La Palabra del Día: El rey
El rey
king
Note: This word will be the official Word of the Day and will be posted January 5, 2012.
Notice: This will be the official word of the day for the Día de Tres Magos, or the Day for the Three Wise Men, in Spain.
If you have ideas for good words, please send me a PM – I will make it a future word of the day.
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My Example:
Si fuera un rey, haría chocolate la moneda oficial de mi reino.
If I were a king, I would make chocolate the official currency of my kingdom.
27 Answers
"Soy el rey de mi casa porque mi esposa me dio permiso."
"I'm the king of my house because my wife gave me permission."
Se debe mostrar respeto si se le presenta a un rey.
One should show respect if presented to a king.
Juan Carlos el rey de España pronuncia su discurso cada año (alrededor de ahora) en la televisión nacional.
Juan Carlos the King of Spain delivers his speech every year (around now) on national television.
Hay una película muy interesante " El discurso de rey ". El personaje de rey y lo de su profesor fueron fascinantes.
There is a very interesting movie " The King's speech " the personality of the king and his professor is fascinating.
The lion is the King of the jungle. El león es el rey de la selva.
En mi vida hay han habido tres reyes y una reina de gran Bretaña .
Corrections .- En mi vida ha habido tres reyes y una reina de gran Bretaña.
In my life there has been three Kings and one Queen of Great Britain.
Muchos de mi generación piensan que Elvis Presley fue el rey de rock and roll pero no estoy de acuerdo. Lo siento, simplemente no me gusta Elvis.
My original: Muchas de la generación de mio piensan que Elvis Presley fue el rey de rock and roll pero no estoy de acuerdo. Lo siento, simplemente no me gusta Elvis.
Many from my generation think Elvis Presley was the king of rock and roll but I don't agree. Sorry, I simply don't like Elvis.
Each man wants to feel that he is king of his castle.
First try: Cada hombre quiere sentir que el es el rey de su castillo.
Correction: Cada hombre quiere sentirse como el rey de su castillo.
La casa de un hombre es su castillo, y él es el rey. A man's home is his castle, and he is the king.
( Aunque aparecía que el rey es mejor que otra gente puede ser un consuelo que él tambien necesita el dentista.) That was a bad example of learner Spanish ,
- with vicentes help and improvement
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Me parece que el rey es mejor que otra gente y quizás sea un consuelo que necesita consultar a un dentista.
It may appear as though the king is better than other people and it could be a consolation that he too needs the dentist.
It is my destiny to be the king of pain.
Es mi destino ser el rey del dolor.
Si no quieres que Los Reyes Magos pasen de largo porque has sido un niño malo, les pones un vasito de leche y unas galletas y seguro que no fallas!!! 
If you don't want the Three Wise Men to pass you by because you have been a naughty child, you put out a glass of milk and some cookies for them and you won't fail!
En el reino de los ciegos, el hombre tuerto es el rey.
In the kingdom of the blind, the one-eyed man is king.
The ''Jungle Book'' film, based on the story by Rudyard Kipling, that features a song with the words ''King of the Swingers.''
= La película, ''The Jungle Book'' basada en la historia por Rudyard Kipling aparece una canción con las palabras: ''King of the Swingers.''
Editor's note/s: I was unsure whether I should be using the transitive or intransitive form of the verb to mean ''to feature'' which I had looked up in my Oxford Spanish Dictionary and double checked in the SpanishDict online dictionary which gave aparacer and figurar as the verb used to mean to feature.
Sometimes the examples given in any dictionary do not give suitable models on which to base your answer and far from clarifying the issue make it harder to work out your answer.
Corrijan mi español, por favor 
Original sentence:
*La película, ''The Jungle Book'' está basada en la historia por Rudyard Kipling que aparece una canción que se llama: ''King of the Swingers.''**
Will you be the king of my heart and will you let me be the queen of your heart.
¿Serás el rey de mi corazón y me permites de ser la reina de tu corazón?
