La Palabra del Día: La vergüenza
La vergüenza
shame, embarrassment, bashfulness, disgrace
Note: This word will be the official Word of the Day and will be posted December 5, 2011.
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Algunas personas sienten vergüenza cuando intentan hablar en español debido a su nivel. Sin embargo, he aprendido que todo lo que tienes que hacer es hablar, y mejorarás, te lo juro.
Some people feel embarrassment when they try to talk in Spanish due to their level. However, I have learned that all you have to do is talk, and you will improve, I promise.
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Deberíamos sentir vergüenza de ver el hambre que hay en el mundo mientras nos quedamos de brazos cruzados.
We should feel embarrassment to see the famine there is in the world while we look away.
Huir corriendo es una vergüenza, pero útil.
To flee is shameful, but useful
It is bad that sometimes people can't tell the truth, because they think that it's a shame.
Es malo que a veces la gente no pueda decir la verdad, porque piensa que es una vergüenza.
La vergüenza es la cárcel del diablo pero el regalo de Dios es la misericordia y la gracia.
Shame is a prison of the devil but the gift of God is mercy and grace.
The ugly duckling felt embarrassed because he was different and nobody played with him.
El patito feo se sintió la vergüenza porque era diferente y nadie juegó con él.
A causa de la vergüenza no voy a decir cuánto tiempo hace que trato de aprender español.
My original: A causa de la vergüenza no voy a decir cuanto tiempo he sido tratando aprender español.
Out of embarrassment I am not going to say how long I have been trying to learn Spanish.
Con una visita al hospital tienes que perder la vergüenza.
With a trip to the hospital you have to lose your embarrassment.
Es una vergüenza que Los jovenes se hagan los se hagan los drogadictos y destruyan sus vidas.
It is shame that the young people become drug addicts and destroy their lives.
Algunas personas sienten vergüenza cuando tratan de hablar en español. A menudo esto puede coartar su disfrute de aprender el idioma.
Some people are embarrased when they try to speak in Spanish. This can often restrict their enjoyment of learning the language.
Shame is a method that has been used throughout history by small societies to control their members; Nathaniel Hawthorne explored this topic in “The Scarlet Letter”, for example. Nowadays larger societies seem to prefer imprisonment.
La vergüenza es un método que ha sido utilizado por sociedades pequeñas a lo largo de la historia para controlar a sus miembros; Nathaniel Hawthorne exploró este tema en “La letra escarlata”, por ejemplo. Hoy en día las sociedades grandes parecen preferir el encarcelamiento.
Sentí vergüenza cuando descubrí que llevaba calcetines de colores diferentes.
I felt embarrassed when I discovered I was wearing socks of a different colour.
Sometimes the bashfulness prevents us to find words to describe what we feel.
A veces la vergüenza nos impide encontrar palabras para describir lo que sentimos.
La pérdida de la capacidad de sentir vergüenza es como perder nuestra brújula moral.
The loss of the capacity to feel embarrassment is like losing our moral compass.
Whenever miscarriages of justice occur the police force and the counsel for the prosecution should feel ashamed that the justice system has failed the accused person and individuals such as Amanda Knox have had to spend time in prison for offences that they have not committed!
= Siempre que ocura una injusticia la policía y los abogados deberían tener verguenza porque el acusado ha sido fallado por el sistema de justicia y individuales tal como, Amanda Knox, !tuvieron que ser en cárcelados por un crimen que no han cometido!
Editor's note/s; I had completed most of this up to the words Amnda Knox then felt totally confused how to write the phrase ''have had to spend'' and had used the imperfect subjunctive tuvieran before consulting a friend of mine who is a native from Spain to know how to write ''they have had to''. Putting that in the past almost gave me a headache.lol
Corrjan mi Español, por favor 
There are days that I am ashamed to be human.
Hay días que me da vergüenza ser humana.
