La Palabra del Día: El ladrón
El ladrón
thief, robber, burglar
Note: This word will be the official Word of the Day and will be posted January 17, 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:
Una vez, vi a un hombre que había entrado en mi coche. Estaba seguro de que era un ladrón, así que grité “Hey.” En ese momento, me di cuenta de que no era mi coche. Por supuesto, me sentí muy estúpido.
Once, I saw a man enter my car. I was sure that he was a thief, so I shouted “Hey.” At that moment, I realized that it wasn’t my car. Of course, I felt very stupid.
24 Answers
"Nuestro gato Max llegó como un ladrón en la noche."
"Our cat Max came like a thief in the night."
Algunos ladrones no entran en la carcel, sino que van a Congreso.
Some thieves do not go to jail; they go to Congress.
Algunos ladrones roban las cosas y no pueden evitarlo.
Some thieves steal things and can't help it.
En casi cada época hay un ladrón, quien roba a los ricos, pero ayuda a los pobres.
In almost every era there is a robber who robs the rich people but helps the poor ones.
Cuando el ladrón tomó mi bolsa yo grité "¡Espera!", pero el ladrón no esperó. Tal vez lo dije incorrecto.
When the robber took my purse I shouted "Stop!", but the thief did not stop. Perhaps I said it wrong.
Dicen que esto es un deporte, je je je , yo sé la verdad, están practicando para ser ladrones.
They say this is a sport, heh heh heh, I know the truth, they are practicing to be thieves. 
A mí me parece que los más ladrones audaces son los gobiernos del mundo.
I think the most audacious thieves are the world's governments.
Catch the thief! He stole my heart!!
¡Atrapen al ladrón, me robó el corazón!
Quien roba a un ladrón tiene cien años de perdón.
A thief who robs a thief gets a hundred years of reprieve
Aunque sabia que habia cometido el delito, el ladrón no admitiría nada su culpa a la policía.
With drvicente's corrections:
Aunque sabia que habia cometido el delito, el ladrón no admitiría nunca su culpa a la policía.
Even though I knew he had committed the crime, the thief would not admit his guilt to the police.
Cuando era estaba en el golfo Pérsico persiano en 1991, un ladrón robó mi coche y lo abandonó; cuando regresé a San Diego, la policía no me lo devolvería a menos que pagara las multas de estacionamiento (que el ladrón había causado) y la comisión del depósito municipal los gastos de embargo. Tuve que comprar un nuevo coche nuevo.
When I was in the Persian Gulf in 1991, a thief stole my car and abandoned it; when I returned to San Diego, the police would not give it back unless I paid the parking tickets (that the thief had gotten) and the impound fee. I had to buy a new car.
It's now a profession like any other.
Ser un ladrón hoy en día es una profesión como cualquier otra.
No hay ladrones más grandes que estos mugrosos.
There are no bigger thieves than these dirty guys.
Un tío en colegio robó a mi chica , es ladrón de chicas .
A guy in college stole my girl , he is a girl thief.
Cree el ladrón que todos son de su condición.
The thief thinks that everyone is like him.
