La Palabra del Día: El fondo

Question

El fondo

bottom, back, background; depth; fund

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:

Quiero llegar al fondo de esta pregunta – ¿cuál fue primero, el pollo o el huevo?

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I want to get to the bottom of this question – which came first, the chicken or the egg?

MOther and child reunion ;-) - 00434ec3, Jan 25, 2012

That question was on my biology final exam a year ago...it was the egg according to that! - SonrisaDelSol, Jan 25, 2012

Hmmm...muy interesante Sonrisa.....creería la otra opción, por otras razones.... :) - 001a2987, Jan 25, 2012

Me ecanta ese dibujo . . . ja ja - Xocoyote, Jan 25, 2012

Answer 1

"¡Viaje al Fondo del Mar! fue una de mis series favoritas cuando era niña. ¡Casi puedo oír la música de la serie!

(Muchas gracias Cordobesa )

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("Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea!" was one of my favourite television series when I was a child. I can almost hear the theme music!

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¡Very well, Annie! Solo una cosita: "de la serie" :) - Cordobesa, Jan 25, 2012

I loved that program!!!! voting - Yeser007, Jan 25, 2012

Yo tambien. - JazSpanish, Jan 25, 2012

Answer 2

I found the last dark chocolate bar at the back of the cupboard.

Encontré el último chocolate negro al fondo del armario de la cocina.

¡Qué foto más linda! :) Only one word: "de la cocina" ¡Well done! :) Ah! In Spain we say "chocolate negro" - Cordobesa, Jan 25, 2012

lol, beautiful picture! - 00434ec3, Jan 25, 2012

Thanks Cordobesa... feels like I'm making progress. - katydew, Jan 25, 2012

I'm sure about that, Katy :) - Cordobesa, Jan 25, 2012

:) - 001a2987, Jan 25, 2012

Should be "kitchen cupboard". - Qwertie, Jan 25, 2012

Answer 3

Although sometimes they don't get along, at bottom they are good friends.

With corrections: "Although sometimes they don't get along, the bottom line is, they are good friends"

or "Sometimes they don't get along, but deep down they are good friends"

Aunque algunas veces no se lleven bien, en el fondo son buenos amigos.

Cordobesa, the English structure is good but not likely to be used this way in the US, perhaps in England. - Yeser007, Jan 25, 2012

I would say ...don't get along, the bottom line is, they are good friends. - Yeser007, Jan 25, 2012

¡Muchas gracias! ¡Una cosa más que he aprendido gracias a vosotros! :) - Cordobesa, Jan 25, 2012

Cordobesa, you can also say ''but deep down they are friends..' - annierats, Jan 25, 2012

¡Muchas gracias por tu sugerencia, Annie! :) - Cordobesa, Jan 25, 2012

tiiiiiiiiiny typo Cordo - 'although' - billygoat, Jan 25, 2012

Gracias, Billy! ¡No le digas a mi profesora que tengo esos fallos, porfa! jeje :) - Cordobesa, Jan 25, 2012

Hey your English is excellent, and if you stick around here with us it will get even better! - billygoat, Jan 25, 2012

I don't think it is so good, but thanks, hehehe. Pero estoy segura de que va a mejorar mucho con vosotros. En una semana por aquí he aprendido más que en mucho tiempo con mi libro de texto :) - Cordobesa, Jan 25, 2012

Answer 4

A veces, tendrá que elegir del fondo del barril (elegir entre los restos).

Sometimes, you will have to choose from the bottom of the barrel.

* in English, this means "that there is nothing good left to pick from"... wondering if it means the same in Spanish. - Tosh, Jan 25, 2012

Thanks for your explanation, Tosh! Nunca lo había oído, ni en español ni en inglés (I usually say "elegir entre los restos"). ¡Pero lo has escrito perfectamente! :) - Cordobesa, Jan 25, 2012

Gracias por el cumplido! He añadido tu frase, también. - Tosh, Jan 25, 2012

:) - Cordobesa, Jan 25, 2012

Shouldn't that be "se tendrá" or "tendrás"? - Qwertie, Jan 25, 2012

Tendrá (usted), tendrás (tú) o se tendrá (impersonal). Puedes usar las tres :) - Cordobesa, Jan 26, 2012

Answer 5

El fondo del pozo es un lugar al que nadie quiere caerse.

The bottom of the well is somewhere nobody wants to fall into.

Es verdad ... - Mndeen75, Jan 25, 2012

One typo: "pozo". ¡Muy buena frase y muy bien hecha! :) - Cordobesa, Jan 25, 2012

muchas gracias - dewclaw, Jan 25, 2012

Answer 6

Está en el fondo de la red — ¡un golazo! It´s in the back of the net — goal!

good one! Remeber this night Barcelona vs Real Madrid! At 22:00 spanish hour! - RaulSpaniard, Jan 25, 2012

Answer 7

Perdone, no me gusta este probador, ¿podria usar lo que está al fondo de la tienda?

With Cordobesa's corrections:

Perdone, no me gusta este probador, ¿podría usar el que está al fondo de la tienda?

Excuse me, I don't like this changing room, can I use the one at the back of the shop?

