La Palabra del Día: Superar
Superar
overcome, surpass, overtake
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Para superarnos tenemos que mejorarnos paso a paso, día tras día, sea lo que sea.
In order to excel we need to improve, little by little, day in and day out, come what may.
El explorador noruego Roald Amundsen superó los riesgos de Antártida y gracias a sus perros esquimales llegóar en el al Polo Sur antes que el explorador inglés Robert Scott .
The Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen overcame the dangers of Antarctica and thanks to his huskies he arrived at the South Pole ahead of the British explorer Robert Scott.
Supero todos mis problemas meditando. I overcome all of my problems by meditating.
Supero todos mis problemas meditando.
"¡Superaremos!" se convirtió un lema para el movimiento de derechos civiles estadounidenses durante la década de 1960.
"We shall overcome!" became a slogan for the American civil rights movement during the 1960's
Las preguntas de algunos hijos superan a sus padres
Some kids' questions are too much for their parents (too difficult to answer )
The Haitians must overcome many difficulties to recuperate from the devastations of the earthquake of 2010.
Los Haitianos deben superar muchas dificultades para recuperarse de las devastaciones del terremoto de 2010.
Espero que superes todos los obstáculos que la vida te ponga en el camino.
I hope you overcome all the obstacles that life puts in your way.
With love and perseverence one can overcome anything.
Con amor y perseverancia se puede superar cualquier cosa.
A veces la realidad supera la ficción.
Sometimes reality surpasses fiction.
Everyone has their own way of overcoming challenges.
Todos tienen su propia manera de superar los retos.
Algunas amistades superan toda imaginación.
Some friendships defy the imagination. (or - are beyond anything imagined.)
A pesar de la falta de neive natural, las zonas de esquiar superaron este obstáculo e hicerion nieve.
Before corrections; A pesar de falta de nieve natural, las montañas de esquiar superaron por haciendo nieve
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Despite the lack of natural snow, the ski areas overcame by making snow.
I am sure that my use of ski area isn't going to work but I really have no idea how to equate that in Spanish and ski mountains just doesn't sound right.
La policía debería dar buen ejemplo por nosotros. No obstante el otro día un coche de policía me superó y atraveso la línea blanca continúa que queda en medio de la carretera.
The police should set a good example however the other day a police car overtook me on the road eventhough there was a continuous white line in the middle.
Si supero mis temores ganaré respeto pero si no supero mis temores, la gente estará riendo.
If I overcome my fears I will gain respect but if I don't overcome my fears, the people will be laughing.
with corrections : Si supero mis temores ganaré respeto pero si no supero mis temores, la gente estará riendose de mí
with correctionsIf I overcome my fears I will gain respect but if I don't overcome my fears, people will laugh.
Me dijo que necesitaba superar la burocracia del sistema pero ahora me parece que no pudiera hacerlo.
He told me that he needed to overcome the bureaucracy of the system but it seems to me now that he couldn't do it.
