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English Word of The Day: Frog

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The Word for Today is: Frog

Frog....la rana

"Frogs can come in different sizes and shapes."

"Las ranas pueden venir en diferentes tamaños y formas."

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updated Oct 22, 2011
edited by 0043ad50
posted by 0043ad50
formas .......... - ian-hill, Oct 11, 2011
Good eyes ian...Typo. Thanks again - 0043ad50, Oct 11, 2011
are those frogs? they look like toads lol :) - Kiwi-Girl, Oct 12, 2011

23 Answers

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There are all kinds of interesting facts about frogs. Do you know they can be as small as your fingernail? And like chameleons, they can also change their color!

Hay muchos hechos interesantes acerca de las ranas. ¿Sabes que pueden ser tan pequeñas como tu uña? ¡Y como los camaleones, también pueden cambiar de color!

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updated Oct 22, 2011
edited by Ingeteacher
posted by Ingeteacher
Muy interesante! :) - PrincessMariam, Oct 11, 2011
You are full of facts :) bien hecho! - billygoat, Oct 11, 2011
Muy interesante:) - migelis, Oct 11, 2011
Excellent, Inge! :) Just a tiny, tiny suggestion for you: "cambiar de color". - cogumela, Oct 11, 2011
Muchas gracias por corregirme, Cogu . . . . . . :) - Ingeteacher, Oct 12, 2011
Muchas gracias, mis amigos . . . . . :) - Ingeteacher, Oct 12, 2011
Maybe the frog is not small, but the finger is very very big. :) - pesta, Oct 12, 2011
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Me gusta ranas porque ellos comen mosquitos.

I like frogs because they eat mosquitoes.

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updated Oct 12, 2011
edited by Gillygaloo
posted by Gillygaloo
Me gusta la gente práctica . . . . . . :) - Ingeteacher, Oct 12, 2011
Que estoy! ;-) - Gillygaloo, Oct 12, 2011
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Not only we (people) can be crazy. I know one crazy frog also.

No solamente nos nosotros (las personas) puede está loca podemos estar locos. Conozco a una rana loca también. smile

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Rana loca loca smile

Otra vez ranas locas smile

updated Oct 12, 2011
edited by migelis
posted by migelis
jeje muy gracioso! - billygoat, Oct 11, 2011
jejejeje! :) Молодец! - PrincessMariam, Oct 11, 2011
Gracias, amigos:) - migelis, Oct 11, 2011
No solamente nosotros (las personas) podemos estar locos. Conozco "a" una rana loca también. Well done, migelis! :D - cogumela, Oct 11, 2011
Muchas gracias, Cogu:) - migelis, Oct 11, 2011
Hahaha, Migelis, son graciosas las películas . . . . . - Ingeteacher, Oct 12, 2011
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La proxima vez ve una rana, délo un poquito beso. ¡Quizás será convertirse un princípe!

With Cogumela's corrections:

La próxima vez que veas una rana, dale un pequeño beso. ¡Quizás se convierta en un princípe!

The next time you see a frog, give it a little kiss. Perhaps it will become a prince!

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updated Oct 12, 2011
edited by billygoat
posted by billygoat
jejeje! :) Yes, indeed, amigo! :D - PrincessMariam, Oct 11, 2011
No, Billy, I know one Princess here it's enough for me:) - migelis, Oct 11, 2011
:) - PrincessMariam, Oct 11, 2011
La próxima (tilde) vez "que veas" una rana, "dale" un "pequeño" beso. ¡Quizás "se convierta en" un princípe! Hi billy!!!!! :D Difficult sentence! Well done!!! :D - cogumela, Oct 11, 2011
Hi Cogu :) Thank you for the corrections - grrrr I made a mess of this one lol - billygoat, Oct 11, 2011
Sí, Billy, nunca se sabe . . . . . . :) - Ingeteacher, Oct 12, 2011
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I would never kiss a frog to be a real princess

Nunca beso besaría a una rana para ser una princesa verdadera

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updated Oct 12, 2011
edited by La_princesa
posted by La_princesa
Amiga, each princess has her own fairy-tail! :) - PrincessMariam, Oct 11, 2011
Eres una Princesa, no necesites besar alguien:) - migelis, Oct 11, 2011
Princesses are like buses..... you stand there all day, then two turn up at once :-) bien hecho! - billygoat, Oct 11, 2011
Nunca "besaría a una rana" para ser .... Well done, princesa! :) - cogumela, Oct 11, 2011
Gracias cogumela :) - La_princesa, Oct 12, 2011
Gracias amigos :) - La_princesa, Oct 12, 2011
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En Vietnam venden las ranas sin piel , pero están vivas, pienso que es muy cruel .

