Picture of the day: a barricade

Question

Post your comments/titles/captions to this picture (both in Spanish and English) and vote for the ones you like. The best answer will be chosen tomorrow on the basis of the biggest number of votes as well as the language correctness.

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And don't forget to correct your posts as suggested.

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My example:

No pienso arreglar mi habitación en mi cumpleaños. ¡Y no te acerques o te tiro el pastel!

I'm not going to tidy up my room on my birthday. And don't come any closer or I'll bombard you with the cake!

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Corregid mi español, por favor :)) ¿Sería mejor la frase si escribiera "o te bombardearé"? - Issabela, FEB 27, 2010

For a threat, both are correct, but "o te bombardeo" sounds better here. - Mokay, FEB 27, 2010

está perfecta;)))) - melipiru, FEB 27, 2010

thank you both :)) - Issabela, FEB 27, 2010

chica, pues yo no lo entiendo, qué tarta??? - 00494d19, FEB 27, 2010

pastel en España es un bollo - 00494d19, FEB 27, 2010

I checked "birthday cake" and got two results: tarta (de cupleaños) and pastel (de cupleaños) - Issabela, FEB 27, 2010

the cake is hidden behind the wall ;))) - Issabela, FEB 27, 2010

It's "torta de cumpleños" in Argentina or "pastel de cumpleaños" could be easily understandable. But "tarta" is a pie. As Heidi said, I didn't understand it either - Benz, FEB 27, 2010

because my first word was pastel! and I corrected it to tarta :-/ - Issabela, FEB 27, 2010

O sea, la tarta se supone que está detrás del castillo? puff, adivino adivinanza, jeje - 00494d19, FEB 27, 2010

ten en cuenta que esto no es lógico, ya que la tarta, es tarta en España, se le regala a la persona del cumple, con lo que el niño no la tiene, yo pensé que hablabas de otra persona - 00494d19, FEB 27, 2010

si la queires dejar: habitación, ..o te tiro la tarta a la cabeza, o te tiro la tarta, bombardear no se usa en este contexto - 00494d19, FEB 27, 2010

* - DJ_Huero, JUN 23, 2011

Answer 1

íAyúdame! íNo puedo salir! Me olvidé de construir una puerta en mi castillo.

Help! I can't get out! I forgot to build a door in my castle.

Answer 2

Este... ¿Mamá? ¡Ayúdeme! Tengo que hacer pis!

Ummm... Mom? Help! I have to go potty!

Answer 3

My mother told me that this is my corner to think

Mi madre me dice que este és nimi rincón de pensar.

"my mother told me that this is my thinking corner"...or you could say "corner to think" - hlsbookworm, FEB 27, 2010

"mi" - Izanoni1, FEB 27, 2010

Answer 4

Heidita lo envió al rincón burro.

Heidita sent him to the dunce corner.

Corrección, por favor.

Answer 5

Mom, I've used up all my blocks! Please, could you go to the store and buy me some more?

¡Mamá, hay utilisado todos los bloques! ¿Por favor, puedes ir a la tienda para comprar más para mi?

Answer 6

Es bueno aprender temprano lo que es pintar uno mismo en una esquina.

It's good to learn early what it's like to paint one's self into a corner.

I don¡t understand either sentence - 00494d19, FEB 27, 2010

"To paint oneself into a corner" is an expression that is used to mean "to deeply embed oneself into a difficult situation with little hope of getting out" usually by foolish actions or by doing something that could have been avoided with a bit of... - Izanoni1, FEB 27, 2010

forethought. A similar expression might be "to get oneself into a jam," but this wouldn't have the same effect as the original expression. - Izanoni1, FEB 27, 2010

Here is a link to the definition: http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/paint_oneself_into_a_corner - Rolest, FEB 27, 2010

Really? I actually thought that one would translate pretty easily. Thanks for clarifying Izanoni & Rolest. - aloshek, FEB 27, 2010

Answer 7

¡No mamá no necesito una puerta!

Cuando quiero salier de mi castillo...acabo de salir por la ventana.

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No Mom, I don’t need a door!

When I want to leave my castle…I just go out the window.

Corregid mi español, por favor...¡Gracias! - Rolest, FEB 27, 2010

Answer 8

Despues de las rocortas en el presupuesto, el arquitecto estaba feliz con el nuevo estadio de Olímpicos.

English? - 00494d19, FEB 27, 2010