La Palabra del Día: La década (Winners Announced)
La década
decade, the number or sum of ten
Note: This word will be the official Word of the Day and will be posted October 27, 2011.
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My Example:
Hace una década, fui diez años más joven, y espero ser diez años más inteligente ahora.
A decado ago, I was ten years younger, and hopefully I am ten years more intelligent now.
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We will see many unusual things in the coming decades.
Veremos muchas cosas inusuales en las próximas décadas.
He vivido un total de dos décadas más dos años, y pienso vivir muchos años más.
I've lived for two decades plus two more years and I intend to live much more.
When you start counting the years of your life by decades it means you have already grown up.
Cuando empezas a contar los años de tu vida en décadas esto significa que ya te has hecho mayor.
I hope that my dog lives at least three decades more.
Espero que mi perro viva al menos tres décadas más.
He descubierto en la a lo largo de mi vida que cada década transcurre más rapido que la anterior.
I have discovered in life that each decade passes more quickly than the one before it.
Nuestra esperanza para un cambio en la vida que toma un sólo momento puede durar por décadas.
Our hope for a change in life that takes a single moment can last for decades.
¡No te preocupas si tienes una década mala! ¡La vida es larga y todo se puede cambiar!
Don`t worry if you have had a bad decade! Life is long and everything can change!
En mi clóset, tengo ropa de muchas décadas. Tal vez hay algunas que están de moda, otra vez.
Edit : En mi armario, tengo ropa de muchas décadas. Tal vez haya algo que esté de moda otra vez.
In my closet, I have clothes of many decades. Perhaps there are some that are in style again.
Within a decade a lot can change, not only in the world of computers . . . . . .
En una década mucho puede cambiar, no solo en el mundo de los ordenadores . . . . .
-Hace una década, la vida fue más fácil .
-a decade ago , life was easier .
A decade from now everybody will be driving flying cars.
En una década despues de ahora Dentro de una década todos van a manejar autos voladores.
¿Mi década favorita? Si pudiera, me gustaría haber vivido en Paris en los veintes años veinte.
My favorite decade? If I could, I would like to have lived in Paris in the 20s.
Quiero quedarme en Cusco por lo menos una década.
I hope to stay in Cusco for at least a decade.
En la decada de los sesenta el mundo estuvo lleno de intranquilidad y una revuelta de estudiantes estalló en Paris.
In the decade of the sixties , the world was full of agitation and a revolution of students broke loose in Paris.
