La Palabra del Día: "el detalle"
el detalle (deh-tah'-yeh)
noun ( detail; little gift )
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1. El detective privado no perdio detalle de lo que pasó.
The private detective didn't miss a detail.
2. Me trajo un detalle.
He brought me a little gift.
23 Answers
A man of letters needs to study life in detail / Un hombre de letras tiene que estudiar la vida en detalle.
No quiero entrar en detalles, pero ....
I don't want to go into details, but .....
(entrar en detalles - to go into details)
Cuando aprendemos español, hay tantos detalles que debemos recordar.
When learning Spanish, there are so many details we have to remember.
Thanks to Rac:
Detailes are not only details. Sometimes these little details are beginnings of big decisions. Other times these "small" details cause important consequences. Details usually are not just details.
Thanks to Cae:
Los detalles no son solamente detalles. Algunas veces los pequeños detalles son el inicios de grandes decisionses. Otras veces estos "pequeños" detalles causan importantes consecuencias. Los detalles no son sólo detalles usualmente.
Gracias a Carlos:
Según mi opinión la belleza está en las detalles.
In my opinion the beauty is in the details.
Noticing small details in nature enhances the experience of taking a walk.
Prestar atención a los detalles pequeños en la naturaleza realza la experiencia de dar un paseo.
Si vaya a un médico nuevo el va a querer saber todos los detalles de su la historia clínica. - If you go to a new doctor he will want to know all of the details of your medical history.
El diablo es en los detalles.
The devil is in the details.
Cuando regreso de un viaje, debo recordar llevarle un pequeño detalle a mi esposa.
When I return from a trip, I must remember to bring a small gift to my wife.
Miranda Priestly: "Los detalles de tu incompetencia no me interesa."
Miranda Priestly: "The details of your incompetence do not interest me."
(¡Una de mis películas favoritas!)
This picture shows a very detailed image of a face, supposedly taken on Mars.
Esta fotografía muestra una imagen muy detallada de un rostro, supuestamente tomada en Marte
¡Qué detalle ha tenido el de a Juanito de para ayudar a regar las plantas!
How thoughtful of "Johnny" to help water the plants!
SD dictionary research: detalle -- nice gesture o thought (atención)
¡pero qué detalle ha tenido! -> what a nice gesture!, how thoughtful of him/her
I like clothing with special details.
A mí me gusta la ropa con detalles especiales.
Dios está en los detalles.
God is in the details.
I know this is against the usual practice, but this is an important quote from Ludwig Mies van der Rohe about details, so I thought I ought to mention it.
Como alguien arriba ha dicho, el diablo es en los detalles, pero en español pienso que: el diablo, y todos los detalles de él, son en los modismos y en las colocaciones. ¿O quizá, quiero decir, "las colocaciones lingüísticas"?
As someone above has said, the devil is in the details, but in Spanish, I think, the devil -- and all of his details -- are in the idioms and the collocations. (Or perhaps I mean to say "the linguistic collocations?)
