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La Palabra del Día : la reja

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la reja - (noun) bar; grille (over a window); grating

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!

Siempre sigo las normas de tráfico porque no quiero estar entre rejas.

I always follow the traffic rules, because I don't want to be behind bars.

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updated Dec 26, 2010
edited by Vaanz
posted by Vaanz
Please correct my English and Spanish - Vaanz, Nov 25, 2010
Excellent Vaanz,! thank you. - ray76, Nov 25, 2010
'I always follow the trafiic rules' sounds more natural, V. :) - galsally, Nov 25, 2010
Siempre sigo las normas de tráfico porque no quiero estar entre rejas. Hi, Vaanz!! ;) - cogumela, Nov 25, 2010
Thanks Sally and Laura!!! - Vaanz, Nov 26, 2010

19 Answers

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Vivimos en un mundo al revés donde las personas honestas están tras las rejas y los delincuentes andan libres por la calle.

(We live in a reversed world where honest people are behind bars and criminals roam free on the street.)

Fernando Elizondo Barragán

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updated Dec 26, 2010
edited by sv2qp
posted by sv2qp
Perfect ;) - cogumela, Nov 25, 2010
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Estar tras las rejas puede no impedir la sensación de libertad

Being behind bars,may not stop a sense of freedom.

Two men looked out from behind bars.

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updated Nov 26, 2010
edited by ray76
posted by ray76
Estar tras las rejas puede no impedir la sensación de libertad. Good one, Ray ! :) - cogumela, Nov 25, 2010
Thank you so much guapita. - ray76, Nov 25, 2010
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The criminals are behind bars.

Los delincuentes están tras las rejas.

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updated Nov 28, 2010
edited by Brynleigh
posted by Brynleigh
lol - they look like they're some mean criminals!! - 001a2987, Nov 25, 2010
Good bryn! ;) - cogumela, Nov 25, 2010
Thanks so much :) - Brynleigh, Nov 25, 2010
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He that is taken and put behind bars or in chains is not conquered, though overcome; for he is still an enemy.

El que es tomado y puesto entre rejas no es conquistado, aunque vencido; porque es todavía un enemigo.

Alternative:

Aquel que es tomado prisionero y encerrado tras rejas o que es encadenado no llega a ser conquistado, aunque haya sido vencido; sigue siendo un enemigo'

updated Nov 26, 2010
edited by JoyceM
posted by JoyceM
A difficult one , this is my suggestion, wait for more opinions: No se conquista a quien se pone entre rejas, aunque se le venza, pues todavía es un enemigo. Hi, JoyceM ! - cogumela, Nov 25, 2010
If you want to mantein your structure, then; " el que es tomado y puesto entre rejas no es conquistado, aunque vencido, porque es todavía un enemigo. - cogumela, Nov 25, 2010
My version: 'Aquel que es tomado prisionero y encerrado tras rejas o que es encadenado no llega a ser conquistado, aunque haya sido vencido; sigue siendo un enemigo' (I've tweaked a few things to make it more idiomatic, but it means the same) - bill1111, Nov 25, 2010
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No me gusta la cárcel, tienen el tipo equivocado de rejas allí.

"I don't like jail, they got the wrong kind of bars in there."

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updated Nov 26, 2010
edited by artina
posted by artina
No me gusta la cárcel. Tienen el tipo equivocado de rejas allí. ;) ( I agree) - cogumela, Nov 25, 2010
Thasnk you cogumela! - artina, Nov 26, 2010
3
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El autobús escolar está llegando. ¿Ves al perro mirando a través de la reja?

Now, the school bus is coming. Can you see the dog that is looking through the grate?

