La Palabra del Día: La patria (Winners announced)
La patria
Native country, place of birth, fatherland
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Nunca quiero vivir en un país diferente al de mi patria. Bueno, a menos que sea un país de habla hispana – eso estaría bien.
I never want to live in a different country than my homeland. Well, unless I could live in a country that speaks Spanish – that would be pretty cool.
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In the country where I was born they call orangutans “People of the Forest”.
En mi patria se llama a los orangutanes “La gente del Bosque”.
SpanishDict is so unique! It has members from many different fatherlands.
¡SpanishDict es muy único! Tiene miembros de muchas patrias diferentes.
Mi español nació aquí, ¡SpanishDict es la patria de mi español! 
My Spanish was born here, SpanishDict is the motherland of my Spanish!
La patria mia es England, pero quiero muchísmo vivir en España. Uno dia en el futuro espero que sea.
The place of my birth is England, but I really want to live in Spain. One day in the future I hope it will happen.
The place of birth of all of us is Earth. And we all must keep the peace and cleanness here as in our homes.
La patria de todos es el Planeta Tierra. Y todos nosotros debemos apoyar la paz y la limpieza aquí como en nuestras casas.
Here is a soviet "Fatherland day" poster which reads, "You are a genuine hero." I wonder if they meant Don Quixote?
Aquí está un soviet tienen un cartel soviético de 'día de la Patria' cartel que dice: 'Usted es un verdadero héroe.' Me pregunto si se que significaban el referían a Don Quijote?
I'm very happy, because I have everything that I want: my friends all over the world, my family and my motherland.
Estoy muy feliz, porque tengo todo lo que quiero: mis amigos en todo del mundo, mi familia y mi patria.
I was born in Hungary but I don't remember much from my infancy in my home country.
Nací en Hungría, pero no me acuerdo mucho de mi infancia en mi patria.
La patria del indio americano no se existe.
The American Indian´s native country does not exist.
En el dieciocho siglo hubimos tenido un príncipe ( Rákóczi) quien estuvo un líder de revolución contra de reyes opresivos ( Habsburgo) Él tuvo el eslogan : Con Dios por la patria y la libertad.
In the 18th century we had a Prince, who had been the leader of a revolution against the opressor kings. He had the password . With God for our country and the liberty.
My birthplace is England ,but my home is in Australia.
Mi partia es Inglaterra pero mi casa está en Australia.
Me encanta mi patria, los Estados Unidos, porque valora la libertad. Por el otro lado, mi corazón también está en España donde viven muchos de mis familiares.
I love my country, the United States, because it places a high value on liberty. On the other hand, my heart is also with Spain where many of my relatives live.
Es posible amar su patria demasiado. It is possible to love your country too much.
La patria de mi esposa es Inglaterra y cuando su tío y tía nos visitaban cuando sus tíos nos visitaron hace unos años, mirábamos vimos los fuegos artificiales en el cuatro de julio y su tío nos dijo que no estaba seguro de que debería celebrar ese día con los colonos.
My wife’s native country is England and when her uncle and aunt were visiting us some years ago, we were watching the fireworks on the fourth of July and her uncle told us that he was not sure that he should be celebrating that day with the colonists.
