Picture of the day: a colourful block of flats

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 greatest number of votes as well as the language correctness.

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And don't forget to correct your posts as suggested. Do N O T ever use subject pronouns!

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My example:

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Debe de ser un bloque de pisos de un cuento de hadas.

It must be a block of flats from a fairy tale.

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Corregid mi español, por favor :)) - Issabela, MAY 20, 2010

"de un cuento de hadas". - Gekkosan, MAY 20, 2010

gracias, Gekko :) - Issabela, MAY 20, 2010

removed the a in "una" cuento - 0074b507, MAY 20, 2010

thanks :)) - Issabela, MAY 21, 2010

Answer 1

Es tan feo que es bonito.

It is so ugly that it is beautiful.

I'm taking a risk... that was hard for me to translate. - billy-jones, MAY 20, 2010

Of course that is nothing new for me. lol - billy-jones, MAY 20, 2010

How about: es tan feo que es bonito - Issabela, MAY 20, 2010

Thank you, Issabela. - billy-jones, MAY 20, 2010

Is it possible to say, "Estoy tan feo que estoy bonito".? - ray76, MAY 21, 2010

Answer 2

¡Nunca jamás volveré a contratar a un francés para pintar mi edificio!

I will never hire a Frenchman to paint my building ever again!

¡Jamás volveré a contratar a un francés para pintar mi edificio! - Gekkosan, MAY 20, 2010

Thanks for the chuckle. lol - Delores--Lindsey, MAY 20, 2010

Gracias. Gekkosan y Dolores :) - Rikko, MAY 20, 2010

:-) - billy-jones, MAY 20, 2010

Nunca jamás...never ever - 0074b507, MAY 20, 2010

Gracias, Gfreed, but I am not sure now if it is still correct after 2 edits. :) - Rikko, MAY 20, 2010

Answer 3

Esto es un buen intento en el estilo de Gaudí.

This is a nice try in a Gaudi style.

:) - 00494d19, MAY 20, 2010

Answer 4

Sorry I cannot translate this, but there was a poem when I was a child which this so reminds me of .

There was a crooked man who had a crooked smile,

who lived in a crooked house along a crooked mile.

Nice one. muy chistoso. - Rey_Mysterio, MAY 20, 2010

:-) - billy-jones, MAY 20, 2010

Ray, please use correct capitalisation in your posts. - Issabela, MAY 20, 2010

You can try translating it using the word "curvo", though the meaning will be different. - Issabela, MAY 20, 2010

Sorry Issabela I was in a hurry, but not good enough I love poetry and am disappointed at not being able to translate some of my favorites. - ray76, MAY 20, 2010

"Había un hombre torcido, que con torcida sonrisa, vivía en torcida casa, en una milla torcida. " - Gekkosan, MAY 20, 2010

That is brilliant Gekkosan,Ogenki deska.did you translate that or did you know the poem? thank you so much , mi gusta mucho. - ray76, MAY 21, 2010

Oh - I don't know the poem, no. I just translated so that it more or less rhymed and sounded ok: :-) - Gekkosan, MAY 25, 2010

Answer 5

Estoy perdido otra vez, cuál es el mío? ¡Odio ser daltónico!

I'm lost again, which is mine? I hate to be colorblind!

Answer 6

Ninguno de estos colores me caerían bien, entonces no puedo vivir aquí.

None of these colors wold look good on me, so I can't live here.

I think "quedarían" is a better choice, if you mean to say "look good on me". - Gekkosan, MAY 20, 2010

Answer 7

Se parece a es habitado por hippies

It looks like it is inhabited by hippies

Far out man... - Rolest, MAY 20, 2010

"Pareciera estar habitado por hippies" - Gekkosan, MAY 20, 2010

Answer 8

Gaudí con menos organicidad. Gaudí with less organicity.

originality :) - 002262dd, MAY 20, 2010

Answer 9

Esto es un pueblo de personas organizadas. Aún sus apartamentos son identificados por colores.

This is a town of organized people. Even their apartments are color coded.

What a great chuckle with which to start the day! - Delores--Lindsey, MAY 20, 2010

Answer 10

A ver en que color me destaca mejor.

Answer 11

¿Me pregunto quién vive en la casa verde?

I wonder who lives in the green house?

I know that greenhouse in Spanish isn't casa verde, but it wouldn't have worked otherwise...

Answer 12

Esperamos que no terremoto ocurre aqui por que el edificio es no muy fuerte. lloro Pobre pan de jengibre gente.

We hope that no earthquake occurs here because the building is not very strong. cries Poor ginger bread people.

Esperamos que no ocurra un terremoto aquí porque... - Gekkosan, MAY 20, 2010

"Pobre gente de pand de gengibre" - Gekkosan, MAY 20, 2010

Answer 13

-¿Cuál es la ventana de tu habitación? -¿Otra vez?. Si te lo acabo de decir. Es la ventana con el fondo blanco, el borde azul y con un dibujo amarillo en la parte de arriba. Inconfundible, no?

¿Which is your room´s window? -Again?. I just told you. It´s the one with white backgroung, blue edge and yellow drawing in the top. Unmistakable, isn´t it?.

Answer 14

La esquina de la calle donde se encuentra esta casa psicodélico.

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The street corner where this psychedelic house is located.