La palabra del día: la orilla

Question

la orilla - shore, shoreline, bank; edge; hem; pavement

orilla en SpanishDict

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Leí "A orillas del río Piedra me senté y lloré” de Paulo Coelho pero no me gustó, porque era demasiado sentimental para mí.

I read "By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept" by Paulo Coelho but I didn't like it, because it was too sentimental for me.

no me gustó - 00494d19, DIC 3, 2009

BBuenos días amiga:) - 00494d19, DIC 3, 2009

Buenos :) - Issabela, DIC 3, 2009

Buenas...sí, ya sé que somos raros...jeje, si lo dices suelto, solo puedes decir buenas - 00494d19, DIC 3, 2009

No he comprendido todo :( - Issabela, DIC 3, 2009

Answer 1

Se dice prohibido pisar el césped pero hay un gorila loco en la orilla del Orinoco, orinando.

It says don't walk on the grass, but there is a mad gorilla urinating on the bank of the Orinoco.

:) - 00494d19, DIC 3, 2009

Answer 2

Soy Mariana. Vendo conchas cerca de la orilla del mar.

I'm Marianne. I sell seashells by the seashore.

:) - 00494d19, DIC 3, 2009

I like it :)) - Issabela, DIC 3, 2009

:) - webdunce, DIC 3, 2009

Oh, so you're the one I've always heard about. - Goyo, DIC 3, 2009

That sounds like a hard business to run. People will find shells anyway. - lisa13, DIC 3, 2009

And I've always thought that the person who sells seashells by the seashore was she ;)) - Issabela, DIC 3, 2009

Answer 3

Mi idea de un buen momento es para pescar a orillas con caña de pescar y gusanos, estando acostado en la hamaca, y beber a sorbos de margaritas.

My notion of a good time is to fish from the bank, with a fishing pole and worms, laying in a hammock and sipping margaritas.

Can I come too? - --Mariana--, DIC 3, 2009

Sí, sí, es una hamaca para dos. ;) - Goyo, DIC 3, 2009

Everything except the worms :)) - Issabela, DIC 3, 2009

We could find a way around that. jeje - Goyo, DIC 3, 2009

Answer 4

La reino le permitió a besar la orilla de su vestido. The queen permitted him to kiss the hem of her garment.

Answer 5

"Tú has venido a la orilla. No has buscado ni a sabio ni a ricos.Tan solo quieres que yo te siga"

"(Lord) You have come to the shore. You haven't sought wisdom or riches. You only want that I follow you."

Lyrics from Pescador de Hombres/Lord, You Have Come by José Guadalupe Esparza. Popular song in my Church.

Answer 6

La corta de arboles en las orillas del río daña el ecosistema, ya que los raíces suelen impedir la erosión y las ramas suelen atrapar desecho.

Cutting trees at the banks of the river damages the ecosystem, since the roots stop erosion and the branches trap debris.

(Channeling my other life as ecologist )