La Palabra del Día; la zarpa
{la zarpa} (noun) paw, claw, hand
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Este es un buen gato porque no usa sus zarpas en los muebles.
This is a good cat because he doesn't use his claws on the furniture.
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Ten cuidado no poner una zarpa en el brazo de la dama sin permiso.
Be careful not to put a paw on the arm of the lady without permission.
Esta es una impresión de una zarpa de oso que ¡no desear a ver en una caminata en el parque!
(This is a bear´s paw print that you would not want to see on a walk in the park! )
..las correcciones se llevarán a cabo ¡como se indique! 
¡Habla a el mano...er...la zarpa!
Talk to the hand...er... the paw!
Buenas noches, la zarpa está muy cansada.
Good night, the paw is very tired.
" I don't think I will pick my nose with this hand"
"No creo que voy a recoger mi nariz con este la zarpa"
La zarpa de mi gato es un arma.
My cat's paw is a weapon.
A algunas personas les gustan las patas de las langostas; otras prefieren la cola. ¡Ahora sé que las langostas tienen patas y no zarpas!
Some people like the lobster's claw; others prefer the tail. Now I know that lobsters have patas and not zarpas!
Llevé a mi perro al veterinario, a su consulta llamada "zarpas y garras."
I took my dog to my veterinarian at his office called "paws and claws."
Wolverine tiene zarpas que veinen de sus manos.
Wolverine has claws that come out of his hands.
¡No me toques con tus zarpas sucias! Acabo de arreglarme para salir.
Don't touch me with your grubby mitts! I just got ready to go out.
No es la zarpa lo que me da miedo, sino el zarpazo!
It's not the claw I am afraid of, it's the clawing!
LLamamos esta herramienta en los estados unidos la zarpa de gato.We call this tool a cat's paw in the US.
Los halconeros usan guantes para que los halcones no les hagan daño con las garras.
Falconers use gloves so that the falcons doesn't hurt them with their claws.
El camarero trajo un plato grande de las zarpas de los cangrejos.
The waiter brought a large plate of crab claws.
The creature has a terrifying metal claw.
La criatura tiene una aterradora zarpa de metal.
This is an Ork Warboss, from Warhammer. My son is a war gamer.
I'm not sure about the word order, reasonably happy with the rest.
