La Palabra del Día: Caído
Caído
fallen, low
Note: This word will be the official Word of the Day and will be posted November 19, 2011.
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My Example:
En mi opinión, debes tener cuidado si comes manzanas caídas.
In my opinion, you should be careful if you eat fallen apples.
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¡Me he caído y no puedo levantarme!
I have fallen and I can't get up!
*Nobody from the United States did this yet? 
It's actually from a very popular commercial. You can read about it here if interested.
En Madrid se encuentra el Valle de los Caídos, un monumento muy controvertido.
The "Valley of the Fallen" is situated in Madrid, a monument full of controversy.
Mi estación del año preferida es el otoño. Me encanta ver las hojas cayéndose de los árboles y las hojas de diferentes colores, caídas en los parques y los senderos.
My favourite season of the year is autumn. I adore looking at leaves falling from the trees and the colourful, fallen leaves in the parks and alleys.
11/11 is the day we commemorate the fallen of the two World Wars
11/11 es el día para conmemorar los caídos de los las dos guerras mundiales
Mourning parents ( Los padres de luto?)by Käthe Kollwitz
Fallen autumn leaves tell us their fairy stories full of colours.
Las hojas caídas de otoño nos cuentan sus cuentos de hadas llenos de colores.
I saw a falling star and made a wish, but I can't tell it, because otherwise it won't come true!
Vi una estrella caída y pedí un deseo, pero no puedo contarlo, porque de otra manera lo no va a hacerse una realidad.
The fallen of Berlin wall it was represented an important human history fact.
Second Attempt: The fall of the Berlin Wall represented an important fact in human history.
La caída del muro del Berlín representó un hecho importante en la historia de la humanidad.
Después de una mala tormenta caídas árboles se pueden particularmente peligroso.
With Heidita's corrections:
Después de una mala tormenta árboles caídos pueden ser particularmente peligroso.
After a bad storm fallen trees can be particularly dangerous.
El Escorial es un palacio royal que fue construido por Felipe II de España. Está muy cerca al Valle de los Caídos y fue diseñado con un plan similar al Templo de Salomón.
The Escorial is a royal palace that was constructed by Phillip II of Spain. It is very close to the Valley of the Fallen and was designed with a plan similar to Soloman's Temple.
Las tasas de interés han caído a un mínimo histórico.
Interest rates have fallen to a historical low.
original sentence: Las tasas de interés
hubieronhan caído de un mínimo de todo vez. Interest rates have fallen to an all time low.
Scientists study fallen meteorites so that we can learn the origins of the universe.
Los científicos estudian los meteoritos caídos por lo para que podemos aprender los orígenes del universo.
