La Palabra del Día: Agudo
Agudo
acute, keen, sharp, high-pitched
Note: This word will be the official Word of the Day and will be posted November 24
, 2011.
Notice: This word will be the official word of the day on Thanksgiving (in the US)…
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My Example:
En el día de acción de gracias, siempre tengo un ojo agudo cuando quiero encontrar más pavo relleno.
On Thanksgiving Day, I always have a keen eye when I want to find more turkey and dressing.
22 Answers
Todos celebran el Dia De Acción de Gracias en los Estados Unidos, excepto el pavo, que más bien sufre agudo malestar
Everybody celebrates Thanksgiving in the United States, except for the turkey who suffers from acute uneasiness
Una lengua aguda es más peligrosa que un cuchillo. A sharp tongue is more dangerous than a knife.
You have to work carefully with sharp knives.
Tiene que trabajar con cuidado con cuchillos agudos.
An acute angle is the angle formed by two rays having size greater than zero and less than ninety degrees.
Un ángulo agudo es el ángulo formado por dos semirrectas con amplitud mayor de cero grados y menor de noventa grados sexagesimales.
Eagles have keen eyesight, they can see their prey from high in the sky. Las águilas tienen la vista aguda,pueden ver su presa desde alto en el cielo.
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En un piano, las notas agudas están a la derecha, y las notas graves están a la izquierda. On a piano, the high notes are on the right, and the low notes on the left.
After eating too much turkey, I have an acute stomach ache.
Después de comer tanto pavo, tengo un agudo dolor de estómago.
Se dice que se puede romper un vaso con un tono agudo.
It is said that a glass can be broken with a high-pitched tone.
El sonido agudo de una niña gritando puede quebrar vidrio.
The high-pitched sound of a little girl screaming could break glass.
My husband cannot hear high-pitched sounds like a woman's voice, so he says. Mi marido no puede oír los sonidos agudos como la voz de una mujer, así que el dice.
Probablemente mi edad es la causa de que no puedo comprender a las jovenes con uñas artificiales agudas, pero no comprendo ¿como pueden coger cualquier cosa.?
Most probably my age is the reason that I cannot understand young people with their sharp artificial fingernails, but I don't understand how they can grasp anything.?
Ella tiene una voz tan aguda que me duelen las orejas.
She hae a voice so high pitched that it hurts my ears.
Muchísimas gracias por todas las correcciones.
Tengo un sentimiento agudo de los sentimientos de este hombre.
I have an acute sense of feeling for this mans sentiments.
Cuando empezaba a sentir un dolor del estómago agudo, supe que tuve que hacer llamada por una ambulancia.
With drvicente's corrections:
Cuando empezaba a sentir un dolor del estómago agudo, supo que tuvo que llamar una ambulancia.
When she started to feel a sharp pain in her stomach, she knew she had to call an ambulance.
Los cuchillos cortan mejore si están son agudo.
Knives cut better if they are sharp.
