La Palabra del Día: Explotar
to exploit, to operate, to work (land); to explode, to blow up
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Cuando era joven, hice un cañón de papa. Fue muy fácil - usé tubería de PVC y un encendedor, todo lo que tenía que hacer era rociar la laca, y usar el encendedor. Si haces eso, la laca explotará cuando encenda, y la papa volará muy lejos....
La laca explotará cuando encienda"... "y la papa volará muy lejos
When I was young, I built a potato gun. It was very easy – I used PVC pipe and a lighter, all that I had to do was spray hairspray, and spark the lighter. If you do this, the hairspray will explode when ignited, and the potato flies a long way….
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When my wife is on a business trip I miss her a lot and not only because I love her so much, but also because only she knows how to operate that devil’s machine.
Cuando mi esposa está de un viaje de negocios le echo de menos y no solamente porque le amo mucho, pero también porque solamente ella sabe como (cómo) explotar esa máquina de diablo.
I exploit my house to the full. I move every week to have a different view and the children of my new neighbours visit me very often, so I'm never lonely.
Exploto mi casa completamente. Cada semana me mudo para tener una vista diferente y los hijos de mis nuevos vecinos me visitan muy a menudo y por eso nunca me siento sola. 
Las cosas hacen mucho ruido cuando explotan.
Things make a lot of noise when they explode.
It is always a good idea to read instructions before operating machinery to prevent accidents! 
=Siempre es una buena ídea leer las instrucciones antes de explotar (operar)
maquinaria para evita accidentes
Editor's note: I appreciate that the Spanish verb ''operar'' may be more commonly used in this context to mean to operate machinery but I am wanting to use it and hoping that it would be an equally acceptable/valid option for the purposes of this sentence. If corrected I will use operar in future,
Corregid mi español, por favor
¿Le pone nervioso soplar una cosa que se podria explotar?
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Does it make you nervous to blow up a thing that could explode?
Este muchacho se explotó por una riña de tránsito.
This guy blew a fuse because of his road rage.
When l enter the kitchen, everything simply explodes, l think l have to work more on my cooking skills... 
Cuando entro en la cocina, todo simplemente explota, creo que tengo trabajar más en miS habilidades de la cocina... 
Me parece que la resistencia al statu quo está explotando por el mundo en la forma de "La Primavera Árabe, y el movimiento de "Los Indignados," de españa.
It seems to me that the resistence to the status quo is exploding throughout the world in the form of the "Arab Spring, and "The Indignant Ones, of Spain.
Fireworks explode in the sky, creating a beautiful scene.
Fuegos artificiales explotan en el cielo, creando una escena bonita.
All the dreams in his life have exploded and now he is so sad.
Todos los sueños en su vida han explotado y ahora está muy triste.
¡Qué explotó! Vete el agua.
What exploded? Get the water.
En algunos países se explotan a los niños cuando trabajan por salaríos bajos. In some countries children are exploited when they work for low wages.
Hello, we're the Mythbusters and we like to blow things up.
Hola, nos llamamos los Mythbusters, y nos gusta explotar cosas.
La semana pasada cuando estuve en España escuché los mineros explotando algunas piedras en las montañas qué están alrededor de la ciudad
Last week when I was in Spain I heard the miners exploding some rocks in the mountains that are around the city
Una olla a presión es peligroso peligrosa cuando explota; ¡así son también las personas!
A pressure cooker is dangerous when it explodes; so are people!
