La Palabra del Día: La torre
La torre
tower
Note: This word will be the official Word of the Day and will be posted November 17, 2011.
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My Example:
Vivo en un pueblo pequeño donde no hay torres grandes. De hecho donde yo vivo una casa de dos pisos puede ser considerada una torre. jeje
I live in a small town where there are no large towers. In fact where I live a two story house can be considered a tower. jeje
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I hope that our PrincessMariam is not going to be locked up in a tower, because I'm not a very good rescuer.
Espero que nuestra PrincessMariam no vaya a estar encerrada en una torre, porque no soy muy buen salvador.
Last year, I went to Madrid and visited the Kio Towers. I found them it very interesting because there are two towers and both are inclined intentionally.
El año pasado fui para Madrid y visité las Torres Kio. Las encontré muy interesantes porque son dos torres y ambas se encuentran inclinadas adrede.
Lo único que me gusta sobre las torres de vidrio es observar la imagen del cielo reflejándose sobre sus lados.
The only thing I like about glass towers is watching the image of the sky reflected on their sides.
La Torre de Oro en Sevilla no está hecha de oro .Todavia Sin embargo es muy bella e impresionante.
The Golden Tower of Sevilla is not made of gold. Yet it is very beautiful and impressive.
The Rotating Tower of Dubai will rotate slowly and appear twisted, and always different. It is ingenious and beautiful, but is also a stupid idea for a place for people to live.
La Torre Giratoria de Dubai se gira lentamente y aparece torcida, y siempre diferente. Es ingeniosa y bella, pero también es una idea estúpida de para un lugar para vivir por donde vive la gente.
(Gracias a Vicente)
La torre de Babilonia fue construida tan alto alta que ofendío a Dios.
The tower of Babylon was built so high that it offended God.
Famous architects have shown their talent by designing modern towers.
Unos arquitectos famosos han mostrado su talento diseñando torres modernas.
Towers are good examples for civilization.
Las torres son buenos ejemplos para la civilización
La Torre de Eiffel puede ver por kilómetros de distancia. Es un señero emplazado por el centro de Paris.
With drvicente's corrections:
La Torre de Eiffel puede ser vista por kilómetros de distancia. Es un lugar señero emplazado por el centro de Paris.
The Eiffel Tower can be seen from miles around. It is a landmark located in the centre of Paris.
¡Jugar al ajedrez no es tan complicado! La primera cosa que debe aprender son los nombres de las piezas (también conocidas como 'trebejos'): tenemos un rey, una dama, dos torres, dos alfiles, dos caballos y ocho peones.
Playing chess is not that complicated! The first thing you have to learn are the names of the chess figures (also known as chessmen): we have one king, one queen, two rooks, two bishops, two knights and eight pawns.
En algunos pueblos españoles se ha construido una iglesia encima del castillo muy antiguo y las dos torres se complementan mutuamente.
In some Spanish villages a church was built on top of the ancient castle and the two towers complement each other.
En algunas partes de España es típico construir torres humanas. Se llaman "castellers"
In some places in Spain is traditional to build human towers. They are called "castellers"
Trabajo en el piso octavo de esta torre de pisos.
I work on the eighth floor of this tower block.
Esta es la torre que veo desde mi ventana. La torre perteneció a una iglesia, la cual quedó destruida.
This is a tower which I see from my window. The tower belonged to an already perished church .
La torre del faro es luminosa en la noche. The tower of the lighthouse is bright at night.
