La palabra del día: el molde

Question

el molde - baking mold, baking pan, baking tin; mold, pattern, model; the matrix in which anything is cast or receives its form; person who has reached the highest grade in anything: example

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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Si pudiera cocinar mejor, le haría una tarta de cumpleaños en un molde de corazón para mi marido.

Issa, try again, you can do better than that, sentence makes no sense, look at the verb!! - 00494d19, Nov 3, 2009

The point is that I actually have no idea about how to make a second conditional sentence in Spanish :( - Issabela, Nov 3, 2009

"If I could bake better, I would make a birthday cake in a heart-shaped molde for my husband" - Issabela, Nov 3, 2009

All you need to do is replace "mejorar" with "mejor." - c41f84dfc9, Nov 3, 2009

If that's the only thing that was wrong (have no idea why I wrote "mejorar" - verb instead of "mejor" - adverb), then you're my heroe, rex :)) - Issabela, Nov 3, 2009

That should do it. It looks good to me. :) - c41f84dfc9, Nov 3, 2009

Answer 1

En mi casa, me esfuerzo por mantenerme muy lejos del molde. Si quiero algo horneado, lo compro.

In my house, I strive to stay far away from the baking pan. If I want something baked, I buy it.

lol - 00494d19, Nov 3, 2009

Es un honor recibir votos de dos reinas, una de España y la otra de Polonia. :) - c41f84dfc9, Nov 3, 2009

Polonia es una república ;)) - Issabela, Nov 4, 2009

Answer 2

Cuando Diós te hizo, rompió el molde.

When God made you, he broke the mold.

jajajajaja One of the cases when literal translation works well. - 0068e2f4, Nov 3, 2009

Answer 3

Conocí a un hombre que no sabía cocinar. Puso un trozo de carne de cerdo en el horno sin usar un molde. Cuando la carne estaba cocida, había 2 centímetros de grasa en la parte inferior del horno.

I knew a man who didn't know how to cook. He put a joint of pork in the oven without using a baking tray. When the meat was cooked, there were 2 centimeters of fat at the bottom of the oven.

lol, trozo de carne - 00494d19, Nov 3, 2009

Thanks - 00515f39, Nov 3, 2009

...en el fondo del horno. The bottom of the oven - 0068e2f4, Nov 3, 2009

Answer 4

Abastécete de agua para el asedio, refuerza tus fortalezas, métete en el lodo y pisa el barro, toma el molde de ladrillos.

Draw water for the siege, strengthen your defenses! Work the clay, tread the mortar, repair the brickwork!

Is this for building a levee or a bunker? - 0068e2f4, Nov 3, 2009

Preparing city walls for a siege. - Seitheach, Nov 3, 2009

Sounds pretty medieval to me. - nizhoni1, Nov 3, 2009

Boil the oil - nizhoni1, Nov 3, 2009

Answer 5

"Presiento que soy un molde de mi padres."

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(I have a feeling I am a mold of my parents.)

Solid - 0068e2f4, Nov 3, 2009

Answer 6

En mi casa, me esfuerzo por quedarme muy lejos del molde. Si quiero algo horneado, lo compro.

Usually we say: En mi casa yo le huyo a la cocina I flee from the kitchen

maybe you want to work on that first sentence. "...quedarme muy lejos del molde" is a literal translation. It's not Spanish...maybe if you use "trato de alejarme de" or "En mi casa trato de mantener lejos de los moldes de cocina..."

"En mi casa trato de mantenerme lejos de la cocina"

" I try to stay far away from the kitchen."

What if I switch "quedarme" with "mantenerme?" I need the verb "esforzarse" to convey humor. - c41f84dfc9, Nov 3, 2009

Me esfuerzo por mantenerme lejos...Good!!! - 0068e2f4, Nov 3, 2009

Hago el esfuerzo por mantenerme lejos...Hago is like you are intentionally doing it - 0068e2f4, Nov 3, 2009

Answer 7

Una estatua de metal se hace mediante vertiendo de metal fundido en un molde.

 

A metal statue is made by pouring molten metal into a mould.

Una estatua de metal se hace vertiendo el metal fundido en un molde.--- Good Moe! Just scratch "mediante" - 0068e2f4, Nov 3, 2009

Answer 8

If I had a baking mold it would serve me best to fill it with mould. Si tuviera un molde de hornear me serviría mejor llenarlo con moho o hongo,.

If you are British, it is "mould". If you are American, it is "mold". If you are a mugwump who uses both, then, maybe you are a Canadian. - Moe, Nov 3, 2009

"Mugwump" sits on the fence with his face (mug) on one side and his 'wump' on the other. - Moe, Nov 3, 2009