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La palabra del día: sonar

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sonar - to ring, to sound; to be pronounced, to sound (like)

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Ayer, la Campana de Segismundo en la Catedral de Wawel en Cracovia sonó para conmemorar la muerte trágica del presidente de Polonia y los funcionarios públicos.

Yesterday, the Sigismund's Chapel's bell in the Wawel Cathedral in Cracow rang to commemorate the tragic death of the President of Poland and the officials.

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updated Apr 12, 2010
edited by Issabela
posted by Issabela
Corregid mi español, por favor :)) - Issabela, Apr 11, 2010
President of Poland... I am so sorry for your country's loss. - AKgal, Apr 11, 2010
thank you, akgal - Issabela, Apr 11, 2010
I wondered if you were going to take this on. I have no idea what time it is in Poland - nizhoni1, Apr 11, 2010
Now it's almost 8:30 in the morning. - Issabela, Apr 11, 2010
How shocking I hope you and your country folks recover. - 0063492c, Apr 11, 2010
I think "Segismundo" is the Spanish version of "Sigismund" and we have "the Sigismund (Chapel)'s bell" - Fidalgo, Apr 11, 2010
Yes we all morn the loss of your country's President and the others who perished. - billy-jones, Apr 11, 2010

14 Answers

5
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Nada de lo que sucede en el libro suena a falso.

Nothing that happens in the book seems untrue.

updated Apr 12, 2010
edited by billy-jones
posted by billy-jones
4
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When I attend a conference in English, it all sounds like chinese to me./greek to me

Cuando asisto a una conferencia en Inglés, todo me suena a chino

updated Apr 12, 2010
edited by melipiru
posted by melipiru
, it all sounds....... - 005faa61, Apr 11, 2010
like Chinese/Greek to me - AKgal, Apr 11, 2010
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Cuando me sueno mi nariz me han dicho que sueno como el barco de Block Island. When I blow my nose, I've been told that I sound like the Block Island Boat.

updated Apr 12, 2010
edited by sanlee
posted by sanlee
el barco de Block Island - melipiru, Apr 11, 2010
or.. el barco de la Isla Block - melipiru, Apr 11, 2010
Gracias! - sanlee, Apr 11, 2010
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Cada vez que suene el despertador en la mañana, me dan ganas de echarlo a la basura.

Each time the alarm clock goes off in the morning, I feel like throwing it into the trash.

updated Nov 29, 2010
edited by 005faa61
posted by 005faa61
Hahaha..I like this one! - --Mariana--, Apr 11, 2010
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En Puerto Rico, al crespúsculo, el sonar de los coquis termina hasta el fin del día.

In Puerto Rico, at dawn, the sound of the coquis stops until the end of the day.

(coqui=native frog of Puerto Rico)

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updated Apr 11, 2010
posted by 002262dd
Would it be "continues" until the end of the day instead of "stops"? Lucrecia - Lucrecia, Apr 11, 2010
Stops during the day, begins again at night.(the sound) - 002262dd, Apr 11, 2010
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A veces mi canto suena bastante bien, pero a veces no tanto.

Sometimes my singing sounds quite good, but at other times not so good.

updated Apr 12, 2010
edited by galsally
posted by galsally
suena - 005faa61, Apr 11, 2010
bastante bien,pero a veces no tanto - melipiru, Apr 11, 2010
gracias :) - galsally, Apr 12, 2010
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Empero yo Jehová, que parto la mar, y suenan sus ondas, soy tu Dios, cuyo nombre es Jehová de los ejércitos.

But I am the LORD thy God, that divided the sea, whose waves roared: The LORD of hosts is his name

updated Apr 11, 2010
posted by Seitheach
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Yo canto muy bueno pero solamente en la sala de baño. I sing very well but only in the bath room.

updated Apr 11, 2010
posted by ray76
Yo canto muy bien......el cuarto de baño - melipiru, Apr 11, 2010
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Las campanas de la iglesia sonaron cuando del rey se murió.

The church bells rang to announce when the king died.

updated Apr 11, 2010
posted by LaBurra
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Voy a sonar en la Nochavieja con los fuego artificiales.

I am going to ring in the New Year with fireworks.

updated Apr 11, 2010
edited by AKgal
posted by AKgal
help with my Spanish please :-) - AKgal, Apr 11, 2010
hmmm, now I'm wondering if the English "to ring" as in "to celebrate" works here? - AKgal, Apr 11, 2010
the phrase is a bit idiomatic. A native speaker is sure to comment - nizhoni1, Apr 11, 2010
I do think "vos" means "you" not I. - nizhoni1, Apr 11, 2010
yes, thank you! - AKgal, Apr 11, 2010
Nochevieja - 0074b507, Apr 11, 2010
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En ese momento quise que el concierto nunca se terminara y la música divina sonara para siempre.

At that moment I wished that the concert never ends and the divine music sounds forever.

updated Apr 11, 2010
posted by luz_72
never ended....sounded (to make verbs match) - AKgal, Apr 11, 2010
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Después la explosión de mina el sonando de las alarmas contan el polvo en el aire. After the mine explosion the sounding of the alarms cut the air.

updated Apr 11, 2010
edited by nizhoni1
posted by nizhoni1
I am a native English speaker - nizhoni1, Apr 11, 2010
my aplogies :-) - AKgal, Apr 11, 2010
most dogs do not speak English. It's ok - nizhoni1, Apr 11, 2010
ha ha!!! But such a cute dog!! - AKgal, Apr 11, 2010
Después de........el sonido.........cortó - 005faa61, Apr 11, 2010
I like the dog too! - 005faa61, Apr 11, 2010
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El que mal canta, bien le suena.

He/she who sings bad likes what he/she hears.

updated Apr 11, 2010
posted by pescador1
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Un hombre me dijo que me conocía cuando estaba en el metro hoy, pero su cara no me sonó de nada.

A man said he knew me when I was in subway today, but his face didn't ring a bell to me.

updated Apr 11, 2010
edited by Krama
posted by Krama