La Palabra del Día : la querencia
la querencia - (noun) homing instinct; the place where a person feels at home, home, nest; fondness, inclination, attachment
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Tengo una querencia por los perros
I have a fondness for dogs.
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Es su querencia la que hace que un perro siempre vuelva a su dueño.
It's his affection that makes a dog always return to his owner.
Dios da a cada pájaro su gusano, pero Dios tampoco lo echa en su querencia.
( God gives every bird his worm, but God also does not put it into the lair. )
Please correct my mistakes..
Todos estamos felices cuando nuestras tropas regresan a su querencia.
We are all happy when our troops come back to their homeland.
La querencia de Lassie la ayudó a volver al lugar donde se sentía más en casa, en brazos de Tommy.
Lassie's homing instinct helped her to come back to where she felt most at home, in Tommy's arms.
Home is the sailor, home from the sea,
And the hunter home from the hill.
Querencia es el marinero, querencia del mar. Y el cazador querencia del colina.
From Requiem by Robert Louis Stevenson.
¡La querencia! La querencia es donde cuelga su sombrero.
Home! Home is where you hang your hat.
Lord John Whorfin, from The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai
Mi familia está dispersa por todas partes, pero siempre volvemos a la casa de mi padres, la que es la querencia de nuestra familiia.
My family is scattered everywhere, but we always come back to my parents house, the one that is the home of our family.
tengo querencia en descubrir nueva cosas
The homing instinct in animals begins at birth.
La querencia de los animales comienza al nacer.
Todo el mundo piensa que las mujeres tienen querencia, pero los hombres la tienen también.
Everyone thinks of women having a homing instinct, but men have them, too.
Aunque he vivido en muchas ciudades y muchos países, pienso en Edimburgo como mi querencia.
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Although I've lived in lots of cities and lots of countries, I think of Edinburgh as the place where I feel most at home.
Los pájaros tienen querencia por su nido.
Birds have a homing instinct (or fondness) for their nest.
I know my Spanish is wrong, please correct it.
Cuando era joven, sentía la casa de abuela como mi querencia
When I was young, I felt at home at Grandmother's place.
Muchos expertos piensan que la querencia de las aves se basa, en parte, en la orientación magnética.
Many experts think that the homing instinct of birds is based, in part, on magnetic orientation.
Querencia describes a place where one feels safe.
La querencia describe un lugar donde uno se siente seguro.
(Please correct my español)
