La Palabra del Día: el "rebaño"
el rebaño
noun ( flock, herd )
Use today's Word of the Day in your own Spanish sentence (and include the English translation as well). Try to use the word in a completely new way and vote on the sentences you like best. The sentence with the most votes will be crowned the Word of the Day winner!
Guidelines:
Write sentences at least 5 words long, but don't write a paragraph either. Write your Spanish sentence, but include the English translation as well. Make the corrections suggested by other users and moderators in the comments section (try not to use personal pronouns unless absolutely necessary). Use your own words! (Don't use a translator, copy from a book, use song lyrics, etc.) Have fun experimenting with Spanish!
Examples
1.¿Viste el rebaño de ovejas en el medio de la calle?
Did you see the flock of sheep in the middle of the road?
2.Este rebaño de antílope migra aquí cada verano.
This herd of antelope migrates here every summer.
14 Answers
Quisiera tener gallinas, pero necesito comprar un gallinero.
I would like to have chickens, but I need to buy a chicken coop.
Quisiera tener un rebaño de patos, pero necesito un estanque.
I would like to have a flock of ducks, but I need a pond.
Bueno, entonces tenemos un problema lingüístico: ¿Cómo se llama un grupo de gatitos? Creo que es una manada de leónes, un rebaño de ovejas y una piara de jabalíes. ¿Pero que hay de esta camada de gatitos? í Una brazada!
Well then, here we have a language problem: What do you call a group of kittens? I think it's a pride of lions, a flock of sheep and a herd of wild boar, but what about this litter of kittens? An armful!
Durante los 1800 tempranos los rebaños de búfalo vagaban las praderas en números vastos.
During the early 1800s the buffalo herds roamed the grasslands in vast numbers.
Hace unas días vi un rebaño de caballos salvajes.
A few days ago I saw a herd of wild horses.
Cordobesa's corrections:
Si sueñas con un rebaño/con una manada de caballos salvajes, este sueño indica tu aspiración de conseguir tus metas.
If you dream of a herd of wild horses, this dream shows your aspiration to achieve your goals.
In some parts of the world there`re many flocks of wild dogs.
En algunas partes del mundo hay muchos rebaños de perros salvajes.
No es fácil reunir un rebaño de cabras sin la ayuda de un perro pastor
It isn't easy to gather a herd of goats without the help of a sheep-dog.
Mientras los pastores vigilaban sus rabaños por la noche. Whilst shepherds watched their flocks by night. (First line of the well known hymn)
The preacher led his flock to follow Christ's teachings.
El predicador guió a su el rebaño para seguir las enseñanzas de Cristo.
Yo era parte de un grupo que estudiaba los rebaños de aves zancudas que migran entre Siberia y Australia.
I used to be part of a group which studied the flocks of wading birds which migrate between Siberia and Australia.
Cuando estoy en el pueblo de mi abuela, veo a menudo los rebaños de ovejas en los pastos.
When I spend time in my granny's village I often see the flocks of sheep in the pastures.
Un pastor es una persona que cuida, alimenta o vigila rebaños de ovejas.
A shepherd is a person who tends, feeds or guards flocks of sheep.
I saw a flock of migratory birds flying in the sky this morning. Vi una bandada de aves migratorios volando en el cielo esta mañana.
El policia mandaba a la gente como si fuese un rebaño de vacas.
The police ordered the people around as if they were a herd of cattle.