In Vietnam they sell frogs already skinned but still alive, I think it is very cruel.

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updated Oct 13, 2011
edited by ray76
posted by ray76
Ay, Ray, estoy completamente de acuerdo contigo . . . . . :( - Ingeteacher, Oct 12, 2011
I saw a basket of them last week and one hopped out I wanted to kill it to put it out of its misery , so cruel! - ray76, Oct 12, 2011
oh my goodness, that's awful, I love frogs! :( - Kiwi-Girl, Oct 12, 2011
Terrible :O - 00a4c226, Oct 12, 2011
That's going too far , I could never bear to see such cruelty. - jennyo45, Oct 12, 2011
I wish I could give you a million votes to save the frogs. - jennyo45, Oct 12, 2011
I guess we have to be careful not to judge lest we be judged also , for every bite of meat we take we confine a beast to slaughter. - ray76, Oct 13, 2011
*En Vietnam venden las ranas sin piel , pero están vivas, pienso que es muy cruel .* - Peinadin, Oct 13, 2011
Gracias Peinadin tu eres muy amable. - ray76, Oct 13, 2011
It is weird how such a simple ( seemingly ) sentence can be so complicated , hey ho ! - ray76, Oct 13, 2011
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I built a small pond near my stepdaughter’s bedroom window, and she used to complain frequently that she was not able to fall asleep due to the sounds of the frogs. When she moved in again recently, she moved in to a room far from the pond.

Construí un estanque pequeño cerca de la ventana del dormitorio de mi hijastra, y solía quejarse frecuentemente de que no podía dormirse dormir debido a los sonidos de las ranas. Cuando se mudó a nuestra casa de nuevo hace poco, eligió un dormitorio lejos del estanque.

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updated Oct 13, 2011
edited by Stadt
posted by Stadt
The pond is behind the irises. :-) - Stadt, Oct 11, 2011
Wow, Stadt! Excellent! Very impressive! "no podía dormir" :) - cogumela, Oct 11, 2011
Gracias, Cogumela, I do try to learn from these, so hopefully am a bit better than when you used to do the threads regularly. ;-) - Stadt, Oct 11, 2011
Good to see you coming back to the site more again, I think we all missed you. :-) - Stadt, Oct 11, 2011
Always impressive! - Animalescus, Oct 12, 2011
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Hoy en día a las niñas no les gusta besar a las ranas y por esta razón hay menos príncipes en el mundo.

Nowadays young girls don't like kissing frogs and this has led to there being fewer princes in the world.

updated Oct 12, 2011
edited by annierats
posted by annierats
' besar a las ranas? ' - annierats, Oct 11, 2011
lol! Yep, they stopped after Prince Charles was born ;-) - billygoat, Oct 11, 2011
Sorry, but Cinderella didn't kiss a frog!!!!! He had another difficulties in her fairy-tail. - PrincessMariam, Oct 11, 2011
Hoy en día (tilde) a las niñas (remove comma) no les "gusta" besar "a" las ranas y por "esta" (gender) razón hay menos príncipes en el mundo. Well done, annierats! :) - cogumela, Oct 11, 2011
Thank you for enlightening me, Annie. I didn't know that was the reason . . . . - Ingeteacher, Oct 12, 2011
Thank you Congumela, I hope I've fixed it, I can't find the computer glasses... - annierats, Oct 12, 2011
Haha - that explains everything! - pesta, Oct 12, 2011
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¡Ten cuidado cuando tocas la rana! Algunas ranas son peligrosas.

Be careful when you touch the frog! Some frogs are dangerous. big surprise

updated Oct 12, 2011
posted by croberts
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If you see a frog be kind, because it can be a bewitched prince.

