La Palabra del Día : la frontera

Question

la frontera - (noun) border, boundary, bounds

Post your sentences in Spanish and English, then vote for the ones you like. The best answer will be chosen tomorrow on the basis of the greatest number of votes and language correctness.

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And don't forget to correct your posts as suggested. Do NOT use subject pronouns!

Deseo para un mundo sin frontera

I wish for a borderless world.

That is a wonderful wish, Vaanz! - Brynleigh, Sep 24, 2010

Please correct my English and Spanish - Vaanz, Sep 24, 2010

I second that wish. :D - galsally, Sep 24, 2010

Thanks Sally and Bryn - Vaanz, Sep 24, 2010

You are right on Vaanz, very thought provoking i like it a lot. - ray76, Sep 24, 2010

Answer 1

Pangea no tenía fronteras naturales.

Pangea had no natrual borders.

As a fan of prehistory, i like this, but I always saw mountain ranges, streams, rivers, forests, and perhaps deserts, as natural borders. No? - El_Hitch, Sep 24, 2010

Yes, I suppose that you are correct. My thought was that even though mountans, streams, rives forests ARE natural borders, man, with determination and effort, can cross them. An ocean, however, they would at least need a boat... :) - 001a2987, Sep 24, 2010

Answer 2

Me han quitado el alcohol y el tabaco a la frontera.

They took my alcohol and tobacco away from me at the border.

OH galsally , lo siento you can have some of mine. - ray76, Sep 24, 2010

That's very unfriendly of them. - fontanero, Sep 24, 2010

jeje - galsally, Sep 25, 2010

Answer 3

They confiscated the cargo at the border.

Confiscaron la carga en la frontera.

Great picture!! - 001a2987, Sep 24, 2010

Gracias, chruhman, :) - Brynleigh, Sep 24, 2010

Answer 4

The cricket ball was hit for six, it went over the boundary. la pelota de cricket fue golpeado por seis que pasaron la frontera.

ball is pelota. - amykay, Sep 24, 2010

Answer 5

Kim Jong Il, el líder psicópata de Corea del Norte tiene ambiciones nucleares que no tiene fronteras.

Él es una amenaza para el mundo.

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KimJong Il the sociopathic leader of North Korea has nuclear ambitions that have no boundaries.

He is a threat to the world.

Answer 6

Tenemos una frontera entre los 3 estados llama una cerca a prueba de conejos.

We have a frontier between 3 states called a Rabbit proof fence.

I remember that there is a movie with the same name... - Vaanz, Sep 24, 2010

A fantastic movie showing how the koori children were stolen from there parents and put in homes ,as late as 1960s. - ray76, Sep 24, 2010

Yeah... I saw that movie very recently - Vaanz, Sep 24, 2010

Answer 7

Sin el conocimiento de las fronteras en una relación emocional, puede sentirse como una montana rusa.

Without knowledge ot the boundaries in an emotional relationship, it can feel like a roller coaster.

I feel sick just looking at it . . . - revmaf, Sep 24, 2010

Answer 8

Médicos sin Fronteras cuidan a las victimas de desastres y guerra en todos partes del mundo.

Doctors Without Borders care for victims of disaster and war all over the world.

A wonderful organization! - JoyceM, Sep 24, 2010

Médecins sans Frontieres-médicos sin fronteras - 0074b507, Sep 24, 2010

Thanks gfreed, I think I corrected it properly. Let me know if I still need to fix something! - revmaf, Sep 24, 2010

Does it need a personal "a"? - 0074b507, Sep 24, 2010

Yes, it does. Thanks. Duh. - revmaf, Sep 24, 2010

Answer 9

Muéstrame una valla de la frontera de veinte pies, y te mostraré una escalera de veinte y uno pies.

Show me a 20-foot border fence, and I will show you a 21-foot ladder.

Answer 10

Cuando fui a Canadá y México en los años 90, no se necesitaba un pasaporte para cruzar la frontera, pero ahora lo hace.

When I went to Canada and México in the 90's, you didn't need a passport to cross the border, but now you do.

Answer 11

En los años sesenta, El Presidente Kennedy nombró el espacio, "la frontera nueva,!"

In the 1960's President Kennedy named space, "the new frontier!

Gene Roddenberry called space "the final frontier". - fontanero, Sep 24, 2010

Answer 12

Jerez de la Frontera en la Provincia de Cádiz es una ciudad famosa para los caballos,el baile flamenco y el vino de Jerez, dulce, seco y amontillado.

Answer 13

Una ciudad de la frontera puede ofrecer la experiencia de dos culturas.

A border town can offer the experience of two cultures.

Answer 14

The New Frontier by Donald Fagan

We've got provisions and lots of beer. The key word is survival on the new frontier.

La Nueva Frontera por Donald Fagan

Tenemos provisiones y mucha cerveza. La palabra clave es la supervivencia en la nueva frontera.

Click here for the video.

Answer 15

This is the view of the pass in the Pyrenees on the border of Spain and France.

Esto es la vista del paso en los Pirineos en la frontera de España y Francia.