La Palabra del Día : el pozo
el pozo - (noun) (water) well; (mine) shaft; deep hole, pit
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Tengo miedo de ir cerca de un pozo después de ver la película 'The Ring'
I'm scared to go near a well after I watched the movie 'The Ring'

14 Answers
Piense antes de pedir un deseo frente al pozo de los deseos.
( Think before you make a wish in front of the wishing well. )

Si te encuentras en un pozo, lo primero que debes hacer es dejar de cavar.
If you find yourself in a hole, the first thing to do is stop digging.

Timmy, get out of the well!. You are a big boy now.Lassie
Estaba la rana, sentada en un palo, en un pozo, debajo del agua!
There was a frog, sat on a branch, in a pond, under the water!
(This is a children's song from Peru.)

Los mineros chilenos fueron rescatdos con éxito de el pozo. The Chilean miners were successfully rescued from the pit.
When I worked in local politics and was considering running for state representative, a friend of mine called our state capital, "that cesspool," so I decided not to run.
Cuando trabajaba en politica local y estaba considerando postularme como candidato para representante estatal, un amigo mio llamo' a la capital de nuestro estado, "pozo séptico," asi que decidí no presentarme.

All of that to discover that I can't use the word of the day! By the way, "cloaca" and "alcantarilla" mean "sewer."
Tengo sed. Aquí hay un pozo.
I am thirsty. Here is a well.
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Cubos se utilizan para extraer agua de pozos de agua en el viejo oeste.
Buckets were used to draw water from water wells in the old west.

Nuestro gozo en el pozo - un dicho español
En el jardín de la casa rural donde nací, había un pozo porque no teníamos suministro de agua corriente.
There was a well in the garden of the cottage where I was born because we had no piped water supply.
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El pozo
El pozo es donde se encuentra agua.
(I thought I'd save Billstpor some work on this one!)
La mujer en el pozo
11 La mujer le dice: Señor, no tienes con qué sacarla, y el pozo es hondo: ¿de dónde, pues, obtienes el agua viva? Juan 4:11
The woman at the well
11 Sir, the woman said, you have nothing to draw with and the well is deep. Where can you get this living water? John 4:11
El pueblo de Greensburg en Kansas se promociona como el que cuenta con el pozo excavado a mano más grande del mundo.
Greensburg, Kansas advertises they have the biggest hand dug well in the world.


