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La Palabra del Día: El amor

La Palabra del Día: El amor

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El amor

love, devotion

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Por las experiencias en mi vida, he aprendido que el amor no correspondido es una de las cosas más tristes que una persona podría sufrir…


Through the experiences in my life, I have learned that unrequited love is one of the saddest things that a person could experience

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updated Feb 10, 2012
posted by 001a2987
Bad luck Chris, I hope you are happier now.! - jennyo45, Feb 3, 2012
:( so true chris. - 00b6f46c, Feb 3, 2012
Good one amigo... good to see you still at it. - DJ_Huero, Feb 3, 2012
Veo que tomó todos tus bienes y se fue..desafortunadamente no hay promesas cuando se trata del amor..tienes que serenarte..todo va a mejorarse poco a poco. - drvicente, Feb 3, 2012
The first reference to "Dr, Vicente" should have a period (full stop), rather than a comma. Furthermore a link to his/her provile would have been better than a simple change in font collors. - samdie, Feb 4, 2012

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El amor es ciego.

Love is blind.

updated Feb 6, 2012
edited by porcupine7
posted by porcupine7
jejeje - 001a2987, Feb 3, 2012
or at least just the snail is haha - dewclaw, Feb 3, 2012
jajaja, me encanta, Porcupine :) - Cordobesa, Feb 3, 2012
Hola porcu:) - Jraider, Feb 3, 2012
bien - drvicente, Feb 3, 2012
nobody is correcting you porcu, but in English we do NOT use the article, love is blind is the correct way - 00494d19, Feb 3, 2012
Heidita tiene razón...Love is blind. - drvicente, Feb 3, 2012
funny... and I agree with Vicente and Heidita... leave out the "the". - katydew, Feb 4, 2012
Thanks Heidita and drVicente - porcupine7, Feb 4, 2012
Gracias amigos - porcupine7, Feb 4, 2012
Voting porcupine, funny.!! - jennyo45, Feb 4, 2012
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Algún día, espero encontrar el amor de mi vida.

Some day, I hope to find the love of my life.

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updated Feb 4, 2012
edited by Tosh
posted by Tosh
¡Espero que lo consigas, Tosh! ;) - Cordobesa, Feb 3, 2012
Yo también :) - FELIZ77, Feb 3, 2012
bien - drvicente, Feb 3, 2012
Thank you Dr! - Tosh, Feb 4, 2012
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Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs.

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El amor es paciente, es bondadoso. El amor no es envidioso ni jactancioso ni orgulloso. No se comporta con rudeza, no es egoísta, no se enoja fácilmente, no guarda rencor. ???

updated Feb 4, 2012
edited by 00b6f46c
posted by 00b6f46c
Awwww!!! - Yeser007, Feb 3, 2012
What a beautiful post! - pesta, Feb 3, 2012
Can you take the flashlights off, in the new version it's unbearable...I can't see whaat the writing is. - annierats, Feb 3, 2012
muy interesante - drvicente, Feb 3, 2012
I know this quote from a very inspirational book! - katydew, Feb 4, 2012
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True love knows no boundaries. El amor verdadero no tiene límites.

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updated Feb 4, 2012
edited by jennyo45
posted by jennyo45
uh-oh...jejeje - 001a2987, Feb 3, 2012
El amor verdadero no tiene límites - drvicente, Feb 3, 2012
Gracias drvicente, so I should have said has and not knows for my English sentence!! - jennyo45, Feb 3, 2012
No not necessarily, Jenny...it is not always a literal, word for word translation...both words are acceptable in English. - drvicente, Feb 3, 2012
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Tuve la suerte porque encontré el amor de mi vida temprano.-I was lucky because I found the love of my life early.alt text

updated Feb 4, 2012
posted by kdrinning
Muy bien.. - drvicente, Feb 3, 2012
Gracias - kdrinning, Feb 4, 2012
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Estar en amor es un dolor , no estar en amor no es vivir.

corrected ,-Estar enamorado es doloroso, no estar enamorado no es vivir .

Being in love is pain, not being in love is not living .

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updated Feb 4, 2012
edited by ray76
posted by ray76
Ray estás hecho un poeta!! - RaulSpaniard, Feb 3, 2012
Thank you Raul , it was just how i felt and it came out in words. - ray76, Feb 3, 2012
Estar enamorado es doloroso, no estar enamorado no es vivir (existir) - drvicente, Feb 3, 2012
Drvicente I like your sentence much better, and of course it is more correct , thank you . - ray76, Feb 4, 2012
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If there had were not love in this world, we wouldn't see great miracles every day.

Si no hubiera amor en este mundo, no veríamos grandes milagros todos los días.

