La Palabra del Día : tres
tres (noun) three
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Los tres Mosqueteros es una novela de Alexandre Dumas
The Three Musketeers is a novel by Alexandre Dumas.
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Si hay tres cosas de todo el idioma español que me confunden, son 'todo,' 'idioma,' y 'español.'
If there are three things about the entire Spanish language that confuse me, they are 'entire,' 'Spanish' and 'language.' 
Tres tristes tigres tragaban trigo en un trigal
Three sad tigers eating (swallowing) wheat in a field.
Tres cosas no se pueden esconder: el sol, la luna y la verdad.
( Three things cannot be hidden: the sun, the moon, and the truth. )
..an old saying from my youth.
.. no one is perfect, correct as you please! 
(Bueno, ya sé que esto es un poco vulgar, pero ¿yo qué puedo hacer? Se dice así... 
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¡Me importa tres coj * * * es!
I don't give a damn!
Por cierto, un artículo de Arturo Pérez-Reverte. Es muy gracioso.
Debes hacer ejercicio por lo menos tres veces a la semana para tu salud.
You should exercise at least three times a week for your health.
Tres Ratones Ciegos es una canción infantil inglesa.
Three Blind Mice is an English nursery rhyme.
In keeping with Quentins mention of the noun I'll go with:Una película muy graciasograciosa es "Los tres amigos".
A very funny movie is "The Three Amigos".
Cuando voy a comprar, recuerdo la lección de mi suegra de "las tres B's": buscar algo que sea bueno, bonito y barato.
When I go shopping, I remember the lesson of my mother-in-law of "the three B's", to find something that is good, pretty and cheap.
"Un, dos, tres, toca la pared" es un juego que vi en la película "El Orfanato"
"One, two, three, knock on the wall" is a game which I saw in the film "The Orphanage"
(The game's similar to "What time is it Mr. Wolf?" in English)
Tengo tres coches porque soy muy rico.
I have three cars because I am very rich.
(I really don't have three cars...so I am not rich!) 
Las tres joyas en budismo son Buda, darma y sanga .
The three jewels in Buddhism are , Buddha,Darma and Sanga.
Hay seis respuestas antes de ésta. Y nadaninguna de ellas usan tres como un sustantivo como la palabra del día.
There are six answers prior to this one. None of them use "tres" as a noun like the Word of the Day.
Primero aprendí a contar de tres en tres, y luego los numerales. ¿Qué me miráis? ¡Claro que eso es inteligencia! 
First I learned to count three by three and then the numbers... What? Of course it is intelligence!
Some people say, both good and bad things come in threes.
Hay quien dice, tanto las cosas buenas las malas vienen de tres en tres.
El tres es un instrumento musical que se creó en Cuba.
The tres is a musical instrument that was created in Cuba.
