La Palabra del Día: La herencia
La herencia
Inheritance, legacy; heredity, heritage
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Por supuesto, soy el principito. Por eso, un día recibiré mi herencia y seré el pequeño rey…jejeje
Of course, I am the Little Prince. Therefore, one day I will receive my inheritance and I will be the Little King. jejeje
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La educación es la herencia más importante que recibí de mis padres.
Education is the most important inheritance that I received from my parents.
La herencia de mi familia es americano nativo.
The heritage of my family is native american.
Mi hermana usa su herencia para acoger unos perros vagabundos.
My sister uses her inheritance to take care of stray dogs.
La herencia mia es mi belleza. íMi padre era bonito también!
My inheritance is my beauty. My father was also beautiful!
Mi familia española represente una herencia de cultura artística, de un idioma fantástica y de una gente libre y alegre.
My Spanish family represents an inheritance of artistic culture, a fantastic language and a free and happy people. 
The only inheritance my parents left me is wisdom. At least, I think they were wise.
La única herencia de mis padres que me quedan es la sabiduría. Por lo menos, creo que eran sabios.
A veces la herencia pude ser cruel, especialmente cuando es en relación con los ojos.
Sometimes heredity can be cruel, specially when it's relating to the eyes.
Orejas grandes son la herencia.
Big ears are hereditary
Hace dos dias que recibí una carta que dijo que yo había heredado 'algo' de mi vecino. Piensé que yo fuera a hacerme rico pero la herencia resultó ser éste..
Two days ago I received a letter that said I'd inherited 'something' from my neighbor. I thought I was going to become rich but the inheritance turned out to be this....
Mi tio era profesor de español a la universidad Pepperdine, así que estudiar español es parte de mi herencia. My uncle was a professor of Spanish at Pepperdine, so studying Spanish is part of my inheritance.
Information about inheritance is found in a will.
La información acerca de la herencia encontraba en un testamento.
Herencia, no necesito decir más.
Inheritance, I need not say more.
¡Debemos cuidar a nuestra herencia, la madre tierra!
We must care for our inheritance, mother earth!
An inheritance doesn’t always consist of money and neither do you always have to wait until someone dies to receive it. It can be that you have inherited from your mother her good looks or her lousy hair. Or maybe from your father his very useful talent to pull a car with your eyelids . . . . . . . . .
Una herencia no siempre consiste en dinero y tampoco siempre es necesario de que esperas hasta que alguien ha muerto para recibirla. Puede ser que has heredado el aspecto bueno o el pelo malo de tu madre. O de tu padre quizás el talento muy útil de tirar un coche por los párpados . . . . . .
En reconocimiento a una parte de mi herencia cultural, tengo una señal que dice “céad míle fáilte” arriba de mi puerta. Por otra parte, si había querido tener una en una lengua que mi madre hablaba cuando era niña, la señal habría tenido que decir “ceud mìle fàilte”.
In recognition of a part of my cultural heritage, I have a sign that says “céad míle fáilte” above my door. On the other hand, if I had wanted to have one in a language that my mother spoke as a child, the sign would have had to say “ceud mìle fàilte”.