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updated Feb 4, 2012
edited by Cordobesa
posted by Cordobesa
Estoy de acuerdo contigo Cordobesa.....If there were not love love in this world.... :) - 001a2987, Feb 3, 2012
¡Gracias Chris! ¡Me comí el verbo to be! jajaja :) - Cordobesa, Feb 3, 2012
very nice Cordo :) - billygoat, Feb 3, 2012
Locos!!!!! - Jraider, Feb 3, 2012
Muy bien, Cordo... - drvicente, Feb 3, 2012
¡Muchas gracias, chicos! :) - Cordobesa, Feb 3, 2012
I love the picture! - annierats, Feb 4, 2012
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Voy a preguntar a mi amor, "¿quieres salir conmigo el día de los enamorados?".

original: I am going to ask my love, "will you be my valentine"?

as suggested by Vicente: I am going to ask my love, "will you go out with me on Valentines Day?"

updated Feb 4, 2012
edited by Yeser007
posted by Yeser007
Bien - drvicente, Feb 3, 2012
Gracias Vicente. - Yeser007, Feb 3, 2012
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Un amor perfecto no debería requerir mucho esfuerzo,pero nada es perfecto.

A perfect love should not require much effort,but nothing is perfect.

updated Feb 7, 2012
posted by Jraider
That is awesome!. I can't even hold it against you being a Raider fan. - MattM, Feb 3, 2012
Gracias Matt:) - Jraider, Feb 3, 2012
excelente, Jrai...espero que no se ahogue a causa de amor... - drvicente, Feb 3, 2012
Jeje! Gracias drvicente! - Jraider, Feb 7, 2012
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¡Si el amor dura por toda tu vida, parecerá como un milagro!

If love lasts for all your life, it will seem like a miracle!

updated Feb 4, 2012
posted by jennysk
Muy bien, Jenny... - drvicente, Feb 4, 2012
Estoy feliz, gracias Vicente. - jennysk, Feb 4, 2012
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Se puede expresar se expresará el amor en una variedad de formas.

Love can be expressed in a variety of ways.

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updated Feb 4, 2012
edited by bandit51jd
posted by bandit51jd
Se puede expresar el amor en una variedad de formas. - drvicente, Feb 3, 2012
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Cuando tienes amor de verdad por alguien, tienes confianza en esta persona y la confianza está basada en compromiso.

= When you truly love someone, you trust them (that person) and trust is based on commitment!

updated Feb 4, 2012
edited by FELIZ77
posted by FELIZ77
I am not very sure of this one but I have done my best and hope there are not many mistakes - FELIZ77, Feb 3, 2012
What do you mean? Whose commitment? - annierats, Feb 3, 2012
Maybe I can't read properly on the new site, nothing is making sense... - annierats, Feb 3, 2012
Annie, I am talking generally about trust and committment being important in relationships and saying specifically that people's trust in a romantic relationship is based on their committment to each other - FELIZ77, Feb 3, 2012
Without true commitment from each person to the relationship there can be no real trust - FELIZ77, Feb 3, 2012
Above: I mean their trust in each other within rtomantic relationship - FELIZ77, Feb 3, 2012
buena frase... - drvicente, Feb 3, 2012
Very true. typo on "commitment". - katydew, Feb 4, 2012
Muchas gracias, Vicente :) - FELIZ77, Feb 4, 2012
THank you, Katy :) - FELIZ77, Feb 4, 2012
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Separar por amor es como el viento a una llama. Si es pequeño se apagará, pero si es grande se inflamará mas fuerte.

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Separation for love is like a wind for a flame. If it is small, it will blow out, but if it is big, it will flame up stronger.

updated Feb 4, 2012
edited by PrincessMariam
posted by PrincessMariam
Separar por amor es como un vien"t"o a una llama... - drvicente, Feb 3, 2012
Muchas gracias, Vicente! :) - PrincessMariam, Feb 4, 2012
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The course of true love never did run smooth. W. Shakespeare

El curso de amor verdadero no hizo llevar fácilmente.

Bad Road Pictures, Images and Photos

updated Feb 4, 2012
edited by Leatha
posted by Leatha
Es la verdad...but Leatha..you must either use present or past..it's past in English and present in Spanish..chose one or the other for consistency! - drvicente, Feb 3, 2012
Me?! Consistant?! - Leatha, Feb 4, 2012
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Hoy en día estoy tanto ocupado que no tengo tiempo ni para dedicarme a mi amor.

With drvicente's corrections:

Hoy en día estoy tan ocupado que no tengo tiempo ni siquiera para dedicarme a mi amor.

I am so busy these days, I don't even have time to spend with my love.

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updated Feb 4, 2012
edited by billygoat
posted by billygoat
...tan ocupado que no tengo tiempo para dedicarme... - drvicente, Feb 3, 2012
Gracias drvicente. Oh right, I thought the 'ni' in there expressed the 'even' in English. Oh well, I must be wrong -- back to my books! - billygoat, Feb 4, 2012
That would be "ni siquiera"...Billy - drvicente, Feb 4, 2012
thanks Vicente, I accept what you are saying, but I took my guidance from this website http://spanish.about.com/od/conjunctions/a/ni.htm - it says that siquiera is optional with the ni. Using siquiera would make it emphatic - which I didn't want to do - billygoat, Feb 4, 2012
because I wanted to portray a light hearted meaning of 'not even'. I am just learning though, so I fully accept what you are saying. - billygoat, Feb 4, 2012
Billy why don't you just insert the "ni siquiera" in yr sentence then you would have the completeness that you wanted. - drvicente, Feb 4, 2012
ok thanks. Perhaps I'm trying to be a little too descriptive without understand the fundamentals properly lol!. - billygoat, Feb 4, 2012