La palabra del día: profundizar

Question

profundizar - to deepen, to go into depth

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

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Vengo aquí cada día para mejorar y profundizar mis capacidades lingüísticas. ¡Es estupendo que haya tanta gente que esté dispuesta a aprender y a ayudar a los demás!

I come here every day to improve and deepen my language skills. It's wonderful that there are so many people willing to learn and help others!

Corregid mi español, por favor :) - Issabela, DIC 20, 2009

Not too sure, but this may have to be "profundizar en". - Eddy, DIC 20, 2009

mis capacidades - samdie, DIC 20, 2009

I don't think so Eddy, because I've heard a native speaking: "...profundizar vuestro nivel de español hablado y escrito" - Issabela, DIC 20, 2009

que esté - 00494d19, DIC 21, 2009

eddy is right, in this case profundizar en - 00494d19, DIC 21, 2009

Answer 1

¿Puede una persona poca profunda profundizar su pensamiento?

Can a shallow person deepen their thinking?

:) - 00494d19, DIC 21, 2009

Answer 2

Ella profundizó su hechizo sobre mí con cada palabra hipnótica que habló.

She deepened her spell over me with every hypnotic word she spoke.

profundizó, mí - 0074b507, DIC 20, 2009

I can't believe I did that with profundiza. Actually, I can. Thank you. - Goyo, DIC 20, 2009

que habló - 00494d19, DIC 21, 2009

Gracias. - Goyo, DIC 21, 2009

Answer 3

Lo más mi comprensión de seres humanos profundiza, lo más los amo.

(The more my comprehension of human beings deepens, the more I love them).

'Cuanto más mi... se profundiza, más los amo.' Beautiful thought. :-) - chaparrito, DIC 20, 2009

Cuanto más que mi. ..se profundiza ,más que los amo. ??? - 0074b507, DIC 20, 2009

Answer 4

Estaba a punto de escribir una frase tratándose de la manera en que mis sentimientos por mi esposo se profundizan cada vez más, pero me di cuenta de que eso sería bien cursi y que haría que ustedes trasbocaran.

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I was about to write a sentence about the way in which my feelings for my husband deepen more and more, but I realized that it would be really corny and that it would make you guys puke.

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I'm sure there were some mistakes in my sentence so please let me know.

There are no mistakes in your serntence. You have in there a word that is new to me. I can guess at the meaning,so that is enough for now...later if I want or need to use it a I look it over. - 00769608, DIC 20, 2009

I got the word trasbocar from a book of Spanish Slang, "Hide this Spanish Book" by Berlitz. :) It, as you probably can guess, means vomit or puke. The book says it is used in el cono sur/Andes areas. - 003487d6, DIC 20, 2009

In Guatemala/El Salvador they say "guaquear" - Danieljoseph, DIC 20, 2009

hah oh I see.. kind of an onomatopoeia - 003487d6, DIC 20, 2009

You could just say vomitar. - BellaMargarita, DIC 21, 2009

Answer 5

Ayer nevó toda el día y hasta las tantas de la noche, casi medio metro de nieve. Por eso querría escibir una frase usando "profundizar" con relación de la nieve. Sin embargo no logré, así que no voy a profundizar en este tema.

Yesterday it snowed all day and late into the night, almost a half a meter. Therefore I wanted to write a sentence using "profundizar" in relation to the snow. However, I couldn´t figure one out, so I won´t dig deeper into that.

-Washington DC

I am in Baltimore, I know how you feel! I am so tired of being in my apartment ! Me vuelva loca:( :( - 003487d6, DIC 20, 2009

no lo logré - 00494d19, DIC 21, 2009

Answer 6

Lo más mi comprensión de seres humanos profundiza, lo más los amo.

Marianne, Quentin:The best way is cuanto....tanto....

Cuánto más se profundiza mi comprensión en los seres humanos, tanto más los amo.

'Cuánto...tanto'. Cool! I'll have to remember that one. - chaparrito, DIC 21, 2009

Answer 7

No sea tan profundizado. Te estaba bromando tio!

Don't be so serious man, I was only joking!

ta profundo, estaba bromeando - 00494d19, DIC 21, 2009

Answer 8

Se profundizó la complejidad de la situación con cada mentira sucesiva. He deepened the complexity of the situation with each successive lie.

Answer 9

... segundo día se reunieron con el escriba Esdras los jefes de las casas paternas de todo el pueblo, los sacerdotes y los levitas, para profundizar las palabras ...

...English please :) - Issabela, DIC 20, 2009

I don't know which specific Bible it's from, but check Nehemías 8:13. - 0074b507, DIC 20, 2009

Answer 10

Los cónyuges que tienen perspicacia tratarán de profundizar en el asunto y llegar a la raíz del problema.

The husband or wife having insight will probe beneath the surface and get to the core of the problem.

Answer 11

Gus wrote (about Issabela's comment):

vengo means to arrive voy means to go some place. In your case "Voy aquí cada día para mejorar " "Voy" and "aqui " does not match. "aqui" means here. So,you can't go to here,but you can go there.

I would like to offer my opinion on her sentence. In English we could say about a website "I go to the website..." or 'Voy al sitio de Internet...' However some may feel that websites such as SpanishDict are more than pages where we 'go' for information, but rather a place to 'be, learn, visit'. For that reason they may feel that they are 'here'. In order to be 'here', one must 'come here', thus the verb 'Venir', 'to come'. Therefore, I think Issabela's usage of "Vengo aquí..." sounds fine. It is also grammatically correct.

Because I first used "voy" :) - Issabela, DIC 20, 2009

Aaaaahhhhh. oooops. Sorry Gus. :-( - chaparrito, DIC 20, 2009

Please, don't be sorry - frankly sometimes I really stick my foot in it - I aint talking about snow-. - 00769608, DIC 22, 2009

Answer 12

Hi everybody, please correct your posts

Sííííííí - Goyo, DIC 21, 2009

Answer 13

Los hablantes nativos han profundizado mi comprensión de español. Gracias, Heidi.

Native speakers have deepened my understanding of Spanish. Thanks, Heidi.

:) - 00494d19, DIC 21, 2009