La Palabra del Día: El familiar
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My Example:
Probablemente tienes algunos familiares locos, pero de todas formas son familia.
You probably have some crazy relatives, but they are still your family.

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Next year I will be visiting some relatives and friends in Canada.
El año próximo voy a visitar a algunos familiares y amigos en Canadá.

Claramente, muchas miembros de SD son como un parte de mi familia. Clearly, many members of SD are like a part of my family.
I can't believe that the Queen's relatives used to live on the tree. ![]()
No puedo creer que los familiares de la Reina vivían en el árbol.

Certainly the tiger is a relation to the cats.
Es verdad que el tigre es un familiar de los gatos.
Hay algunos familiares que siempre están en Span¡shd!ct.
One or the other family member is just always on Spanishdict![]()

"My mother-in-law is not my relative, she is the Kraken in women's clothes."
"Mi la suegra es no a mi familiar, ella es el Kraken en la ropa de mujer."

En cada famila, hay familiares que van contra la corriente
In every family there are members who dance to a different drummer.

Puedes elegir a tus amigos, pero por desgracia, no a tus familiares
You can choose your friends but unfortunately not your relatives. ![]()
Mis familiares son dueños de un restaurante pequeño.
My relatives are the owners of a small restaurant.


Estos son mís familiares lejos, ¿veas el parecido?
These are my distant relatives, see the resemblance?
Diá de hoy topo con un familiar amigo viejo. Today I ran into an old family friend.
Debe de ser absolutamente devestador tener un familiar desaparecido, como les pasaba a demasiadas personas, por ejemplo, en Argentina durante los años de la dictadura militar.
It must be totally devastating to have a relative 'disappear', as happened to too many people, for example in Argentina during the years of the military dictatorship.
You choose your friends, but you can't choose your relatives.
Elige a sus amigos, pero no puede elegir sus familiares.
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Tu cara me resulta familiar. ¿Eres familiar?
Your face looks familiar. Are you a relation?

