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La Palabra del Día : envolver

La Palabra del Día : envolver

16
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envolver - (transitive verb) to wrap (up); to envelop, to cover; to wind; to involve someone

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Me gusta envolver los regalos y lo hago perfectamente.

I like to wrap the gifts and I do it perfectly.

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updated Dec 26, 2010
posted by Vaanz
Please correct my English and Spanish - Vaanz, Nov 29, 2010
Terrific Vaanzz,, please come and wrap mine I do a shocking job of it. - ray76, Nov 29, 2010
Perfectly! ;) - cogumela, Nov 29, 2010
Better this way, V...'I like wrapping gifts'.. I bet they look beautiful! :) - galsally, Nov 29, 2010
That is definitely a wonderful talent.. - LiveUnsheathed, Nov 29, 2010

18 Answers

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Las cosas buenas vienen envueltas en paquetes pequeños.

Good things come wrapped in small packages.

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updated Dec 26, 2010
posted by Echoline
Awww, wonderful ! - cogumela, Nov 29, 2010
Muy bonita foto!! :) - amy_moreno, Nov 29, 2010
Nice :) - 002262dd, Nov 29, 2010
Adorable! - sanlee, Nov 29, 2010
un hermoso bebe. Do you make baby robes, Echoline? - Brynleigh, Nov 29, 2010
No, I don't. There are different laws concerning clothes for babies and children. - Echoline, Nov 29, 2010
Aw, that is too bad. They would be so cute. - Brynleigh, Nov 30, 2010
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Prefiero al hombre que quema la bandera y luego se envuelve en la Constitución, que al que quema la Constitución y luego se envuelve en la bandera.

( I prefer a man who will burn the flag and then wraps himself in the Constitution, to a man who will burn the Constitution and then wraps himself in the flag. )

..said Craig Washington

Please correct my mistakes..

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updated Nov 30, 2010
edited by sv2qp
posted by sv2qp
Difficult: Prefiero al hombre que quema la bandera y luego "se envuelve" en la Constitución, que al que quema la Constitución y luego "se envuelve" en la bandera. - cogumela, Nov 29, 2010
muchas gracias cogu.. - sv2qp, Nov 29, 2010
how true! - Echoline, Nov 29, 2010
I like the photo.... - 002262dd, Nov 29, 2010
I thought it would lighten the atmosphere the phrase created Joe.. jeje - sv2qp, Nov 29, 2010
That 'a sí mismo' is a bit redundant in Spanish. '..se envuelve en la Constitución' is just fine. - bill1111, Nov 29, 2010
You are right Bill.. simply the word "himself" in the English phrase misleaded me. - sv2qp, Nov 29, 2010
5
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Una momia egipcia se envuelve para toda la vida y más allá .

An Egyptian Mummy is wrapped for a life time and beyond.

Egyptian Mummy

updated Nov 30, 2010
edited by ray76
posted by ray76
Right. A thought: para toda la vida... y más allá !( and beyond! ) :) Hi, Ray - cogumela, Nov 29, 2010
That is what i meant because they are wrapped for the "after life" but it is ambiguous therefore your suggestion is better . Thank you mi amor. - ray76, Nov 29, 2010
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Hace siempre tanto frío en casa que me envuelvo en una manta.

It is always so cold in the house that I wrap myself in a blanket.

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updated Nov 29, 2010
edited by sanlee
posted by sanlee
Hace siempre tanto frío en casa que... Hi, sanlee! - cogumela, Nov 29, 2010
¡Gracias, Cogumela! - sanlee, Nov 29, 2010
4
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Y dio a luz a su hijo primogénito, lo envolvió en pañales y lo acostó en un pesebre

"And she brought forth her firstborn son, and wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger."

Luke 2:7

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updated Nov 29, 2010
posted by wansell
Great! - sanlee, Nov 29, 2010
4
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Ha caído tanta nieve en Escocia hoy día y anoche que no puedo salir de la casa para ir a mi trabajo... y mi jardin parece envuelto en nieve! Se ve muy bonito.

