La palabra del día: el abrebotellas

Question

el abrebotellas - bottle opener

Post your sentences in Spanish and English, then 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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¿Tiene esta navaja suiza de bolsillo un abrebotellas?

Does this Swiss penknife have a bottle opener?

Corregid mi español, por favor :)) - Issabela, Jan 3, 2010

:) - 00494d19, Jan 3, 2010

Issa, I have not seen you in my killer thread;) - 00494d19, Jan 3, 2010

I know... but it was a bit too late for me, as my two-weeks' holiday is over. - Issabela, Jan 4, 2010

Answer 1

Debo comprar una botella de cerveza con un tapón de rosca porque no tengo un abrebotellas.

I must buy a bottle of beer with a screw top because I don't have a bottle opener.

abrebotellas is not a corkscrew (sacacorchos) - Issabela, Jan 3, 2010

True, but cerveza doesn't have a cork. http://eshop.maya.cz/images/zatka_300x300.png - Goyo, Jan 3, 2010

aah, I did´t notice the word "cerveza" - Issabela, Jan 3, 2010

I originally had "vino" - in my muddled mind a bottle opener and a wine bottle opener (corkscrew) were the same, but not in Spanish, as Issa pointed out. So I changed it to "cerveza" and the sentence made sense. - LaBurra, Jan 3, 2010

:) - 00494d19, Jan 3, 2010

Answer 2

Hay los que no necesitan un abrebotellas

Some guys don't need an opener

English, please :P - Issabela, Jan 3, 2010

What is the little box with the red x for? I clicked on and nothing happened. - Lise-Laroche, Jan 3, 2010

Issabela, you are a woman, I think Heiditas post translates itself into all languages :))) - elcielo, Jan 3, 2010

Where can I get a can opener like this? ;) - Issabela, Jan 4, 2010

Answer 3

Mantengo mi abrebotellas siempre cercano para emergencias de cerveza.

I always keep my bottle opener nearby for beer emergencies.

:) - 00494d19, Jan 3, 2010

Greg, have you seen my latest killer thread yet? - 00494d19, Jan 3, 2010

Answer 4

Bueno, querido, es que ni un abrelatas ni un abrebotellas es un regalo apropriado para nuestro aniversario...

Well, dear, it´s just that neither a can opener nor a bottle opener is a good gift for our anniversary...

Anybody know if the verb should be singular or plural?

jejeje, voting, verb is ok - 00494d19, Jan 3, 2010

kattya, have you seen my latest thread?? - 00494d19, Jan 3, 2010

Answer 5

Hay tantas capas atornilladas en las botellas de cerveza, que a menudo no necesitaremos usar abrebotellas como ésta......

tapas de rosca o tapas roscables - Mokay, Jan 3, 2010

Answer 6

Momento, por favor! ¿Por qué se me acerca mi dentista con un abrebotellas en la mano?!!

Just a minute, please! Why is my dentist approaching me with a bottle opener in his hand?

Quizas abiertes botellas con los dientes y la dentista quiera mostrar otra manera por abierte los botellas. - Lise-Laroche, Jan 3, 2010

un momento, acerca el dentisa - 00494d19, Jan 3, 2010

Answer 7

The liquor store ran out of bottle openers on New Year's Eve. La tienda de licores se quedó sin abrebotEllas en víspera de Año Nuevo.

vísperas de - 00494d19, Jan 3, 2010

abrebotellas - Mokay, Jan 3, 2010

Answer 8

Usaba el abrebottella mucho en el pasado pero la bottella moderna tiene un tapón de tornilla. I used a bottle opener a lot in the past but the modern bottle has a screw cap.

tapón de rosca. - Mokay, Jan 3, 2010

Answer 9

el abrebotellas:

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• Un episodio con "La Pandilla Políticamente Incorrecta"

• "¡Oye pandilla, tengo la cerveza! ¿Quién tiene el abrebotellas? Gordito preguntó.

• "No yo." dije.

• "Yo támpoco." gimió Bajito.

• "¡No preocupen -- puedo abrir las cervezas con mi dientes! Dentudo gritó.

• "Estás tan un zafado Dentudo" declaré. Llegaré el abrebotellas lo que mantengo en mi carro para útilizo cuando manejaba alrededor en mi carro bebiendo cervezas."

• "Tu eres tan padre, Daniel" Bajito dijo a me.

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• An episode with "The Politically Incorrect Gang"

• "Hey gang, I got the beer! Who has the opener?" Chubby asked.

• "I don't." I said.

• "Me neither." groaned Shorty.

• "Don't worry -- I can open the beers with my teeth!" Bucky howled.

• "You are such a knuckle-head Bucky." I declared. "I'll go get the bottle opener I keep in my car that I use when I drive around in my car drinking beer."

• "Your so cool Daniel." Shorty told me.