La Palabra del Día: Afuera
Afuera
outside, outward
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Hace frío afuera, así que voy a quedarme adentro y cocinar malvaviscos con la chimenea.
Its cold outside, so I will stay indoors and cook marshmallows with the fireplace.
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¿Sois ciegos? Soy un gato de la casa.... !no me dejéis afuera!
Are you blind? I am a house cat.... do not leave me outside!

Puedo ser muy peligroso afuera de la casa por la noche. Quedate aquí conmigo y estaremos seguros juntos.
With drvicente's corrections:
Puede ser muy peligroso afuera de la casa por la noche. Quédate aquí conmigo y estaremos seguros juntos.
It can be very dangerous outside the house at night. Stay here with me and together we will be safe.

Piense afuera a la caja.
Think outside the box.

En nuestra ciudad nieva y estoy sentada en mi cuarto . El jardín está lleno de nieve y miro afuera con tristeza.
In our city it is snowing and I am sitting in my room. The garden it full of snow and I am looking outside sadly.
No me gusta trabajar afuera en el invierno. Hmmm en verdad no me gusta ni trabajar en el interior.
I don't like to work outside in the winter. Hmmm actually I don't like to work inside either.
Mis vecinos en la casa al lado de la mía tienen siete perros y los oigo ladrando afuera a deshoras todas las horas.
My neighbors in the house next door to mine have seven dogs and I hear them barking outside at all hours. ![]()

It was cold outside and we decided to make the barbecue at home.

Afuera hacía frío y decidimos a hacer barbacoa en casa.

Ir a pescar es mi pasatiempo favorito,porque lo haces afuera.
Fishing is my favorite hobby,because you do it outside.
Como mucha gente con la piel dura afuera , mi interior es suave.
Like many people with tough skin outside, my inside is soft.
after corrections: Como mucha gente con la piel dura afuera , mi interior es tierno.

Lo que me gusta lo menos acerca de invierno es que tengo que ir al trabajo y regresar a casa en la oscuridad, y solo puedo ver el sol afuera fuera de mi ventana en el trabajo.
What I like the least about winter is that I have to go to work and return home in the dark, and am only able to see the sun outside from my window at work.

Wife to husband:''Have you taken out the rubbish, yet.... as I asked you to?''
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Husband:''Yes, of course, my love! I have left it outside your mother's house!''
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= Esposa a su esposo: ''¿Ya has sacado la basura...como te pedí?''
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''íSí, por supuesto, mi amorcita! La he dejado fuera de la casa de tu madre!''
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Corrijan mi español, por favor ![]()
Los hurones les gustan viven afuera. A los hurones les gusta vivir afuera
Ferrets like to live outside.
Si se vive afuera hay que tener una piel dura porque hace frío y no hay comodidad.
If you live outside you have to have a thick skin as it is cold and there is no comfort.


