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La palabra del día: paliar

La palabra del día: paliar

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paliar - to alleviate, to ease, to relieve; to excuse, to justify

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No sé como paliar el dolor causado por el hecho de que tenga que ir al trabajo hoy.

I don't know how to alleviate the pain caused by the fact that I have to go to work today.

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updated Apr 10, 2012
edited by Issabela
posted by Issabela
Corregid mi español, por favor :)) ¿Debería usar el subjutivo (por el hecho de que tenga que ir)? - Issabela, Apr 26, 2010
No, pienso que el subjuntivo no es necesario, porque es el hecho; no hay duda. Pero ¿es correcto decir "el hecho DE que" o está bien decir "el hecho que"? - aceydoubleyou, Apr 26, 2010
"el hecho de que" es correcto. - Mokay, Apr 26, 2010
Y ¿"el hecho que" is incorrecto? - aceydoubleyou, Apr 26, 2010
si, ace, es incorrecto, el hecho de que tenga - 00494d19, Apr 26, 2010
Considering the comments above, I'd offer: "No sé como paliar el dolor que me causa tener que trabajar hoy". Sounds more natural to me. - Gekkosan, Apr 26, 2010
so it was supposed to be the subjunctive after all? - Issabela, Apr 26, 2010

21 Answers

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Cuando mis hijos eran pequeños, unas curitas y unos besos fueron suficiente para paliar su dolor.

When my children were little, band-aids and kisses were enough to ease their pain.

updated Apr 28, 2010
posted by sanlee
great sentence san!:) - 00494d19, Apr 26, 2010
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Solamente SpanishDict puede paliar mi soledad esta noche.

Only SpanishDict can ease my loneliness tonight.

updated Apr 26, 2010
edited by aceydoubleyou
posted by aceydoubleyou
Nice:) - 00494d19, Apr 26, 2010
You are trying to win votes with that example, I just know it. Well, you got mine ;) - Lrtward, Apr 26, 2010
Gracias! - aceydoubleyou, Apr 26, 2010
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Necesitas al menos una buena semana de vacaciones para paliar el estrés de tus actividades diarias y disfrutar del aire fresco.

You need at least a good week's holiday to ease the stress of your daily activities and enjoy the fresh air.

updated Apr 26, 2010
posted by Krama
great:) - 00494d19, Apr 26, 2010
Gracias Heidita. - Krama, Apr 26, 2010
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Una melodia dulce y unas pocas bebidas de tequila pueden paliar un corazón rompe.

A sweet melody and a few drinks of tequila can ease a broken heart.

(Ve/See " The Picture of the Day".)

updated Apr 26, 2010
posted by DR1960
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No puedo paliar perdiendo el trabajo ir a un juego de béisbol.

I cannot excuse missing work to go to a baseball game.

updated Apr 26, 2010
posted by john20
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Algunas veces estudio el español para paliar aburrimiento.

Some times I study Spanish to relieve boredom.

updated Apr 26, 2010
posted by jack17
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I believe it is true that some drugs to ease the effects of chemotherapy.

Creo que es verdad que algunas drogas palían los efectos de la quimioterapia.

updated May 3, 2010
edited by melipiru
posted by melipiru
it is true - nizhoni1, Apr 26, 2010
Debe ser: "I believe it is true that some drugs ease the effects of chemotherapy." - aceydoubleyou, Apr 26, 2010
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Tuve un dolor de cabeza pero dos aspirinas lo palió paliaron.

I had a headache but two asiprins alleviated it.

updated Apr 27, 2010
edited by Lrtward
posted by Lrtward
Would the verb paliar need to agree with the plural "aspirinas?' - Delores--Lindsey, Apr 26, 2010
Oooh, I think you're right. Thank you! - Lrtward, Apr 27, 2010
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La señal de tránsito nueva fue supuesto a paliar el embotellamiento, pero lo hizo peor.

The new traffic signal was supposed to alleviate the bottleneck, but it made it worse.

updated Apr 27, 2010
posted by mar959
http://www.spanishdict.com/translate/supuesto Is "supeusto" the correct word there? Or is this a false cognate? - aceydoubleyou, Apr 27, 2010
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Desde la llegada de computadoras, la utilización de cajas registradoras ha paliado.

Since the advent of computers, the use of cash registers has been diminished.

updated Apr 27, 2010
posted by Goyo
...se ha sido palida? Does it need a "se" to make it passive/intransitive? - 0074b507, Apr 26, 2010
I think his Spanish example would translate more to "...has diminished" and qfreed is probably closer to how you'd say "...has been diminished." Not sure about the se though. - Lrtward, Apr 26, 2010
"has been diminished" would acutally be "ha sido paliado". The passive "se" construction wouldn't quite make sense in this context, because there is an impllicit agent that did the diminishing. Here is a site that explains the uses of "se". - aceydoubleyou, Apr 27, 2010
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A veces eran circunstancias atenuantes cuando había sido cometido un crimen.

Sometimes there were mitigating circumstances when a crime had been commited.

The tenses are not easy for me here, even in English. raspberry

updated Apr 27, 2010
edited by galsally
posted by galsally
you don't use paliativas here, :circunstancias atenuantes - 00494d19, Apr 26, 2010
What a shame! I thought it was a brilliant adjective. :) - Lrtward, Apr 26, 2010
Vivir y aprender. (Ójala) Gracias Heidita :) - galsally, Apr 27, 2010
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Las técnicas paliativas son utilizados en la enfermedad en general. Los baños calientes palian el dolor de la artritis. Palliative techniques are used with sickness in general. Hot baths are used to palliate the pain of arthritis.

updated Apr 26, 2010
edited by nizhoni1
posted by nizhoni1
Los baños calientes palian... - Lrtward, Apr 26, 2010
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A heavy rain would have mitigated this drought but, we received less than an inch.

Una fuerte lluvia habría paliado esta sequía, pero, recibimos menos de una pulgada.

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updated Apr 26, 2010
posted by Don-Linton
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Los analgésicos fuertes pueden paliar el dolor de cáncer avanzado.

Strong painkillers can paliate the pain of advanced cancer.

updated Apr 26, 2010
posted by LaBurra
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Para paliar el dolor de mi corazon roto bebo y fumo demasiado.

To ease the pain in my broken heart I drink and smoke too much.

updated Apr 26, 2010
posted by pescador1
:) - 00494d19, Apr 26, 2010