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La Palabra del Día : aparecer

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aparecer (transitive verb) to appear, to come out; to turn up

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Un hada apareció en mi sueños anoche.

A fairy appeared in my dream last night.

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updated Nov 1, 2013
posted by Vaanz
Please correct my English and Spanish. - Vaanz, May 27, 2011
una & mis :) - Kiwi-Girl, May 27, 2011
Hi Vaanz! Anoche un hada se me apareció en sueños. Well done! :) - cogumela, May 27, 2011

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¡Parece que están en un montón de problemas!

It appears that they are in a lot of trouble!

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updated May 27, 2011
edited by 001a2987
posted by 001a2987
Chris, aparecer is more like to come up, to happen suddenly....to show suddenly, here you are looking for parecer= to seem or to appear - 00494d19, May 27, 2011
Parece que están en un montón de problemas :) Good, Chris! - cogumela, May 27, 2011
Very funny, Chris:) - migelis, May 27, 2011
Excellent image :) - Fidalgo, May 27, 2011
:-) +1 - pacofinkler, May 27, 2011
Thanks everyone!! :) - 001a2987, May 27, 2011
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La vida es como un arco iris, necesitas ambos, el sol y la lluvia , para que sus colores aparezcan. wink alt text “Life is like a rainbow. You need both the sun and the rain to make its colors appear.”wink alt text

updated May 31, 2011
edited by 00b6f46c
posted by 00b6f46c
La vida 'es' como un arco iris, necesitas ambos, (no article) el sol y la lluvia (add comma) para que sus colores aparezcan. Good, lovely! :) - cogumela, May 27, 2011
Nice idea:) - migelis, May 27, 2011
Muchas gracias!! ^_^ - 00b6f46c, May 28, 2011
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A new superman has appeared to save our world from the attacks of extraterrestrial beings.

Un nuevo superhombre ha aparecido para salvar nuestro mundo de los ataques de los seres extraterrestres.

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updated May 27, 2011
edited by Fidalgo
posted by Fidalgo
Very creative .. I like it :) - Miro74, May 27, 2011
Gracias, Miro :) - Fidalgo, May 27, 2011
At last we are safe! That cat looks like a bruiser! - JoyceM, May 27, 2011
Perfect, Fidalgo! :D - cogumela, May 27, 2011
Very good imagination Fidalgo:) - migelis, May 27, 2011
Gracias, JoyceM, Cogumela, Migelis y todos :) - Fidalgo, May 27, 2011
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Las cosas no aparecen en este mundo hasta que alguien hace que aparezcan.

Things don't turn up in this world until somebody turns them up.

James A. Garfield

updated May 27, 2011
edited by --Jen--
posted by --Jen--
Hi Jenny! You have an article misplaced around there... :) If you move it, it will be perfect! - cogumela, May 27, 2011
jejeje Jen - too true!! - 001a2987, May 27, 2011
well, I certainly dont agree, the sentence is wrong, jenny, dig deeper:P - 00494d19, May 27, 2011
This is the first version that I put up myself. I corrected myself this morning and made it worse. So depressing. - --Jen--, May 27, 2011
"las hace aparecer" or "hace que aparezcan" Well done, Jen! And hey, that was not so bad :) - cogumela, May 27, 2011
Thanks, Cogu :) - --Jen--, May 27, 2011
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¡Tuve una pesadilla! Se me pareció en sueños, un monstruo asqueroso que me decía, "¡Soy el monstruo del subjuntivo! ¡Nunca me vas a entender! ¡Voy a frecuentar tus sueños hasta el fin!" ¡Tengo mucho sueño, pero no quiero volver a dormir nunca!

I had a nightmare! A disgusting monster appeared in my dreams, and said to me, "I am the monster of the subjunctive! You're never going to understand me! I am going to haunt you to the end! I'm very tired but I never want to go to sleep again!

Monstruo del subjuntivo

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updated May 28, 2011
edited by 002262dd
posted by 002262dd
¡'Tuve' una pesadilla! 'Se me apareció' 'en sueños', un 'monstruo' asqueroso 'que' me decía, " ¡Soy el monstruo del subjuntivo! ¡Nunca me vas a entender! ¡Voy a freCuentar tus sueños hasta el fin!" ¡Tengo mucho sueño, pero no quiero volver a dormir nunca! - cogumela, May 27, 2011
Hey Joe, I don't believe that! :) Well done! - cogumela, May 27, 2011
so this is the fantasma hiding under my bed!! - pacofinkler, May 28, 2011
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Cuando una persona parece malvada, es más probable que solamente sea estúpida.

