La Palabra del Día: Generar
Generar
Generate
Note: This word will be the official Word of the Day and will be posted November 14, 2011.
DO NOT use the translator!! ¡No usar el traductor!
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My Example:
Es muy triste – no se me ocurre ninguna frase – ojalá que puedan generar buenas frases con la Palabra del Día.
It’s very sad – I cannot think of a sentence – I hope that you guys can generate good phrases with the Word of the Day.
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To generate happiness you only need a smile
Para generar felicidad solamente necesitas una sonrisita 
There are a lot of ecological ways to generate electricity.
Hay muchas formas ecológicas para generar la electricidad.
Desgraciadamente el dinero genera más el dinero. Por lo tanto, los pobres nunca se da la oportunidad ser rico.
With drvicente's corrections:
Desgraciadamente el dinero genera más dinero. Por lo tanto, los pobres nunca tienen la oportunidad de ser ricos.
Unfortunately, money generates more money. Therefore, the poor are never given the opportunity to be rich.
Even with a good education it is not easy nowadays to generate a regular income . . . . . . .
A pesar de tener una buena educación, hoy en día no es fácil generar ingresos regulares . . . . . . . .
La central eólica genera corriente eléctrica que no hace daño al medio ambiente y es relativamente barata.
The wind powerplant generates electricity that isn't harmful to the environment and that is relatively cheap.
Es posible a generar electriciad cuando haces ejercicio. Probablemente, necesistas muchas personas a hacerlo.
Edit: Es posible generar electricidad cuando haces ejercicio. Probablemente, necesistas muchas personas para hacerlo. Probably, you need many people to do this.
It''s possible to generate electricity when you exercise.
The easiest way to write a sentence is to use the translator, but it generates the worst results.
El manera más fácil de escribir un frase es utilizar el traductor, pero genera los peores resultados.
La crisis económica genera mucha frustración y mucha cólera.
The economic crisis generates a lot of frustration and anger.
Para generar la música es tan facíl como uno, dos, tres.
Generating music is as easy as one, two, three. 
Music
To generate interest for their cause, the Chilean students are protesting the increase of educational fees.
Para generar el interés por su causa, los estudiantes chilenos están protestando en contra de la subida de las tasas de matrícula.
Una de mis tareas más difíciles cada mañana es generar una buena idea para “La Palabra del Día”. Es aún más difícil porque normalmente no tengo la oportunidad de hacerlo antes de que se hayan utilizado las mejores ideas.
One of my most difficult tasks each morning is to come with a good idea for “The Word of the Day”. It is even more difficult because normally I do not have the opportunity to do it until all the best ideas have been used.
In the winter we put logs on the fire to generate enough heat to keep us warm. En el invierno ponemos leña en el fuego para generar suficiente calor para calentarnos.
Las diferentes maneras de generar energía son muy interesantes. Los científicos hacen mucho para proteger nuestro planeta. Por ejemplo, inventaron las turbinas submarinas que usan energía de las corrientes marinas.
Different ways of generating energy are very interesting. Scientists do a lot to protect our planet. They invented underwater turbines that use the energy of undercurrents, for example.
Cuando una pareja se casan normalmente generan niños.
When a couple marries this normally results in them having children.
Sin trabajo, es muy difícil generar los ingresos. Without work, it´s difficult to generate income.
