La Palabra del Día: "la zona"
la zona (soh'-nah)
noun ( zone, area )
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Examples:
1. Los niños del barrio declararon este árbol una zona neutral.
The neighborhood kids declared this tree a neutral zone.
2. ¿Vives por la zona?
Do you live around here?
27 Answers
First try:
En los E.E.U.U. para muchos años los bancos utilizaba una práctica se llaman "redlining" en el que identificaban una zona de la ciudad donde vivía la gente negro y donde ellos no harían préstamos. Esta práctica se considera discriminatoria e es ilegal ahora.
Correction:
En los E.E.U.U.hace muchos años los bancos utilizaban una práctica llamada "demarcación en rojo" en la que identificaban una zona de la ciudad donde vivía gente negra y donde ellos no harían préstamos. Esta práctica se considera discriminatoria y hoy en día es ilegal.
In the United States for many years banks used a practice called "redlining," in which they identified a zone of the city where black people lived and where they would not make loans. This practice is considered discriminatory and is now illegal.
Historical Significance In 1936, the federal government established HOLC to inventory and grade all residential areas throughout the nation. HOLC hired appraisers and surveyors to assign a "grade" on a scale from "A" to "D" for residential homes. Red was the color used for the "D" grade--thus, the term "red-lining." If a neighborhood received a "D" grade, mortgage lenders often refused to make loans to properties within the neighborhood. The appraiser looked at such factors as building decay, neglect, and a neighborhood's racial and ethnic make-up. If African Americans, Jews, and the foreign-born lived in the neighborhood, the appraiser downgraded the area for mortgage insurance. HOLC produced hundreds of maps--viewed only by federal government officials and senior bank managers.
La zona cero. El 6 de agosto de 1945, 'El niño' empezó su danza de la muerte a las 8:15 am ( la hora de Japón ) / Ground Zero. The 'Little Boy' started his dance of death at 8:15 am ( JST), August 6, 1945.
Desplegué mi vida sobre la mesa, como si fuera un mapa, y dibujé mi itinerario hacia la zona al viento / I spread my life on the table, as if it were a map, and marked my route to the wind.zone.
A veces la zona de fumadores es muy limitada.
Sometimes the smokers' area is very limited.
Cuándo soy bailando, soy en mí "la zona".
Corrected: Cuando estoy bailando, estoy en mi "zona".
When I am dancing, I am in my "zone".
Life is an unusual combination of many zones, some of them are of happiness and some others are of sorrow. No zone is endless in your life.
La vida es una inusual combinación de muchas zonas, algunas de ellas son de felicidad y algunas otras son de tristeza. Ninguna zona es interminable en tu vida.
Gracias a Carlos:
Esta zona comercial es mi favorita. En realidad no la he visitado nunca, pero me parece muy interesante.
This is my favorite shopping area. Actually I have never been there, but it looks very interesting.
Most of the countries, even cities are devided into more zones. Some zones are even very surpising.
Correct: En la mayoría de países, las cuidades están divididas en varias zonas. E incluso algunas de estas zonas son muy sorprendentes.
La mayoría de los países, también las cuidades son divididas en más zones. Algunas zonas son aún muy sorprendentes.
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My father in law was clear when he said "The back seats in the movie theater are the forbidden zone".
Mi suegro fue claro cuando dijo que "Los asientos de la última fila en el cine son una zona prohibida".
El aparcamiento en una zona designada "prohibido aparcar" tendrá sus consecuencias.
Parking in an area designated "no parking" will have its consequences.
This place looks like a war zone!
¡Este lugar se parece a una zona de guerra!
Para mí, la zona de Nueva York que es más interesante es la Gran Via Blanca.
For me, the New York area that is the most interesting is The Great White Way.
Hoy, en Sydney, hay muchas zonas afectadas por las inundaciones.
Today, in Sydney, there are many areas affected by the floods.
Time is different in every country , and sometimes in the same country according to the time zone.
Tiempo es diferente en cada país , y a veces en el mismo país de acuerdo a la zona horaria.
Se conoce por zona muerta a aquella área en el mar con poco o nulo oxígeno (hipoxia) y, por lo tanto, sin vida marina. En el Golfo de México hay una. Se desconoce cómo afectará el derrame de petróleo de BP todavía en curso.
It is known by dead zone to that area in the sea with little or no oxygen (hypoxia) and, therefore, without marine life. In the Gulf of Mexico there is a. It is not known how it will affect the oil spill of BP still in progress.