When someone seems mean, it's more likely they are only stupid.

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updated May 27, 2011
edited by Fidalgo
posted by Sabor
I've fixed the link to your image :) - Fidalgo, May 27, 2011
Thank you Fidalgo! - Sabor, May 27, 2011
Well done, Sabor! :) - cogumela, May 27, 2011
Often they are afraid. - JoyceM, May 27, 2011
Thanks Cogumela! - Sabor, May 27, 2011
Thank you Joyce, I will think about that :) - Sabor, May 27, 2011
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Yo estaba buscandole La estaba buscando, pero no apareció.

I was searching for her, but she didn't turn up.

updated May 28, 2011
edited by cogumela
posted by DJ_Huero
Lo estaba buscando, pero no apareció. Well done, DJ! :) - cogumela, May 27, 2011
Sorry, DJ, I've just seen the "her", then it shoud be "La" instead of lo. My mistake! - cogumela, May 27, 2011
Jaja, I was wondering, but it didn't seem too big. Thanks though... with all the amazing things you do, I think you're allowed to be human de vez en cuando. =) - DJ_Huero, May 28, 2011
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Algunos nombres aparecen en la lista de terroristas.

Some names appear on the list of terrorists.

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updated May 28, 2011
edited by Miro74
posted by Miro74
Excellent, Miro! :) - cogumela, May 27, 2011
Phew, you said "his", I was scared there for a minute. Darn ambiguous pronouns. - rabbitwho, May 27, 2011
Thank you cogu & rabbit. - Miro74, May 27, 2011
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Raquel siempre aparece con un regalo para mi cumpleaños. Raquel always turns up with a present for my birthday.

updated May 28, 2011
edited by jennyo45
posted by jennyo45
con "un regalo" Well done, Jennyo! :) - cogumela, May 27, 2011
gracias cogumela . - jennyo45, May 28, 2011
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Señales como esta aparecieron aquí hace unos mesos, y por fortuna no tenían razon.

Signs like this appeared here a few months ago, and luckily they were not right.

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updated May 27, 2011
edited by theresa5
posted by theresa5
Señales como esta aparecieron aquí hace unos meses, y por fortuna no tenían razón. Good, theresa! :) - cogumela, May 27, 2011
Maybe Spanish Dict should announce something like this with a link to the SpanishDict forums, what a great way to get publicity and attention. - rabbitwho, May 27, 2011
Thank you! Cogu and Rabbit...it did get my attention, even though I didn't believe it for a second! - theresa5, May 27, 2011
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Cuando buscaba una imagen fija que pareciera moverse, apareció esta imagen.

When I looked for a fixed image that appears to move, this image appeared.

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updated May 27, 2011
edited by JoyceM
posted by JoyceM
jejeje - muy extraño!! - 001a2987, May 27, 2011
parece que... - 00494d19, May 27, 2011
okay, that's not the word of the day. I'll need to try again when I have more time. - JoyceM, May 27, 2011
Cuando buscaba una imagen fija que pareciera moverse, apareció esta imagen. Well done, Joyce! - cogumela, May 27, 2011
Cogumela, thanks for the correction. This word was harder than I thought! I would have never gotten out of this snakepit without you. - JoyceM, May 27, 2011
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De repente, una coneja apareció.

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All of a sudden, a rabbit appeared.

updated May 27, 2011
posted by rabbitwho
lol - 001a2987, May 27, 2011
dinner!! - aocroc, May 27, 2011
Perfect, Rabbit! :) - cogumela, May 27, 2011
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Cuando el relámpago aparece, espera un momento, ¡Trueno!

When lightning appears, wait a moment, Thunder!

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updated May 27, 2011
edited by sanlee
posted by sanlee
..."espera un momento y oirás el trueno", or just "espera un momento: ¡Trueno!" (without the article) :) Well done! - cogumela, May 27, 2011
Yes, Thank you, Cogu! Much better! - sanlee, May 27, 2011
Nice one, Sanlee! - bandit51jd, May 27, 2011
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Las cosas son no siempre como parecen.

Things are not always as they appear.

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updated Nov 1, 2013
edited by Maria-Russell
posted by Maria-Russell
No need to capitalize "cosas". And you don't need "usted" unless you are trying to be emphatic. - Tosh, May 27, 2011
I forgot to say thanks Tosh. - Maria-Russell, Nov 1, 2013
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El amor de mi vida apareció de la nada.
The love of my life appeared out of nowhere. smile alt text

updated May 27, 2011
posted by Jason7R
Perfect, Jason! :) So did mine... - cogumela, May 27, 2011