So much snow has fallen today and last night in Scotland that I can't leave the house to go to work.... and my garden looks like it's all wrapped up in snow! It looks very pretty.

grin

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updated Nov 29, 2010
posted by amy_moreno
This gets the message across, but it's more elegant to say 'entre ayer y hoy', or if you want to be more specific, 'entre la noche de ayer y hoy'. - bill1111, Nov 29, 2010
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I wrapped myself up in a towel because I am a very shy girl.

Me envolví en una toalla porque soy una chica muy tímida.

Covered up Pictures, Images and Photos

updated Nov 29, 2010
posted by Brynleigh
Great, Bryn! ;) - cogumela, Nov 29, 2010
Thanks, Cogumela :) - Brynleigh, Nov 29, 2010
Very funny! - sanlee, Nov 29, 2010
3
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Las luces de la Navidad hermosas se envuelven alrededor de árboles en el jardín.

Beautiful Christmas lights are wound around trees in the garden.

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updated Nov 29, 2010
posted by 0066c384
'Las hermosas luces navideñas envuelven los árboles del jardín', or in passive voice 'Los árboles del jardín están envueltos de luces navideñas' - bill1111, Nov 29, 2010
3
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...voy a envolverme en tu ropa..

...I'm going to wrap myself in your clothes...

(de la letra de Hoy por Gloria Estefan)

Me hace feliz encontrar la palabra del día dentro de la letra de una de mis canciones preferidas. :D

updated Nov 29, 2010
posted by galsally
;) perfect, of course - cogumela, Nov 29, 2010
2
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Michelangelo didn't use a fig leaf to cover David's naughty bits.

Miguel Angel no usó una hoja de parra para envolver las partes intimas de David.

Statue of David

updated Nov 29, 2010
edited by Leatha
posted by Leatha
I wish I could vote twice. hahaha - LiveUnsheathed, Nov 29, 2010
'Envolver' is used when 'cover' is used more as a synonym of 'wrap' than simply 'block from view'. Here the correct translation would have been 'tapar', but still.. :p - bill1111, Nov 29, 2010
'Miguel Ángel no usó una hoja de parra para envolver (better 'tapar') las partes íntimas de David.' - bill1111, Nov 29, 2010
Gracis, Billstpor. I don't have any way to write A with a tilde. We'll have to imagine it there. - Leatha, Nov 29, 2010
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¿Ha terminado envolviendo sus regalos de Navidad?

Have you finished wrapping your Christmas presents?

updated Nov 29, 2010
posted by 008f2974
¿Ha terminado de envolver sus regalos de Navidad? ('ha terminado envolviendo' sounds as if you were initially not going to wrap the gifts, and someone asked you if you changed your mind and did it in the end) - bill1111, Nov 29, 2010
2
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Demasiados jovenes están envolviendose con pandillas callejeras!

Too many young people are becoming involved in street gangs.

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updated Nov 29, 2010
posted by 002262dd
'Demasiados jóvenes se ven envueltos en pandillas callejeras' ('están envolviéndose' sounds as if they were getting wrapped up with gangsters, as a costume, if that makes sense) - bill1111, Nov 29, 2010
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Recibió dos paquetes envueltos en papel.

She received two parcels wrapped in paper.

(Please correct my español).

updated Nov 29, 2010
edited by Maria-Russell
posted by Maria-Russell
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Wikileaks se envolvió en la diseminación de información secreta sin el derecho legal.

Wikileaks involved itself in the dissemination of secret information without the legal right.

updated Nov 29, 2010
edited by benweck
posted by benweck
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If you want a happy life, don't get involved with a sociopath, and don't accept any wrapped presents from them.

Si quieres vivir feliz, no te juntes con un sociópata, y no acepte ningún regalos envueltos de ellos. alt text

updated Nov 29, 2010
edited by JoyceM
posted by JoyceM
'To get involved' is translated as 'Ver(se) envuelto'. However, 'Ver(se) envuelto' is more adequate to describe getting involved in a situation, rather than with a person. - bill1111, Nov 29, 2010
The way I'd translate this is: 'Si quieres una vida feliz (or better, 'si quieres vivir feliz'), no te juntes con un sociópata' ('no te veas envuelto con un sociópata' sounds very weak) - bill1111, Nov 29, 2010
This is very sound advice, Joyce! - Brynleigh, Nov 29, 2010