La Palabra del Día : barrer
barrer - (transitive verb) to sweep; to sweep away, to destory; to thrash, to trounce
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Barro mi cuarto a diario.
I sweep my room on a daily basis.
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El huracán Earl está barriendo las playas del Carolina del Norte ahora mismo.
Hurricane Earl is destroying the beaches of North Carolina right now.
Hay que barrer a todos los politicos afuera esta temporada de elecciones! Vamos a empezar de nuevo!
We have to sweep all the politicians from office this election season. We are going to start from the beginning!
Mi novia se va bien cuando se barre el piso de mi.
My girl friend looks good when she sweeps my floor . 
Una manera buena ocultar tus problemas es para barrerlos bajo una alfombra.
A good way to hide your problems is to sweep them under a rug.
A veces en vida, cuando las cosas van mal, está buscando el viento que barrerá las nubes oscuras.
Sometimes in life, when things are bad, you are looking for the wind that will sweep away your dark clouds.
The wind sweeps the rock. Es muy lisa.
El viento barre la roca. It is very smooth.
Cenicienta pasaba mucho tiempo barriendo y limpiando en la casa de su madrastra, antes de que conoció a su príncipe.
Cinderella spent much time sweeping and cleaning in her stepmother's house, before she met her prince.
Los Yanquis de Nueva York derrotaron a los Atléticos de Oakland para barrer su serie de cuatro partidos.
The New York Yankees defeated the Oakland Athletics to sweep their four-game series.
A new broom sweeps clean.
Una escoba nueva barre bien.
This is a saying that means that new management makes changes in a company.
Me gusta barrer, porque odio caminar en migas con mis pies descalzos.
I like to sweep, because I hate to walk on crumbs with my bare feet.
A hurricane can cause foundation erosion near a beach.( see translation below)
Un huracán puede causar la erosión de la fundación cerca de una playa.
