La palabra del día: destetar
destetar - to wean
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Destetar a un niño causa cambios hormonales en el cuerpo de una mujer.
Weaning a child causes hormonal changes in a woman's body..
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Mi amiga, que acaba de enterarse que está embarazada, está destetando a su primer hijo porque no quiere dar el pecho a dos niños a la vez.
My friend, who just found out that she's pregnant, is weaning her first child because she doesn't want to breastfeed two at once.
Because this is a learning site, I am going to leave this post as an example of how NOT to use "destetar", even though the sentence in English is an acceptable use of "to wean". See the comments below. In sum, "destetar" should only be used when referring to babies or young animals.
Debo destetarme de dulces porque mi última prueba de nivel de azúcar en la sangre fue demasiado alta
I must wean myself from sweets because my latest blood sugar test was too high.
Weaning can also be the cause for some mastitis in women.
Destetar también puede ser causa de algunas mastitis en las mujeres.
Epa! Mi hijito me acaba de morder! Ya es hora de destetarlo!
My child just bit me! It's about time to wean him! 
Cuándo nosotros tomamos los cerditos de su madre para destetarlos, ellos lloraron tan tristemente para ella que yo casi los puse atrás en su jaula.
When we took the piglets from their mother to wean them, they cried so sadly for her that I almost put them back in her cage.
Parece que nunca fui destetado porque aún me encanta las tetas.
It seems that I was never weaned, because I still love breasts.
Debe destetar los cachorros entre tres y siete semanas de edad.
You should wean puppies between three and seven weeks of age.
Aunque la madre destetó a su hijito, cada noche el niño chupa su pecho furtivamente.
Although the mother weaned her little son, the child sucks her breast furtively every night.
Fue fácil de destetar la bebé desde ella odió amamantar.
It was easy to wean the baby since she hated to nurse.
A mi madre nos destetó de leche con grasa a leche sin grasa. My mother weaned us from milk with fat to milk without fat.
Mi perrita, o perra, fue una pequeña y bonita "Beagle". En realidad perrita destetó antes de bien tiempo y fue a crecer mucho grande y rapido creciendo. Mi perrita es 'Beagle" media con "Shepherd" media" . ¡Que es mi perrita! My girl puppy, or she dog, was a small and pretty 'Beagle'. In realtiy she was weaned before the proper time and was growing bigger and rapidly growing. My girl puppy is half "Beagle' and half "Shepard". That is my girl puppy dog!
¿Cómo haga destetamos los adictos apagado de spanishdict.com?
How do we wean addicts off of spanishdict.com?
