La Palabra del Día: La queja
La queja
complaint, quarrel, dispute
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Nunca me gusta quejarme. Sin embargo, siempre tengo queja de la gente quién habla de sí misma en la tercera persona. A Chris le gusta eso. A Chris no quiere hacer esto. Grrrrr .
I never like to complain. But, I have complaints about people that talk about themselves in the third person. Chris likes that. Chris doesnt want to do this. Grrrr .

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Los dos pobres conejos de chocolate estan llenos de quejas legitimas.
The two poor chocolate rabbits are full of justified complaints.
It's not that I'm complaining about my students. The only complaint I have is that sometimes it seems that I'm speaking to the walls.
No es que me queje de mis alumnos. La única queja que tengo es que a veces parece que estoy hablando a las paredes.

Sometimes it is neccessary to make a complaint. A veces es necesario hacer una queja.

No se admiten quejas.
Compaints are not allowed.

Si la amiga de mi mujer le preguntara - ¿Estás felizmente casada?
Probalamente mi mujer le contestaría - No tengo queja de él.
If my wife's friend were to ask her - Are you happily married?
My wife would probably say - I have no complaints.

A veces se necesita mucho valor y empeño para presentar una queja sobre el servicio.
Sometimes it takes a lot of courage and persistence to complain about the service.

Tuve una queja con la policía de ayer y perdí. ![]()
I had a dispute with the police yesterday and lost. ![]()

¡Mi queja es que demasiadas personas se quejan!
My complaint is that too many people are complaining!
El búho se queja a la luna ,diciendo , no puede buscar las ratas en la luz de la luna.
The owl complains to the moon, saying, you cannot search for rats in the moonlight.
Corrected,- Deleted the word "para"
Inspired by "Thomas Gray ".

Me pregunto si los doctores llevan cansado se cansan de escuchar las quejas.
I wonder if doctors get tired of hearing complaints.
Hacer una queja puede ser muy amenazadora, y normalmente los empleados no ayudan.
Making a complaint can be very intimidating, and usually the employees don't help.
Correcciones por favor, ¡sé que las necesitaré!

Hoy en día la gente está cansada de presentar quejas formales y prefiere tomarse la justicia por su mano ...
Nowadays people are tired of making formal complaints so they'd rather take the law into their own hands...


Una queja es sencillamente otra manera de expresar el amor. An argument is just another way of expressing love.
No se queje de nosotros... nos quejaremos de usted.
Do not complain about us . . . we will complain about you.

