La Palabra del Día; la maceta
{la maceta}
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*A veces, no me acuerdo de regar las macetas *
Sometimes, I don't remember to water the flowerpots.
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¡Los tanques de todo el mundo sirven mejor como macetas!
( Tanks all over the world serve better as flowerpots.! )
Las macetas en mi piso sirven para guardar de todo menos plantas. No soy buena jardinera.
The flower pots in my flat are used for keeping everything except plants. I don´t have green fingers.
Oops, who broke the flowerpot?
¿Uy, quién rompió la maceta?
The snake did it.
Fue la serpiente.
En Japón son muy populares los árboles metidos en macetas
In Japan trees in pots are very popular.
Preciosa, ¿has puesto gasolina en la maceta?
Sweetheart, have you put gas in the flower pot?
The flower pots at the door of my house are full of colourful blooms. Las macetas que tengo en la puerte di mi casa llenos de coloridas flores.
Cuando era niña, una vez traté de salir de goma de mascar en el pelo con esta typo de una maceta. ¡No fue un buena idea!
When I was a little girl, I once tried to get chewing gum out of my hair with this type of a hammer. It was not a good idea! (true story. It was Lent, as we weren't allowed to have candy or gum, so, of course I had it. I don't remember how it got in my hair, but it became an emergency to get it out, thus the hammer!)
El chico a la chica guapa: Cuando pasé por tu casa me tiró una flor. La próxima vez sin la maceta por favor.
Boy to pretty girl: When I passed your house you threw me a flower. The next time without the flower pot please.
Cuando tu cactus ha crecido mucho para que quepa en la maceta, puedes cambiarlo a una mas grande.
When your cactus has grown too big to fit in the flowerpot, you can move it to a bigger one.
"El que nace para maceta, del corredor no pasa"
"He who was born to be a flowerpot, will always stay in the hallway"
Una maceta inusual.
An unusual flowerpot.
Si golpeas una mujer en la cabeza con una maceta ya no querrá a ser tu novia.
If you hit a woman on the
head with a mallet she will not want to be your girlfriend anymore.
La maceta azul está rota.
The blue flowerpot is broken.
