Como se dice en español: "an electrical shock" ?
En el contexto: '....She died of an electrical shock.' Gracias.
5 Answers
Gracias "otravez". Por curiosidad, por que usaste "se murio" en vez de "murio"? Esto siempre me tiene confundida.
- Baglady
Pues, yo estoy confundida con esta idioma, también. Ya no sé muy bien todo sobre el pronombre "se" pero creo es correcto aquí. Estoy como un níno. - Otravez
Gracias, de todos modos. Quizas tenemos que preguntar a alquien que sea hispanohablante.
- Baglady
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Now, to your question and comments as quoted above; Either "se murió" or simply "murió" is correct. Which one is best to use varies somewhat with context.
In this particular case, you might say:
"Una mujer murió de una descarga eléctica (or murió electrocutada) en Nueva York al tocar accidentalmente un cable de alta tensión".
Alternatively:
"Mi vecina se estaba bañando cuando se le cayó el secador en la bañera, y se murió del corrientazo."
Which leads me to other options for electrical shock:
Corrientazo
Choque eléctrico
Cantazo (I have only heard this in Puerto Rico).
I hope you find this helpful.
Descarga electrica according to the dicitonary.
Here is my attempt. "Se murió por una descarga eléctrica."
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También decimos: toque:
La lámpara me dio toques.