La Palabra del Día : la estancia

Question

la estancia - (noun) stay; dwelling, room; farm, ranch

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!

Recordaré siempre mi estancia en Singapur

I will always remember my stay in singapore

Please correct my English and Spanish - Vaanz, Oct 29, 2010

Fabulous! Do you know they have a " Home stay " program in Singapore which is so cheap and fantastic., you can pick which ethnic group you wish to satay with. - ray76, Oct 29, 2010

Oh... I never heard about that... Will try that next time... - Vaanz, Oct 29, 2010

I can give you name of beautiful Indian family I stay with . - ray76, Oct 29, 2010

'Singapur' in Spanish - bill1111, Oct 29, 2010

That is beautiful! - Brynleigh, Oct 29, 2010

Answer 1

Enjoy your stay. Hold the elevator, please.

Disfrute de su estancia. Detenga el elevador, por favor.

"Disfrute de su estancia" would be a more common way of saying it, but yours is good too. - bill1111, Oct 29, 2010

Qué graciosa la foto! - amy_moreno, Oct 29, 2010

Thanks so much. :) - Brynleigh, Oct 29, 2010

Answer 2

"Mamá y Papá, no quiero quedarse en la estancia. Después de la secundaria me gustaría ir a Nueva York para Julliard."

"Mom and Dad, I do not want to stay on the farm. After high school I would like to go to New York to Julliard."

Edit: "no quiero quedarme" "a Juilliard"

Mamá y Papá, no quiero quedarme en la estancia. Después de la secundaria me gustaría ir a Nueva York a Juilliard.

"no quiero quedarme" "a Juilliard" - bill1111, Oct 29, 2010

Hey I did better this time, only a couple google translation problems. Gracias Bill. - bandit51jd, Oct 29, 2010

Answer 3

No nos gustó mucho la estancia en el hotel de fantasmas en el 31 de octubre....

We didn't really like our stay at the haunted hotel on the 31st of October....

Norman Bates might live there! ... en el hotel de los fantasmas, el 31 de octubre. - cogumela, Oct 29, 2010

Did you notice the face on the headboard? - Rolest, Oct 29, 2010

Yikes! I see it now that you mention it! lol - Brynleigh, Oct 30, 2010

Answer 4

Una isla despoblada se convirtió en su estancia durante muchos años después del naufragio.

A deserted island became his dwelling for many years after the shipwreck.

I'd say "isla desierta" , but despoblada it's right too - cogumela, Oct 29, 2010

sorry, is right too. - cogumela, Oct 29, 2010

The thing that basically sets the two words apart (and why 'desierta' is a better choice here) is the fact that "despoblada" suggests that it would be feasible to populate that land, or there might have been people there in the past. 'Desierta' does not. - bill1111, Oct 29, 2010

Answer 5

"La estancia en una granja puede ser muy beneficiosa"

A farm stay can be most beneficial.

"La estancia en una granja puede ser muy beneficiosa" - bill1111, Oct 29, 2010

Gracias Billstpor ,I could not see that word order before. - ray76, Oct 29, 2010

Answer 6

¡A la mayoría de los hombres no les gusta que su suegra queda demasiado tiempo!

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Most men don’t like it when their mother-in-law stays too long!

By "too long" do you mean more than an hour? - lorenzo9, Oct 29, 2010

Sometimes…5 minutes is too long! - Rolest, Oct 29, 2010

A la mayoría de los hombres no les gusta que su suegra se quede demasiado tiempo. :) - cogumela, Oct 29, 2010

Gacias cogumela. - Rolest, Oct 29, 2010

Answer 7

Sueño con mi próxima estancia en México.

I dream of my next stay in Mexico.

Perfect! I dream with something similar... yeah :) - cogumela, Oct 29, 2010

The picture is actually where I will be in May- it's already booked - Stadt, Oct 29, 2010

I'm jealous... - amykay, Oct 29, 2010

Answer 8

Espero que mi estancia en Hawai sea agradable.

I hope that my stay in Hawaii will be pleasant.

Hi, dog! subjuntive here: "sea agradable" :) - cogumela, Oct 29, 2010

Por supuesto. Gracias. - 008f2974, Oct 29, 2010

Answer 9

Mi estancia aquí será breve!

My stay here will be brief.

Right! - cogumela, Oct 29, 2010

Answer 10

Me gustaría que la estancia se llenara de música alegre. I'd like it if the room were to be filled with happy music.

I'm really not sure about my tenses here.. cruzo los dedos :/

Your tenses are perfect. "de la alegre música" has difficulties, though. First, the article is not ok in that kind of generic expressions ('de música", "de fresa", "de árboles"), and "alegre" isn't an obvious quality of music, so it needs to go after it. - bill1111, Oct 29, 2010

"Me gustaría que la estancia se llenara de música alegre". If it were implied in some way that you could only listen to happy music in that room (maybe you have a band that only plays salsa or merengue), then you could say "de alegre música" - bill1111, Oct 29, 2010

Answer 11

Our stay at the beach was relaxing. nuestra estancia en la playa fue relajante.

"fue relajante" - bill1111, Oct 29, 2010

Answer 12

oops, my mistake.

Answer 13

Mis abuelos poseían una estancia para criar ganado vacuno.

My grandparents owned a ranch for breeding cattle.

poseían , and it would sound better "un rancho" - cogumela, Oct 29, 2010

Thank you, that was a silly mistake with the verb. I went with estancia since that was the word of the day but perhaps its meaning of ranch is too far removed from real usage. - revmaf, Oct 29, 2010