La Palabra del Día: "medir"
medir
verb (to measure; to weigh)
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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. ¿Me mide tres libras de las chuletas de cerdo?
Can you measure me out three pounds of pork chops?
2. Debe medir los pros y los contras antes de hacer una decisión.
You should weigh the pros and cons before making a decision.
20 Answers
La medida de un hombre es su capacidad de amar. - The measure of a man is his capacity to love.
Es difícil medir el amor de una mamá a su bebé.
It is difficult to measure a mother's love to her baby.
Tenemos medidas de seguridad apropiadas para proteger esta información.
We have appropriate security measures in place to protect this information.
I need to measure how tall the giraffe is ..... but it is a very difficult task.
Necesito medir qué tan alta es la jirafa..... pero es una tarea muy difícil.
Tienen que tomar medidas estrictas para no pasar el tiempo con sus niños de esa manera.
They have to take strict measures not to spend the time with their children that way.
Love between a mother and her baby does not have any measure and never mind what kind of beings they are.
El amor entre una madre y su bebé no tiene ninguna medida y no importa qué tipo de seres sean ellos.
¿Deberíamos medir todos nuestros días en base a nuestro éxito? Do we have to measure all of our days by our success?
Hay que medir el silencio, hay que medir las palabras, sin quedarse ni pasarse medio a medio de la raya.
We must measure silence, we must measure the words, without putting little nor too much, exactly on the line.
"El albertío" By Violeta Parra
¿Sabes cuántos metros mide el torre Eiffel?
Do you know how many metres the Eiffel Tower measures?
Entre los carpinteros, hay un vieja y valiosa regla que dice, "mídelo dos veces y córtalo una vez;" quizás deberíamos todos medir lo que digamos en la misma manera.
Among carpenters, there is an old and valuable rule that says, "measure it twice and cut it once;" perhaps we should all measure what we say in the same manner.
She will measure all the skirts of the uniforms and those which are too short will need to be lengthened.
Ella medirá todas las faldas de los uniformes y las que sean demasiado cortas deberán necesitarán ser alargadas.
The carpenter's saying: Measure twice, cut once.
First try:
Un dicho del carpentero: Mide dos veces, corta una.
Correction:
Un dicho del carpentero: Mídelo dos veces, córtalo solo una vez
Es difícil medir el éxito de una película muy esperada como "Los Juegos del Hambre."
It is difficult to measure the success of a highly anticipated movie like "The Hunger Games."
(It was a good movie though. And the books are even better.)
El resultado del viaje se mide de las impreciónes sensaciónes que sientes tienes después de él.
The result of the travel is measured by the impressions that you feel after that.
El evento "ToughMudder" ocurrirá cerca de mi casa el fin de semana que viene. No sé si los participantes han medido los riesgos. Va a ser divertido pero bastante peligroso. Espero no hayan muchos heridos.
The event 'ToughMudder' is happening near my home next weekend. I don't know if the participants have measured the risks. It is going to be fun but quite dangerous. I hope there are not many injuries.
