La Palabra del Día: Sucio
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Cada vez que el perro de mis padres viene a mi casa, le gusta perseguir los conejos. Una vez, mis padres habían salido de vacaciones, sus perro escarbó en mi patio, y se ensució mucho .¡Qué pinta!
Every time that my parents dog comes to my house, he likes to chase rabbits. Once, my parents had left on vacation, their dog dug under my deck, and he became very dirty .What a sight!!

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Eso cerdo es vistiendo los botas wellington para no pies sucio.
Correction : Ese cerdito tiene botas Wellington puestas para no ensuciarse las patas.
This pig is wearing wellington boots to stop his feet from getting dirty.

Al instante supe que eso era solo una lámpara. Como todos los hombres, mi mentalidad no es sucia. ![]()
I instantly knew it was just a lamp. Like all men, my mind is not dirty. ![]()

Mom l'm not dirty, l'm only creative!
¡Mamá no estoy sucio, sólo soy creativo!

Mars is just red, not dirty; there is no need to clean it up. We dont need your help! ![]()
Marte sólo es rojo, no está sucio; no hace falta limpiarlo. ¡No necesitamos tu ayuda!
P.S. for the expression "there is no need to ..." in SD dictionary I found "no hace falta..." , but I'm not sure whether it is good for the Spanish sentence.

No hay diversión en jugar sucio.
There's no fun in playing dirty.

You have a dirty screen. I'll clean it for you.
Tienes una pantalla sucia. La voy a limpiar para ti.

¿Ha visto alguna vez una cosa tan sucia?
Have you ever seen anything so nasty?

De niño me gustaba mucho comer el algodón de azúcar. No le prosteba atención a los manos, la cara o la ropa que a menudo estaban muy sucias y pegajosas.
When I was a child I liked eating candyfloss a lot. I didn't pay attention to my hands, face or clothes which often were very dirty and sticky,
Fortunately I dont need any pens for my exercises on SD, so I dont lose time looking for them. The only problem is that my little brother always gets very dirty eating all my pens . . . . .
Afortunadamente no necesito bolígrafos para mis ejercicios en SD, así que no pierdo tiempo en buscarlos. El único problema es que mi hermanito siempre se pone muy sucio comiéndose todos mis bolis . . . . . . ![]()

Mom, I don´t want to take out the trash. The last time I got all dirty!
Mamá, no quiero sacar la basura. La última vez obtuve me insucié todo el sucio!

Incluso un parabrisas sucio es un lugar para hacer arte para algun gente.
Para alguna gente, hasta un parabrisas sucio es un buen lugar para hacer arte.
Even a dirty windshield is a place to make art for some people.

A mi esposa le encanta el martini sucio encantan los martinis sucios, pero prefiere tomar solo uno en un día cualquiera, porque el martini sucio contiene tanto alcohol.
My wife loves dirty martinis, but she prefers to have only one in a given day, because dirty martinis contain so much alcohol.

Hubiera estado un gran futbolista, pero a veces también jugó sucio.
Second attempt following Stephen's comments:
Hubiera sido un gran futbolista, pero a veces, él también jugaba sucio
He might have been a great footballer, but he also played dirty at times.

Last week my friend's daughter, who is 10, asked me, "What's Dirty Dancing" mean in English? ![]()
La semana pasada la hija de una amiga, que tiene 10 años, me preguntó, "¿Qué es Bailar Sucio?"

