La Palabra del Día: "durar"
durar (doo-rrar')
verb ( to last, to remain, to stay )
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1. Prefiero las frutas frescas y orgánicas, pero no duran mucho como las frutas modificadas genéticamente.
I prefer fresh organic fruit, but they don't last long like genetically modified fruit.
2. ¿Cuánto dura la obra?
How long is the play?
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Do you know how much time it took to the famous Italian painter and sculptor Michelagnelo Buonarroti to make a statue of Pieta? He was only twenty-three years old when he started to work on this statue. It took him two years to finish it. If you saw it in person in Rome, you would not believe how incredible it is!
¿Ustedes saben cuánto tiempo le tomo al famoso pintor y escultor italiano, Miguel Angelo Buonarroti, crear la escultura de La Piedad? Tenía solamente veintitrés años cuando comenzó a trabajar en esta escultura. Duró dos años en su creación. Si usted la viera en Roma con sus ojos, no podría creer qué increíble es.
- El amor no vendría a ti si no fueras bendecido.
- El amor no sería agradable si no te dediques.
- El amor no esperaría para ti si no valgas la pena.
- El amor no duraría contigo si no lo aprecies.
- Love wouldn't come to you if you weren't blessed.
- Love wouldn't be enjoyable if you weren't devoted.
- Love wouldn't wait for you if you weren't worth it.
- Love wouldn't stay with you if you didn't cherish it.
No duraría por mucho tiempo vuestra resistencia cuando susurre en los oidos el susurrador de la oscuridad eterna / Your resistance would not last long when the Slinking Whisperer whispers into your ears.
Si no eres amable con tu esposa, la relación no va a durar.
If you are not kind to your spouse, the relationship will not last.
Algunas veces, el tiempo parece que durar para siempre. Otras veces, es demasiado corto.
Sometimes, time seems to last forever. Other times, it is too short.
Un partido de fútbol sólo dura noventa minutos pero eso puede parecer como una vida.
A soccer game only lasts ninety minutes but it can seem like a lifetime.
How do you make a lollypop last?
¿Como haces una piruleta durar?
Espero a siempre durar en SpanishD¡ct.
I hope to always remain/last at SpanishD¡ct.
Mi abuelo siempre me decía: 'disfrútelo mientras dura'.
My granddad always used to tell me: 'enjoy it while it lasts'.
Aquí, en España, el conejito de Duracell dice "Y duran, y duran". Here, in Spain, the Duracell Bunny says "It last longer, and longer..."
When I was a child I really enjoyed the summertime in my grandfather's house. But now the house is quiet and empty. Nothing lasts forever.
Gracias a Carlos:
Cuando era niña me gustaba mucho pasar el verano en casa de mi abuelo. Pero hoy en día la casa está tranqulla y vacía. Nada dura para siempre.
"Sentido de enternidad"
Si lo cuidas, un coche puede durar mucho tiempo.
If you look after it, a car can last a long time.
Las pilas no duran mucho en los juguetes.
Batteries don't last long in toys.
Bobby Petrino did not last long as coach of the University of Arkansas.
Bobby Petrino no duró largo como entrenador de la universidad de arkansas.
Cuando era niño mi madre lloraba porque los zapatos no me duraban mucho.
When I was a child my mother cried because my shoes did not remain so much.
