La Palabra del Día : la pastilla

Question

la pastilla - (noun)tablet, pill; bar (of soap or chocolate), piece

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!

No me gusta tomar pastillas

I don't like to take tablets.

Please correct my English and Spanish - Vaanz, Dec 18, 2010

Ami tambien ! I hate them so much. - 00b6f46c, Dec 18, 2010

Answer 1

Comer las uvas es como tomar vino en pastillas.
To eat grapes is like drinking wine in pill form.

Jejejej ¿Te parece? - culé, Dec 18, 2010

Answer 2

Por lo general, las pastillas que se deben tomar en las comidas son las más repugnantes.

Ley de Murphy

( Usually, the pills which must be taken with meals are the most disgusting.)

woohoo! House! hehe - culé, Dec 18, 2010

love House!! - Echoline, Dec 18, 2010

Answer 3

Los pasteles de frutas son asquerosos, prefiero las pastillas de chocolate.

Fruit cake is disgusting, I prefer chocolate bars.

Same as above.. I don't know where (if at all) it's common to call a chocolate bar 'pastilla'. In any case: 'Los pasteles de frutas son asquerosos, prefiero las pastillas de chocolate' - bill1111, Dec 18, 2010

By the way, 'fruto' is not exactly the same as 'fruta'. 'Fruta' means 'fruit', as in 'fruit cake', whereas 'fruto' means offspring (usually of a tree, but it doesn't have to be a fruit), or the fruit of your work. - bill1111, Dec 18, 2010

Thanks, Billstpor. you are my hero, :) - Brynleigh, Dec 18, 2010

Answer 4

Life would be much better if everything was made of chocolate bars

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La vida sería mejor si todo estuviera hecho de pastillas de chocolate

Please correct my mistakes, thanks :) - 00b6f46c, Dec 18, 2010

I'd say : La vida sería mucho mejor si todo fuera hecho de las pastillas de chocolate. :) - culé, Dec 18, 2010

Yes.. you are talking about something hypothetical, so you need to use subjunctive here. Still, the most common expression to say 'to be made of' is 'estar hecho de', not 'ser hecho de'. Therefore: 'si todo estuviera hecho de pastillas'.. (without 'las') - bill1111, Dec 18, 2010

By the way, I've seen both 'to be made of' and 'to be made from'. Personally I'd say 'made of', what do native speakers think? - bill1111, Dec 18, 2010

Thanks so much Bill , I think I'm going to wait for the ''made of/from'' correction :)) - 00b6f46c, Dec 18, 2010

In most cases, including this one, of and from are equal. I would drop the "bars" though and say "made of chocolate". - Leatha, Dec 18, 2010

thank you leatha :)) - 00b6f46c, Dec 18, 2010

Answer 5

Según estadísticas internacionales, las mujeres mayores de 40 años, son las que consumen más pastillas que los hombres de cualquier edad.

According to international statistics, women older than 40 are the ones who consume more pills than men at any age.

I dont want to be one of them! - ¡No quiero ser una de ellas!

This is a bit tricky. If you were just going to say 'women older than 40 are the ones who consume the most pills', then you could say 'son las que más consumen pastillas', although 'son las que consumen más pastillas' is more correct. - bill1111, Dec 18, 2010

However when you make the comparison 'more than men at any age', you have to add 'son las que consumen más pastillas.. más que los hombres de cualquier edad' or 'son las que consumen más pastillas, en comparación con los hombres de cualquier edad' - bill1111, Dec 18, 2010

(in other words, you can't 'fuse' those two statements in one one ('women over 40 are the ones who consume most pills' and 'women over 40 consume more pills than men at any age') with just one 'más ..que' statement. - bill1111, Dec 18, 2010

thanks!! ;) - culé, Dec 18, 2010

Neither do I ! - ray76, Dec 18, 2010

Answer 6

Tener a decir eres sientes es algunas veces una pastilla amarga.

Having to say you are sorry is sometimes a bitter pill.

How true is that Amy. That is the hardest and less used sentence in English . - ray76, Dec 18, 2010

Tener que decir lo sientes, I think. Let's wait for Billstopor o cogumela. - BellaMargarita, Dec 18, 2010

You're probably right Margaret, I was sure it's wrong when I wrote it, but I'll wait for my beating from Laura or Bill! - amykay, Dec 18, 2010

'A veces tener que decir que lo sientes es una pastilla amarga'. Normally in Spanish you wouldn't use the word 'pastilla' though. 'Bitter pill' is usually called 'píldora amarga', where 'píldora' is a round pill. - bill1111, Dec 19, 2010

Answer 7

Hablo a toda pastilla .

I speak really really quickly.

I meant to mention that ! But I was too shy . - ray76, Dec 18, 2010

Answer 8

link textEl veneno de un hombre, puede ser la pastilla para salvar la vida de otro hombre.

