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La palabra del día: educar

La palabra del día: educar

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educar - to educate, to teach, to train, to bring up (children)

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Maria Callas, la soprano más famosa en el mundo, se educó en la música en Atenas.

Maria Callas, the world's most famous soprano singer, received her musical education in Athens.

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updated May 31, 2010
edited by Issabela
posted by Issabela
Corregid mi español, por favor :)) - Issabela, May 30, 2010
la soprano más famosa - Mokay, May 30, 2010
gracias :)) - Issabela, May 30, 2010

14 Answers

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El niño es muy educado.

The child is very well-mannered (trained). I like Spanish's link between being well trained or educated with polite, well-mannered.

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updated May 31, 2010
posted by 0074b507
kitteh xD !! - SELWICH425, May 30, 2010
great! - billy-jones, May 30, 2010
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La mejor manera de aprender es la de educar a otros de lo que ya sabes.

The best way to learn is to educate others about what you already know.

updated May 30, 2010
posted by swing
How true. - SELWICH425, May 30, 2010
Amén. - billy-jones, May 30, 2010
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Eduque al niño en su carrera: Aun cuando fuere viejo no se apartará de ella.
Train up a child in the way he should go, And even when he is old he will not depart from it. smile

updated May 30, 2010
edited by Jason7R
posted by Jason7R
Presume "Anun" should be "aun". - geofc, May 30, 2010
What happen to your tractor, Jason? - billy-jones, May 30, 2010
Eduque al niño.... aun... - Mokay, May 30, 2010
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Tuve el placer de ayudar a educar a mis niños.

I had the pleasure to help educate my children.

updated May 30, 2010
edited by sanlee
posted by sanlee
:-) - billy-jones, May 30, 2010
el placer de ayudar - Mokay, May 30, 2010
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Educating the under privileged children is a goal of UNESCO

Educar a los niños sin recursos es un objetivo de la UNESCO

updated May 30, 2010
posted by Vaanz
:-) - billy-jones, May 30, 2010
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Mis gatos me han educado bien...cada mañana, me despierto a una hora tan temprana para preparar sus comidas favoritas.

My cats have trained me well...every morning I get up at a very early hour to prepare their favorites foods.

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updated May 30, 2010
edited by Lucrecia
posted by Lucrecia
Cats are very good at training humans. - billy-jones, May 30, 2010
Let's just admit they were designed this way ;)) - Issabela, May 30, 2010
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Durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial, los americanos trataron de educar murciélagos para arrojar bombas.

During World War II, Americans tried to train bats to drop bombs.

updated May 30, 2010
edited by --Jen--
posted by --Jen--
trataron de educar - Eddy, May 30, 2010
Thank you Eddy :). - --Jen--, May 30, 2010
:-) - billy-jones, May 30, 2010
los americanos - Mokay, May 30, 2010
Gracias Mokay :). - --Jen--, May 30, 2010
4
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All parents hope that their children are well educated (polite).

Todos los padres esperan que sus hijos son bien educados.

updated May 30, 2010
posted by --Mariana--
:)) - billy-jones, May 30, 2010
que sus hijos sean bien educados - Mokay, May 30, 2010
4
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Desearía ser educado en las temas de Economía , Ejercito , Gobierno y Derecho.

I wish to be educated in the subjects of Economics , Military , Government and Law.

updated May 30, 2010
posted by SELWICH425
:-) - billy-jones, May 30, 2010
3
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Oenologist have to educate your taste for years.

Los enólogos tienen que educar su paladar durante años.

updated May 30, 2010
edited by melipiru
posted by melipiru
I've always worked on educating my own taste and I believe oenologists do the same. - geofc, May 30, 2010
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Necesitamos educar la juventud porque son el futuro de nuestro país.

We need to educate the youth because they are the future of our country.

updated May 30, 2010
posted by 009ee30f
:-) - billy-jones, May 30, 2010
educar a la juventud - Mokay, May 30, 2010
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A cada generación, los ancianos se quejan de que mal educado son los jovenes de hoy! ¿No es así?

In every generation the elderly complain about how ill mannered the youth of today are. Right?

updated May 30, 2010
posted by 002262dd
...and each generation is getting worse. Love the sentence. - billy-jones, May 30, 2010
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Para tener clase, es necesario ser bien educado.

To have class, it is necessary to be well mannered.

updated May 30, 2010
posted by Lise-Laroche
:-) - billy-jones, May 30, 2010
3
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Si eres ciego tienes que educar el oído.

If you are blind, you have to train your hearing.

updated May 30, 2010
posted by JorgeViento