La Palabra del Día: Capacidad
Capacidad
ability, capacity, capability
Note: This word will be the official Word of the Day and will be posted January 21, 2012.
If you have ideas for good words, please send me a PM – I will make it a future word of the day.
This thread is kindly moderated by drvicente. Please correct your posts according to drvicente’s indications and suggestions, and of course use the corrections to learn from your errors! 
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Use the Word of the Day in a complete sentence that best exemplifies one of its definitions. Please provide both the Spanish and the English version and vote for other sentences that you like. The two best sentences (the most voted and the one selected by the mod and the thread owner) will be chosen to be used as the example sentences for the Word of the Day 30 days later based on votes and correctness. ********************************************************************************* Remember, you may NOT use a translator. This exercise is to test your abilities to write in both Spanish and English. ********************************************************************************* Only fully correct sentences are eligible to be chosen for the Word of the Day example sentences. ********************************************************************************** You may choose to include one picture with your sentences, but this picture may not be included in the Word of the Day email, so make sure your sentence is fully comprehensible without the visual aid .
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My Example:
Hablé con un amigo nuevo anoche, y aprendía muchas frases nuevas. Ojalá tenga la capacidad de recordarlas, pero estoy olvidadizo….me parto…
I talked with a new friend last night, and I learned a lot of new frases. Hopefully I will have the ability to remember them, but I am forgetful….lol…
24 Answers
Nuestros cerebros tienen mucha más capacidad que usamos cada día.
Our brains have much more capacity than we use each day.
Para mi, los todos tenemos la capacidad de que nos pensamos.
With Raul's corrections:
Para mí, todos tenemos la capacidad de pensar por nosotros mismos.
In my opinion we all have the capacity to think for ourselves.
Not all humans have the ability to dress themselves well.
No todos los seres humanos tienen la capacidad para vestirse bien.
Usually after lunch I have no ability to work, but I have to.
Normalmente después del almuerzo no tengo la capacidad para trabajar, pero tengo que.
La capacidad humana de ser amable es mucho más grande que la capacidad de ser malo.
The human capacity to be kind is much greater than the capacidty to be evil.
Little boys have the ability to do many things other than crying 
¡Los chicos tienen la capacidad para hacer muchas cosas aparte de llorar!
El teatro tiene una capacidad para trescientas personas.
The theater has a capacity for three hundred persons.
Ya hay siete billones de personas en la Tierra... ¿hemos superado su capacidad? There are now 7 billion people on earth... have we exceeded its capacity?
I believe that if we have a wish, it means we have an ability, and if we have both we will succeed.
Creo que si tenemos un deseo, lo significa que tenemos una capacidad, y si tenemos ambos vamos a tener éxito.
Las mejores personas que conozco tienen la capacidad de buscar la belleza en otros.
The best people I know have the ability to look for the beauty in others.
Esperó que algún día tengo la capacidad para ayudar Chris con la palabra del día.
I hope that someday I have the ability to help Chris with the word of the day.
Esta bañera se llenó a su capacidad. ¿Es que una burbuja de aire?
This bathtub was filled to its capacity. Is that an air bubble?
En el fútbol, el general de campo debe tener la capacidad de tomar decisiones rápidamente.
In football ,the field general (quarterback) must have the ability to make decisions quickly.
El tanque de gasolina en mi camión solo tiene una capacidad de veinte galones.
The gas tank on my truck has a capacity of only twenty gallons.
Muchas gracias por todas las correcciones.
Me pregunto cuántas personas, cuando entran en un ascensor, calculan si el peso total de los ocupantes excede la capacidad máxima. También me pregunto cuántas de las que en realidad lo hacen tienen el trastorno obsesivo-compulsivo.
I wonder how many people, upon entering an elevator, calculate whether the total weight of the occupants exceeds the maximum capacity. I also wonder how many of those that actually do that have obsessive-compulsive disorder.
