La Palabra del Día: Educado
Educado
polite, well-mannered
Note: This word will be the official Word of the Day and will be posted January 7, 2012.
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:
Me considero ser una persona muy educada. Ojalá otras me consideren ser una persona educada también.
I consider myself to be very polite. I hope other people consider me polite too.
25 Answers
Es posible ser bien educado sin tener una buena formación.
With vicentes kind improvements this should be: Es posible ser bien educado sin tener una educación formal.
Actually, vicente, I totally agree. I have seen the film' La mala educación' and the title really makes little sense unless it refers to education...
It's possible to be well brought up without having a good education.
Hay que ser bien educado en este hilo
One must be (you should be) really polite in this thread
It's amazing how polite some animals can be once they are trained.
Es asombroso qué educados puedan ser algunos animales una vez que han sido entrenados.
Well-mannered children always say "thank you" and "please".
Los niños bien educados siempre dicen "gracias" y "por favor".
And I also wish to say "T H A N K Y O U" to everybody who helps me with my English and Spanish!
Las personas con mal educadas no tienen muchos amigos.
With drvicente's corrections:
Las personas mal educadas no tienen muchos amigos.
Bad mannered people do not have many friends.
It is not polite to stare at somebody while they are eating. They may take offense.
Es mal educado mirar a alguien mientras está comiendo. Podría ofenderse.
Espero que tenga un perro tan educado como este.
Edit:
Deseo tener un perro tan educado como éste.
I wish I had a dog as well-mannered as this one.
Si un gatito puede aprender toser en su pata (el la mano), ¡así que pueden los niños!
If a kitten can learn to cough into their paw (hand), ¡so can children!
Research: SD dictionary; so -- 7. así que (because of this)
No sé si este gatito está educado por usar el inodoro o está mal educado por no tirar de la cadena.
I don't know if this kitten is well mannered for using the the toilet or is bad mannered for not pulling the chain.
Edit: No sé si este gatito es bien educado por usar el inodoro o es mal educado por no tirar de la cadena.
Muchísimas gracias por todas las correcciones.
La mayoría de los taxistas que contraté en la cuidad de Nuevo York no fueron educados.
Most of the cab drivers I hired in New York city were not polite.
Para encontrar a una novia o a una esposa se debe ser educado.
To find a girlfriend or spouse, you must be polite.
A yawn may not be polite, but at least it is an honest opinion.
Un bostezo puede no ser educado, pero al menos es una opinión honesta.
Ser educado no cuesta nada y quedas bien con los que te rodean. 
To be polite doesn't take any effort and you make a very good impression on people around you.
Estoy enseñando mis hijos ser educados. Es triste que no todos los padres hacen lo mismo.
I am teaching my children to be polite. It is sad that not all parents do the same.
En la pelicula "Inglourious Basterds", Christoph Waltz ganó un Óscar por interpretar un malo muy educado. In the movie "Inglourious Basterds," Christoph Waltz won an Oscar for playing a very polite villain.