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updated Nov 25, 2010
edited by sanlee
posted by sanlee
El autobús escolar está llegando. ¿Ves al perro mirando a través de la reja? - cogumela, Nov 25, 2010
oh, and ...Hi, Sanlee ! :) - cogumela, Nov 25, 2010
Gracias, Cogu! and Hi! - sanlee, Nov 25, 2010
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Unos muros de piedra no hacen una prisión, ni unas rejas una jaula. ..Richard Lovelace

Stone walls do not a prison make, nor iron bars a cage......Richard Lovelace

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updated Nov 25, 2010
edited by Echoline
posted by Echoline
Los muros de piedra ni son una prisión ni los barrotes de una jaula. ;) Hi, Cathy! - cogumela, Nov 25, 2010
I'd translate it as 'Unos muros de piedra no hacen una prisión, ni unas rejas una jaula' to be honest. - bill1111, Nov 25, 2010
Thank you both! Hi cogu!! - Echoline, Nov 25, 2010
3
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Could you help me move this heavy bar?
¿Me ayudas a mover esta pesada reja?
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updated Nov 25, 2010
edited by Jason7R
posted by Jason7R
¿Me ayudas a mover esta pesada reja? ;) Good, Jason ! - cogumela, Nov 25, 2010
¡Gracias chica! I made it harder than I should've, eh?!! :) - Jason7R, Nov 25, 2010
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Está entre rejas por el único crimen de ser él mismo.

He is behind bars for the crime of being himself.alt text

updated Nov 25, 2010
edited by 192flat
posted by 192flat
Good one! - 001a2987, Nov 25, 2010
Thanks Chruhl. Is the spanish accurate? - 192flat, Nov 25, 2010
Ummmm....I will let someone that actually speaks Spanish help you on that, although I do think that delincuencia is how crime is translated (u - ue) - 001a2987, Nov 25, 2010
Yes, thanks. - 192flat, Nov 25, 2010
Está entre rejas por el único crimen (or delito) de ser él mismo (or ser como es). Very good, edpan :) - cogumela, Nov 25, 2010
Thanks Cogumela. - 192flat, Nov 25, 2010
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Enciendan la rejilla - listos para ir a casa. (diminutivo de reja)

Fire the grid - ready to go home.

This has nothing to do with me other than that I found it while trying to come up with something different relating to Word of the Day!

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updated Nov 25, 2010
posted by galsally
Good , gal :) - cogumela, Nov 25, 2010
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Las rejas en las ventanas son para protección.

The bars on the windows are for protection.

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updated Nov 26, 2010
posted by bandit51jd
Good ! :) - cogumela, Nov 25, 2010
Gracias, Coqumela! - bandit51jd, Nov 25, 2010
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My sister had to remove the grate over the drain to retreive her wedding ring. Mi hermano tuvo que quitar la rejilla en el desagüe para recuperar su anillo de boda.

updated Nov 25, 2010
edited by jennyo45
posted by jennyo45
Mi hermana tuvo que quitar la rejilla del desagüe para recuperar su anillo de boda. Hi, jennio45 ! :) - cogumela, Nov 25, 2010
Hola , cogumela. Gracias. - jennyo45, Nov 25, 2010
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Hay una organización con on las iniciales PETA, que significan , People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals. Están en contra de comer carne, de llevar pieles y de las rejas en los zoológicos.

There is an organization with the initails, P.E.T.A. which means People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals They are against bars in zoos, eating meat, and wearing fur.

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updated Nov 25, 2010
edited by 002262dd
posted by 002262dd
...con las iniciales PETA, que significan " por un trato ético a los animales" ( for example )... están en contra de comer carne, de llevar pieles y de las rejas en los zoológicos. Hi, Joe ! :) - cogumela, Nov 25, 2010
Thanks cogumela, I should have know better! :) - 002262dd, Nov 25, 2010
They are also against service animals and riding horses. - Echoline, Nov 25, 2010
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I have never heard of the band "The Grates".

Nunca he oído el grupo "las rejas".

THE GRATES

updated Nov 26, 2010
edited by Leatha
posted by Leatha
Nunca he oído... - BellaMargarita, Nov 25, 2010
Gracias, Margaret. - Leatha, Nov 25, 2010
You have to delete "Tengo" too :) - cogumela, Nov 25, 2010
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Va a poner una reja en la ventana.

She is going to put bars on the window.

updated Nov 25, 2010
posted by Maria-Russell
Good :) - cogumela, Nov 25, 2010
In English we say chocolate bar, or bar and grille, too. - Maria-Russell, Nov 25, 2010