La Palabra del Día: La soledad (Winners Announced)
La soledad
loneliness, solitude
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My Example:
Alguna gente vive en soledad aun cuando alrededor de ellos hay un montón de gente.
Some people live in loneliness, even when they are around a lot of people.
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Loneliness expresses the pain of being alone and solitude expresses the glory of being alone. Paul Tillich
La soledad expresa el dolor de sentirse solo y la solitud expresa la gloria de estar solo.
I deliberately chose this quote because in English loneliness is negative where as solitude is not. How could this be expressed in Spanish?
Loneliness is apparent with many old people.
El soledad es aparente con muchas personas de edad.
Pués... Todo es relativo, incluso la soledad. Bien pensado todo, siempre hay Spanish Dict. 
Well... Everything is relative, even loneliness. After all, there is always SpanishDict.
Some rabbits deserve to be lonely, while we enjoy being in the company of others [such as RabbitWho].
Algunos conejos merecen ser solitarios, mientras nosotros que disfrutamos de estar en la compañía de otros [tales como la señora Rabbit-Who(¿)].
La soledad de una mascota me hace pone triste.
The loneliness of a pet makes me sad.
Hola guys, just a little clarification...
While English clearly distinguishes loneliness ( being alone and sad because one has no people or friends to talk to) from solitude (enjoying having some time alone or on one's own), it seems that in Spanish the differentiation is kind of lost, so...
Soledad = falta de compañía
(voluntaria) solitude - le gusta trabajar en la soledad de su habitación --> ·he likes working in the solitude of his room.
(involuntaria) loneliness: tengo miedo a la soledad ---> I have a fear of loneliness.
The context plays a vital role when dealing with this word.
Here one has to remember the great novel 'Cien años de soledad' by Gabriel García Márquez, which is translated into English as 'One Hundred Years of Solitude'.
Always do what is right and truthful. At first, you will experience loneliness, but others will soon follow.
Siempre haz lo que está bien y verídico verdadero. Al principio experimentarás la soledad, pero otros seguirán pronto.
La soledad es un arma de doble filo.
Loneliness is a two edged sword.
La soledad tiene más que ver con nuestro estado de ánimo que con la cantidad de gente que nos rodea; no es tan difícil estar sólo en una multitud...
The loneliness has to do with our state of mind rather than the quantity of people that surround us; it's not so hard to be alone in the crowd...
I know almost fifty recipes how to prepare an omelet, but each time I need to concentrate very hard have to be very concentrated and I can create a real masterpiece only working in the solitude.
Conozco Sé casi cincuenta recetas de cómo preparar una tortilla de huevos, pero cada vez tengo que concentrarme mucho ser muy concentrado y puedo crear una obra maestra real sólo trabajando en la soledad.
First try:
Solitude is as necessary for our creative spirits to develop and flourish as are sleep and food for our bodies to survive.
Sarah Ban Breathnach
La soledad es como necesario para nuestras espíritus creativas desarrollar y florecer como son el sueño y la comida para nuestros cuerpos a sobrevivir.
Try again:
Solitude is freedom because to be alone with your thoughts is to owe no one.
El solidad es libertad porque estar solo con sus pensamientos es deber nadie.
I think people enjoy solitude at times, but no one likes to be alone all the time.
Creo que las personas disfrutan de la soledad a veces, pero a nadie le gusta estar solo todo el tiempo.
Hay una bella canción de la soledad. There is beautiful song about loneliness.
Creo que Garcia Marquez supo escribir muy bien de la soledad.
I suppose Garcia Marquez knew to write esceedingly well about the solitude .
