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La Palabra del Día : el pozo

La Palabra del Día : el pozo

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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'

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updated Dec 26, 2010
edited by Vaanz
posted by Vaanz
Please correct my English and Spanish - Vaanz, Nov 8, 2010
near a well,,,Welcome Back, Amiga! - sanlee, Nov 8, 2010
Welcome back, Vaanz! :) - Brynleigh, Nov 8, 2010
Mabarahk. Welcome back old friend , i hope you had a happy dewali. - ray76, Nov 8, 2010
'go near a well', V. Or 'go near wells'. This is picky, but I'd say 'since I saw' or 'since I watched' here. :) - galsally, Nov 8, 2010
"cerca del pozo" means "near *this* well". If you want to say "near wells", in general, you have to say "cerca de un pozo". Also, the correct verb to translate "to watch a movie" is "ver", not "mirar". - bill1111, Nov 8, 2010
Also, "después de que vi.." doesn't sound good. In Spanish it is a lot more common to say it this way: "después de ver la película 'The Ring' " - bill1111, Nov 8, 2010
Thanks guys.. :) I feel great to be back.. :) - Vaanz, Nov 8, 2010

14 Answers

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Piense antes de pedir un deseo frente al pozo de los deseos.

( Think before you make a wish in front of the wishing well. )

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updated Dec 26, 2010
posted by sv2qp
Heheee wonderful :) - Dua_Cairo, Nov 8, 2010
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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.

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updated Nov 9, 2010
edited by wansell
posted by wansell
You have to keep the use of usted/tú coherent throughout a conversation. You can't switch from one to the other, much less in the middle of a sentence :) . In this case, it would be either "te encuentras / debes" or "se encuentra / debe" - bill1111, Nov 8, 2010
Wise words. I like that one. - fontanero, Nov 8, 2010
Thanks again Billstpor! - wansell, Nov 9, 2010
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Timmy, get out of the well!. You are a big boy now.Lassie

¡Timmy, sal del pozo! Ya eres un chico grande. Lassie Pictures, Images and Photos

Looking down the old well Pictures, Images and Photos

updated Nov 9, 2010
edited by Brynleigh
posted by Brynleigh
Great one, Bryn! - sanlee, Nov 8, 2010
Thanks, sanlee. :) - Brynleigh, Nov 8, 2010
Get out! is an imperative sentence, so you need the Spanish imperative: "¡Sal del pozo! Ya eres un chico grande" - bill1111, Nov 8, 2010
Gracias, Billstpor :) - Brynleigh, Nov 8, 2010
You made me laugh. - Leatha, Nov 8, 2010
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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.)

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updated Nov 9, 2010
posted by amy_moreno
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Los mineros chilenos fueron rescatdos con éxito de el pozo. The Chilean miners were successfully rescued from the pit.

updated Nov 8, 2010
edited by nizhoni1
posted by nizhoni1
"Los mineros chilenos fueron rescatados con éxito del pozo" - bill1111, Nov 8, 2010
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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.

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All of that to discover that I can't use the word of the day! By the way, "cloaca" and "alcantarilla" mean "sewer."

updated Nov 8, 2010
edited by JoyceM
posted by JoyceM
"y estaba considerando postularme/presentarme como candidato para representante estatal, un amigo mío llamó a la capital de nuestro estado "pozo séptico", así que decidí no presentarme." - bill1111, Nov 8, 2010
Just one thing: "cesspool" is very common in English to refer to corrupt places, but in Spanish we usually call a corrupt place a "cloaca" or "alcantarilla", rather than "pozo séptico" - bill1111, Nov 8, 2010
Thanks! It turns out that was a lot harder to say than I thought. - JoyceM, Nov 8, 2010
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Tengo sed. Aquí hay un pozo.

I am thirsty. Here is a well. alt text

updated Nov 8, 2010
edited by sanlee
posted by sanlee
"Aquí hay un pozo" - bill1111, Nov 8, 2010
Gracias, Billstpor! - sanlee, Nov 8, 2010
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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.

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updated Nov 9, 2010
posted by bandit51jd
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Nuestro gozo en el pozo - un dicho español

updated Nov 9, 2010
posted by daphne505
Nice, although it is usually said with 'un' instead of 'el' - bill1111, Nov 8, 2010
I don't know that one, what does it mean, is there a corresponding one in E. - margaretbl, Nov 8, 2010
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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.

This is true folks. smile

updated Nov 9, 2010
edited by galsally
posted by galsally
"porque no teníamos suministro de agua corriente". By the way, 'cottage' can be simply translated as 'casa' or 'casita', but a closer one would be 'casa rural'. - bill1111, Nov 8, 2010
I vacillated between 'running' and 'piped' - and how did I forget the past tnese. :/ Facepalm* - galsally, Nov 9, 2010
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El pozo

El pozo es donde se encuentra agua.

(I thought I'd save Billstpor some work on this one!)

updated Nov 8, 2010
posted by 002262dd
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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

updated Nov 8, 2010
edited by Maria-Russell
posted by Maria-Russell
"sacarla". Also that 'tienes' is a too literal translation: in modern Spanish you would say "obtienes" or "consigues" to translate "to get" in that context. - bill1111, Nov 8, 2010
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¡Cuidado!, hay pozos de minas en todo país minero.

Careful!,there are mine shafts everywhere in mining country.

Gold mining in Quartzville Creek Pictures, Images and Photos

updated Nov 8, 2010
edited by ray76
posted by ray76
"Hay pozos mineros por todas partes en una zona minera" (I assume 'mining country' refers to a county or a small region? If it is a small county I'd replace zona with 'comarca'; if it is a bigger region, 'región') - bill1111, Nov 8, 2010
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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.

updated Nov 8, 2010
edited by Leatha
posted by Leatha
"El pueblo de Greensburg en Kansas se promociona como el que cuenta con (or 'tiene') el pozo excavado a mano más grande del mundo" (I know there wasn't any 'town' in your original sentence, but 'ellos' or 'los que tienen' would sound weird) - bill1111, Nov 8, 2010
Gracias, Billstpor - Leatha, Nov 8, 2010