won't get their "fulfulling dream job", but just the jobs they can get; and a bon vivre, as they say, doesn't include that - diagonx, May 31, 2013
Because they settle d:) - Jraider, May 31, 2013
If you do your job with complete absorption and to the best of your ability, then even a simple job can become pleasurable. Contentment comes from within. - togtog, May 31, 2013
Choices, choices, always choices. - katydew, Jun 1, 2013
7
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If I were a millionaire, I would spend most of the money on furthering my education.

Si fuera una millonaria, gastaría la mayoría del dinero en seguir con mi educación.

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updated Jun 1, 2013
edited by kdfore
posted by kdfore
Si fuera millonaria...del dinero en seguir con mi educación. - diagonx, May 31, 2013
You are way more studious than me chica:) - Jraider, May 31, 2013
Thanks for the corrections! And yes I love learning(: - kdfore, May 31, 2013
good one - Aranjuez12, Jun 1, 2013
6
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Yesterday, I spent the night in a tent beside the lake.

Ayer, pernocté en una carpa junto el al lago.

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updated Jun 1, 2013
edited by 0095ca4c
posted by 0095ca4c
I'm envious:(((( - Jraider, May 31, 2013
lol - 0080b918, May 31, 2013
I would do this every day if the weather permitted :) Bien hecho! - chellapadua, May 31, 2013
... al lago. - diagonx, May 31, 2013
One of my favorite things to do! Enjoy - pmikan-pam, May 31, 2013
Me too - 0080b918, May 31, 2013
All alone? :)) - Noetol, May 31, 2013
Super minivacation, Margherite ;-) - mcl020, Jun 1, 2013
6
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I'm going to spend next week in Croatia, so no Spanish for me! Vidimo se kasnije!

¡Voy a pasar la próxima semana en Croacia, por tanto nada de español para mí! Vidimo se kasnije!

Vidimo se kasnije! = See you later in Croatian.

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updated Jun 1, 2013
edited by togtog
posted by togtog
nice photo! - chellapadua, May 31, 2013
It's Paklenica national park. - togtog, May 31, 2013
If you say "ningún español para mí"; it will understood as "no Spanish men for me" - diagonx, May 31, 2013
Have a great time - pmikan-pam, May 31, 2013
"...nada de español..." - diagonx, May 31, 2013
Thanks diagonx! I've edited it so that it doesn't sound as though I am off for a week of Croatian men! - togtog, May 31, 2013
What? No Spanish men in Croatia??? - Jraider, May 31, 2013
Croatia sounds like fun. I hear it's lovely there and they have wonderful coffee shops by the sea. - katydew, Jun 1, 2013
have fun - Aranjuez12, Jun 1, 2013
6
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El gobierno recomienda que gastemos más dinero para el bien de la economía.

A menudo me pregunto si la economía beneficia a la mayoría con nuestra generosidad.

The government recommends that we spend more money for the good of the economy.

I often wonder if the economy benefits the most from our generosity.

updated Jun 1, 2013
edited by Jraider
posted by Jraider
Bien hecho! - chellapadua, May 31, 2013
Well said, one really has to wonder - diagonx, May 31, 2013
...recomienda que gastemos...con nuestra... - diagonx, May 31, 2013
estimulante - pmikan-pam, May 31, 2013
Gracias pammy:))! - Jraider, May 31, 2013
Gracias diagonx:) - Jraider, May 31, 2013
huh, pictures from inside the presidential restroom. - Aranjuez12, Jun 1, 2013
I fear it's a rhetorical question ..... - mcl020, Jun 1, 2013
5
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En mi juventud, gasté la mayoría de mi dinero en las mujeres y el alcohol. El resto derroché.

In my youth, I spent most of my money on women and alcohol. The rest I wasted.

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updated Jun 3, 2013
edited by Noetol
posted by Noetol
My! She has a wonderful pair of Jeroboams. - togtog, May 31, 2013
The girls loved me too:) - Jraider, May 31, 2013
5
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If I had a dollar I would buy a piece of gum.

Si tuviera un dólar compraría una pieza de goma

updated Jun 1, 2013
posted by 0080b918
Chicle??? - Jraider, May 31, 2013
goma de mascar - pmikan-pam, May 31, 2013
Chicle! Pero si te gustarías masticar goma, no te preocupes.. - annierats, May 31, 2013
hola pmikan-pam! - 0080b918, May 31, 2013
5
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I am going to spend my life learning every day.

Voy a pasar mi vida aprendiendo cada día.

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updated Jun 1, 2013
posted by chellapadua
nice - 0080b918, May 31, 2013
Gracias Tick3r! - chellapadua, May 31, 2013
Inspirational chella:) - Jraider, May 31, 2013
gracias - 0080b918, May 31, 2013
5
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They longed to spend more time with their family, but distance kept them from doing that.

Anhelaban pasar más tiempo con su familia, pero la distancia les impidió previno hacer eso.

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updated Jun 1, 2013
edited by katydew
posted by katydew
Good one , i forgot about that spend , I was hooked on gastar like Hanibal. - ray76, May 31, 2013
Buena frase katy:) - Jraider, May 31, 2013
Good one; instead of "previno" you better use other verbs that better translate the meaning: "les impidió", "no les permitió" - diagonx, May 31, 2013
Thanks Diagonx. - katydew, May 31, 2013
Btw, Diagonx, how is prevenir used? - katydew, May 31, 2013
4
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Cuando tenía dieciséis me dedicaba mucho tiempo a mi colección de elepés pero estos días no tengo tiempo ni dinero suficientes.

When I was sixteen years I dedicated much time at my collection of LP's but these days I don't have sufficient time nor money.

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updated Jun 3, 2013
posted by Aranjuez12
y....no es mi casa......¡Qué pena! - Aranjuez12, Jun 1, 2013