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Si ves una rana, amable, porque puede ser un príncipe embrujado.

updated Oct 12, 2011
edited by PrincessMariam
posted by PrincessMariam
jejejejejejeje - great minds think alike hey! - billygoat, Oct 11, 2011
Indeed..or do we just like kissing? - annierats, Oct 11, 2011
@anniertas, :) - PrincessMariam, Oct 11, 2011
Jejejeje, I never kiss frogs, only Princesses:) Besos, ushka:) - migelis, Oct 11, 2011
You know, I understand this fairy-tail this way : "If you love someone you love him the way that he/she is". :) - PrincessMariam, Oct 11, 2011
@migelis! looool. Actually me neither, but who knows........... ;) - PrincessMariam, Oct 11, 2011
Yes, Princess, you are right, I was just joking.:) - migelis, Oct 11, 2011
... sé amable, porque puede ser un .... Well done, princess! ::D - cogumela, Oct 11, 2011
Tienes razón, Princess . . . . :) - Ingeteacher, Oct 12, 2011
Muchas gracias, Cogumela! :D - PrincessMariam, Oct 12, 2011
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Esta vidriera con ranas podría ser una tema de conversación en su casa.

Edit :

Esta vidriera con ranas podría ser un tema de conversación en su casa.

This stained-glass window with frogs could be a conversation piece in your house.

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updated Oct 12, 2011
edited by sanlee
posted by sanlee
Es muy bonita. - annierats, Oct 11, 2011
Not here Sandy, the lads would have a right laugh at me :P - billygoat, Oct 11, 2011
They say images with frogs bring richness :) - PrincessMariam, Oct 11, 2011
" un tema" (gender) Very good, sanlee! :) Long time no see you! - cogumela, Oct 11, 2011
Thank you so much, Cogumela! It's nice to see you, too! - sanlee, Oct 11, 2011
¿Está hecho por la esposa de Gary, Sandy? - Ingeteacher, Oct 12, 2011
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alt textCuando era una niña, mi hermano y yo atraparíamos las ranas y después comeríamos las patas de ranas fritas por cena.

When I was a child, my brother and I would catch frogs and later eat fried frog legs for supper. Corrections: Cuando era una niña, mi hermano y yo atrapábamos las ranas y después comíamos las patas de ranas fritas para cenar.

updated Oct 12, 2011
edited by katydew
posted by katydew
Conditional used that way does not work in Spanish: You need imperfect past: atrapábamos/ comíamos....and finally, "para cenar" Well done, katy! :) - cogumela, Oct 11, 2011
Thanks cogumela! - katydew, Oct 11, 2011
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La cocina de un país es la crueldad contra los animales de otro. ¡Salven a las ranas!

One country's cuisine is another's cruelty to animals. Save the frogs!

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updated Oct 12, 2011
edited by Kiwi-Girl
posted by Kiwi-Girl
Si! Es "otra crueldad contra los animales"! - 00a4c226, Oct 12, 2011
Good one, Kiwi! I'm the frogs' side! - Gillygaloo, Oct 12, 2011
thanks guys, coffee I changed hacia to contra but if I put the whole thing your way around it'll say 'another cruelty' whereas I want to refer to another country. - Kiwi-Girl, Oct 12, 2011
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Una rana y una araña en la arena. A frog and a spider in the sand.( I got this from a "trabalengua" , I don't know the rest of it .I don't know the source, but I like it. .)

updated Oct 12, 2011
posted by heliotropeman
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This frog is the most poisonous amphibian in the world. With all her poison, she can kill around 1500 people. She is called "arrow point" (I don´t know how it is said in english)

  • Esta rana es el anfíbio más venenoso del planeta. Con todo su veneno, puede matar alrededor de 1500 personas. Se llama "punta de flecha"

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updated Oct 12, 2011
edited by Peinadin
posted by Peinadin
I have been searching for it and think she is called "poison dart frog" - Peinadin, Oct 12, 2011
Well done, Peinadin, just - amphibian :) and yes you're right it's called the poison dart frog - Kiwi-Girl, Oct 12, 2011
thanks - Peinadin, Oct 12, 2011