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La palabra del día: la encrucijada

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la encrucijada - crossroads

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Según la prensa sensacionalista, la relación de Angelina Jolie y Brad Pitt está en una encrucijada.

According to the tabloid press, the relationship of Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt is at a crossroads.

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updated Feb 9, 2010
edited by Issabela
posted by Issabela
Corregid mi español, por favor :)) - Issabela, Feb 5, 2010
una encru... - 00494d19, Feb 5, 2010
¡gracias! - Issabela, Feb 5, 2010

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Estoy en la encrucijada de la vida, donde los caminos se bifurcan. ¿Qué existe después de esto? Solo el tiempo puede decírmelo.

I'm at the crossroads of life, where the roads fork. What exists after this? Only time can tell.

updated Feb 9, 2010
edited by 00494d19
posted by jeezzle
decírmelo, decirlo - 00494d19, Feb 5, 2010
wow!! Nice Spanish! - Benz, Feb 5, 2010
Thank you. - jeezzle, Feb 5, 2010
tilde - 00494d19, Feb 6, 2010
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Pocas veces se siente en una encrucijada y sabe que es una encrucijada.

You seldom sit at a crossroads and know it's a crossroads.

updated Feb 7, 2010
edited by aloshek
posted by aloshek
ok, this prompts a question I've had for a while, but keep forgetting to post. When I write or say a sentence saying "you" with no specific audience, what verb form should be used? - aloshek, Feb 5, 2010
And is it the same in Mexico as it is in Spain? - aloshek, Feb 5, 2010
third person singular or plural...see http://spanish.about.com/cs/verbs/a/passive_se.htm - alba3, Feb 5, 2010
gracias, alba - aloshek, Feb 5, 2010
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En la encrucijada de las calles García y Naranja hay un puesto de limonada.

At the intersection of García and Orange streets there is a lemonade stand.

updated Feb 7, 2010
posted by Goyo
No será un puesto de naranjada? :) - 00e657d4, Feb 5, 2010
jaja, Guillermo! - aloshek, Feb 5, 2010
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Me encuentro en una encrucijada. Ética versus sobrevivencia.

I'm at a crossroads. Ethics versus survival.

updated Feb 7, 2010
posted by Carlos-F
Si esto es cierto, te pones en el camino real, mi amigo. - aloshek, Feb 5, 2010
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Cada vez que me encuentro en una encrucijada, suelo optar por la ruta menos recorrida.

Every time I find myself at a crossroads, I usually choose the road less traveled.

updated Feb 7, 2010
edited by jaimetayag
posted by jaimetayag
por la ruta - 00494d19, Feb 5, 2010
ya corregida gracias - jaimetayag, Feb 5, 2010
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Bielsko-Bia?a, una ciudad en el voivodato de Silesia, es la encrucijada de Polonia, Eslovaquia y la República Checa. Fue creada en 1951 cuando Bielsko y Biala se unieron.

Bielsko-Bia?a, a city in Silesian Voivodeship, is the crossroads of Poland, Slovakia and the Czech Republic. It was created in 1951 when Bielsko and Biala were unified.

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updated Feb 7, 2010
edited by Fidalgo
posted by Fidalgo
fue creada, or fue fundada, en 1951 - Mokay, Feb 5, 2010
What an accident I had! ¡Gracias! - Fidalgo, Feb 5, 2010
Gracias, Fidalgo :) - Issabela, Feb 7, 2010
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I am at a crossroads,I don't know what to eat today,5 J Iberian ham or white parnws from Huelva( this is of course ,it 's a joke)

Estoy en una encrucijada, no sé qué comer hoy, si jamón Ibérico 5 J ó gambas blancas de Huelva

updated Feb 6, 2010
edited by melipiru
posted by melipiru
meli, faltan verbos, adjectivos correctamente colocados, - 00494d19, Feb 5, 2010
no sé qué... jamón... accents .... ummm qué rico!! - Benz, Feb 5, 2010
I don't know *what* to eat today, 5 J Iberian ham or white prawns from Huelva - Izanoni1, Feb 5, 2010
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La dama llorando en la encrucijada! ¿Encontraía a su amante?

The lady weeping at the crossroads. Would you find your love?

Lryics by Carla Bruini from, "Lady Weeping at the Crossroads.

updated Feb 5, 2010
edited by 002262dd
posted by 002262dd
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Hay una canción del grupo de cantantes(rappers), Bone Thugs and Harmony llamó "la encrucijada".Es una canción Sobre la entrada del cielo y otros temas. There's a song by the group Bone thugs and Harmony called Crossroads. It's about the entrance to heaven and other issues.

updated Feb 5, 2010
edited by Rivergreen
posted by Rivergreen
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El diablo compró la alma de Jimi Hendrix en la crucijada a la medianoche.

The devil bought Jimi Hendrix´s soul at the crossroads at midnight.

updated Feb 5, 2010
posted by Lrtward
"El alma". Although it's a feminine noun, you should change the article because it begins with "a" and the stress is in the first syllable. - 00e657d4, Feb 5, 2010
i wonder if he was hanging out with Robert Johnson - nizhoni1, Feb 5, 2010
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Yogi Berra: "Si llega en una encrucijada, agárrela."

Yogi Berra: "If you come to a fork in the road, take it."

Correciones, por favor.

updated Feb 5, 2010
posted by DR1960
I'm not sure I've used the right verb for "take it". - DR1960, Feb 5, 2010
agárrela or tómela, both are correct. - Mokay, Feb 5, 2010
Gracias. Is one or the other more common? - DR1960, Feb 5, 2010
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Estamos tú y yo a una encrucijada dificil por el hecho de que nuestras vidas están cruzando una con la otra.

You and I are at a difficult crossroads due to the fact that our lives are crossing one with the other.

updated Feb 5, 2010
posted by 005faa61
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updated Feb 5, 2010
posted by Yeser007
(Karate Kid) that deals with the devil. I think you were thinking two thoughts that came out at the same time - lol - aloshek, Feb 5, 2010
Well, I'm always doing that but in this case Ralph M played the part of the Karate Kid in the movie of that name. He also played a classical guitarist who switches over to the blues in the movie "Crossroads" . - Yeser007, Feb 5, 2010
He goes down to the crossroads to make a deal with the devil just as Robert Johnson did years before him. - Yeser007, Feb 5, 2010
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El tiempo es difícil de predecir en mi región porque es la encrucijada para el aire del océano, el aire ártico, y los vientos de la garganta.

The weather is difficult to predict in my region because it is the crossroad for the ocean air, the arctic air, and the winds from the gorge.

updated Feb 5, 2010
posted by 008f2974
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¿Donde es la encrucijada? No lo veo en la mapa. Where is the crossroad? I don't see it on the map.

updated Feb 5, 2010
posted by Juan20112