The poison of one man,can be the pill to save another man's life.

"Please click on link."

In this context the best translation would probably be 'vicio' ('El vicio de un hombre, ..'). 'Veneno' has some colloquial or figurative uses, but 'vice' or 'drug' is not usually one of them. - bill1111, Dec 19, 2010

Answer 9

La evidencia de la pastilla de chocolate que faltaba estaba escrito en su rostro.

The evidence of the missing chocolate bar was written all over her face.

I'm not really familiar with the use of 'pastilla' for a chocolate bar, I guess it's more popular in other countries.. Anyhow.. it would be '.. de la pastilla de chocolate que faltaba estaba escrita en su rostro' - bill1111, Dec 18, 2010

Why is this imperfect and not preterite? I was speaking about this one occurrance.. - Echoline, Dec 18, 2010

Imperfect is not simply for things that repeat over and over. When you say 'it was written..', you don't care about the exact moments when that situation started and ended. All you care when you say that is that 'at that time'. - bill1111, Dec 19, 2010

..it was. If you said 'estuvo escrita', it's like you are more worried about saying that 'it was written', but some time later it wasn't anymore. And of course it is uncalled for in this context.. - bill1111, Dec 19, 2010

Answer 10

I prefer a chocolate bar to a pill 

Prefiero una pastillas de chocolate en una pastillas.  

ami tambien !! - 00b6f46c, Dec 18, 2010

'Prefiero una pastilla de chocolate que una pastilla'. By the way, when you compare something with an adjective (pastilla de chocolate), with something without one (pastilla), it's common to add 'a secas', which is similar to calling it a 'plain pill'. - bill1111, Dec 19, 2010

In this case: 'Prefiero una pastilla de chocolate que una pastilla a secas' - bill1111, Dec 19, 2010

Answer 11

Dr. Oz dijo (ayer en la téle) que el consumo de una pastilla de aspirina diariamente ayuda contra el cancer además de los infartos cardiacos. Dr Oz said on his TV show yesterday that taking an asprin every day helps prevent cancer as well as heart attacks.

'cardiaco' means 'related to the heart', but it's not used for 'heart attacks'. The formal name is 'infarto de miocardio', although informally people call them 'infarto' or 'ataque al corazón'. - bill1111, Dec 19, 2010

By the way, if you add a title (Dr., Sr, etc..), you need to put an article: 'El Dr. Oz dijo..'. And 'tele' doesn't have an accent. And it sounds much better to say: 'el consumo diario de una pastilla de aspirina' or 'consumir diariamente una pastilla..' - bill1111, Dec 19, 2010

Answer 12

Todas estas pastillas son innecesarias según la teoría del efecto placebo; un caramelo sería suficiente por todas las enfermedades.

All these pills are unnecessary according to the placebo effect theory; a candy would be enough for all the diseases.

All these ... - --Jen--, Dec 18, 2010

Sure, gracias amiga, nice to see you:) - luz_72, Dec 18, 2010

The placebo effect is real. The Cochrane Collaboration has many articles about it at http://www.cochrane.org/search/site/placebo effect - Rolest, Dec 18, 2010

for all diseases. ¡Hola, luz! - pesta, Dec 18, 2010

Except that the candy causes a lot of them "diseases", eat more fruit not candy. Please ! - ray76, Dec 18, 2010

'para todas las enfermedades' - bill1111, Dec 19, 2010

Answer 13

abuso de la pastilla con receta se ha vuelto común entre los adolescentes

Prescription pill abuse has become common among teenagers.

You mean ''among'' ;) - 00b6f46c, Dec 18, 2010

You are right lovely, thanks! - wansell, Dec 18, 2010

'El abuso de pastillas se ha vuelto..'. You can add 'con receta', but it sounds a bit strange. It is much more common to say 'medicamento con receta' when you want to remark that they are prescription pills. - bill1111, Dec 19, 2010

Answer 14

Las drogas de diseño tienen a menudo forma de pastilla.

Club drugs are often in pill form.

'Las drogas de diseño tienen a menudo forma de pastilla'. 'Droga de diseño' ('synthetic drug') or 'pastillas' are the common names for those drugs. I've never heard 'Drogas de club' myself. - bill1111, Dec 19, 2010

Hmm maybe it's something Spanish speakers in the US say. I did a search for "Drogas de club" and over 16,000 results came up. - benweck, Dec 19, 2010

Answer 15

Siempre bebe agua cuando tomando estas pastillas.

Always drink water when taking these pills.

'Bebe siempre agua cuando tomes estas pastillas' And it needs to be exactly lke this, including the word order, because 'Siempre bebe..' means 'You/he always drinks', not 'Always drink..' - bill1111, Dec 19, 2010