¡Tienen razón! A veces es difícil moverse dentro de los probadores, jajaja. Almost, almost perfect: "el que está" (and one typo: "podría) ;) Well done, Billy! - Cordobesa, Jan 25, 2012

Los probadores son solo para probarse ropa.... y a solas!! :P - RaulSpaniard, Jan 25, 2012

muchas gracias Cordobesa your help is really appreciated :) - billygoat, Jan 25, 2012

Raul I hate clothes shopping - estoy demasiado gordo despues Navidad jeje - billygoat, Jan 25, 2012

Good for a laugh tonight! - katydew, Jan 25, 2012

Answer 8

El hombre es, en el fondo, un animal terrible y cruel.

Man is, at heart, a terrible and cruel animal.

Arthur Schopenhauer

Answer 9

Es muy agradable oír la música de fondo, cuando lees y descansas pero puede estorbar cuando trabajas.

It is very pleasant to listen to background music when you read or rest, but it can disturb when you are working.

"pero puede estorbar" ¡Genial! :) - Cordobesa, Jan 25, 2012

I would normally not say "the" background in this sentence. - Yeser007, Jan 25, 2012

Gracias Cordobesa - porcupine7, Jan 25, 2012

Gary you are right, but that is the task fondo=background - porcupine7, Jan 25, 2012

typo in backGround. I would also leave out "the" before the word background since you are speaking in general... unless you are emphasizing it. - katydew, Jan 25, 2012

Thanks katy - porcupine7, Jan 25, 2012

Answer 10

A veces pienso que el estómago de mi gata es sin no tiene fondo porque ella come como un cerdo.

Sometimes I think that my cat's stomach is bottomless because she eats like a pig.

I like it. - annierats, Jan 25, 2012

¡Me encanta la foto! :) I think it's better: "no tiene fondo" - Cordobesa, Jan 25, 2012

jaja - 001a2987, Jan 25, 2012

that cat looks at me like it is thinking: "I'm coming for you" - 00434ec3, Jan 26, 2012

Gracias mis amigos:) - Jraider, Jan 26, 2012

Gracias Cordo:) - Jraider, Jan 26, 2012

Answer 11

Creo que todos aquí en esta foro conocen mi amor por el fondo del mar. I think everyone here on this forum knows my love for the bottom of the sea.

I didn't know it, but I've already do :) "en este foro saben de mi amor"/"conocen mi amor" - Cordobesa, Jan 25, 2012

Thanks Cordo and it is ...I didn't know it, but now I do,(or I do now) we wouldn't use "already" in this case. - Yeser007, Jan 25, 2012

¡Qué difícil es saber lo que se usa y lo que no! ¿verdad? Gracias de nuevo, I didn't know how to say it, but now I do thanks to my friend Yeser :) - Cordobesa, Jan 25, 2012

¡Que verdad! y yo aprendí algo nuevo~gracias de nuevo =Thanks again, I didn't know that. - Yeser007, Jan 25, 2012

:) - Cordobesa, Jan 26, 2012

Answer 12

Before saying "I swim very well", first dive to the bottom of the sea and then you decide ...

Antes de decirte "yo nado muy bien", primero bucea al fondo del mar y entonces decide ...

Correction: Antes de decir "yo nado muy bien", primero bucea al fondo del mar y entonces decide

I would have said: I am can sink very well and then I would dive to the bottom of the sea - 00434ec3, Jan 26, 2012

I think it would be better: "antes de decirme" or "antes de decir" :) - Cordobesa, Jan 26, 2012

Gracias Cordobesa por corrigirme. - Mndeen75, Jan 31, 2012

Answer 13

Disfruto aprendiendo el español cuando la música de fondo es La Bamba por Los Lobos.

I enjoy learning spanish when the background music is La Bamba by Los Lobos.

Well done! :) - Cordobesa, Jan 26, 2012

Answer 14

Soy analista y mi trabajo es investigar hasta el fondo de los preguntas de doctores, por qué los clientes están enfermos

AC: Soy analista y mi trabajo es investigar hasta el fondo de los preguntas de los doctores, por qué los clientes están enfermos

I am an analyst and my work is to investigate until the bottom of the questions of the doctors, why the clients are ill.

AC: I am an analyst and my work is to investigate to the bottom of the questions of the doctors, why the clients are ill.

MI6, there is just something about the English that doesn't work. In the US we would be more likely to say ...investigate to the bottom of this, why the clients (patients is better) are ill. - Yeser007, Jan 25, 2012

Hello Mi6, I think it is a grammatically correct sentence (except "de los doctores") but I'm not completely sure about its meaning - Cordobesa, Jan 25, 2012

@Yeser Your suggestion "to the bottom of this" is much better, thanks. But here we address people as clients and necessarily as patients. Not everybody likes that....the are using paid care and so are clients. But thanks for the suggestion I will - 00434ec3, Jan 25, 2012

rearrange the phrase later (have to go to work now :-)) - 00434ec3, Jan 25, 2012

Answer 15

Las bailarinas aspirantes estaban de pie, al fondo en el foro, esperando hacer sus entradas.

The aspiring ballerinas were standing, in the back of the stage, waiting to make their entrance.

Did you mean "bailarinas" :) - Cordobesa, Jan 25, 2012

Por supuesto Cordobesa. :) - Jeremias, Jan 25, 2012