La Palabra del Día : el zapato
el zapato (noun) shoe
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Tengo más de diez pares de zapatos.
I have more than ten pairs of shoes.
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Shoes can come in very handy at times.
Los zapatos pueden ser muy útiles.
A las doce, Cenicienta con su prisa, perdió uno de sus zapatitos de cristal en el casttillo .
At twelve o'clock, Cinderella in her rush, lost one of her glass slippers in the castle.
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Your pets may be warmer in winter if they wear shoes.
Sus animales domésticos pueden estar más calentitas en invierno si llevan zapatos.
Sé el maestro de tus pequeñas molestias y conserva tu energía para las cosas grandes que realmente valen la pena. No es la montaña que te agota - sino el grano de arena en el zapato.
Be master of your petty annoyances and conserve your energies for the big, worthwhile things. It isn't the mountain ahead that wears you out - it's the grain of sand in your shoe.
Robert Service
Siempre llevo los mismos tenis viejos.
I always wear the same old tennis shoes.
¿Alguien en su family tejes los zapatos de bebé? Me los gustan con dos colores!
Does anyone in your family knit baby shoes? ¡I like the ones with two colors!
Edit: ¿alguien en su familia teje los patucos de bebé? Me gustan los de dos colores
La vieja que vive en un zapato. 
A shoe store is a good place to buy shoes.
Una zapatería es un buen lugar para comprar zapatos.
Espero tener un armario como el que Imelda Marcos tenía para sus zapatos.
I hope to have a closet like the one Imelda Marcos had for her shoes.
Cuando patino mi zapatos se gastan tan rápido que hay un hueco en la suela de cada uno y a veces les entran agua o piedras. When I skate my shoes wear down so fast that there is a hole on the sole of each one and sometimes water or stones get into them.
No entiendo cómo las mujeres pueden llevar zapatos de tacón alto.
I don’t understand how women can wear high-heeled shoes.
Some people can't buy new shoes.
Alguna gente no puede comprar zapatos nuevos.
Este zapato parece una flor, ¡ojalá que también huela como un flor!
This show looks like a flower, I really hope it also smells like I flower!
Llevo zapatos casi cada día.
I wear shoes almost every day.
Si el zapato encaja, llevalo se ajusta, póntelo. If the shoe fits wear it. A common idiom, I'm not sure it translates well.
