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La Palabra del Día: "la época"

La Palabra del Día: "la época"

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la época (eh'-poh-kah)

noun ( period, age, epoch; season, time of year )

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Examples:

1. Era una época muy importante en el desarrollo de la tecnología.

It was a very important period in technology development.

2. Ahora es la época de duraznos.

Peaches are in season right now.

Idioms:

1. hacer época

to be a landmark

1. la época dorada

the golden age

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updated Jun 13, 2012
posted by rac1
Great word rac! - 0095ca4c, Jun 7, 2012
Hola rac and caefuego. Thank you for your help. - Nilda-Ballardo, Jun 7, 2012
De nada mi amigas! - rac1, Jun 7, 2012
¡Duraznooos! ¡Me encantan los duraznos! :) - inkubzz, Jun 7, 2012
Hola, Rac! Hola, Caefuego! Gracias! :) - iana01, Jun 7, 2012
¡Muchas gracias por todo, Annie y Carlos!:) - Silvia_Tcherneva, Jun 7, 2012
Hola a todos. Gracias por comentar y por seguir entreteniéndome con sus comentarios. - -cae-, Jun 7, 2012

24 Answers

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In this age, it is not unusual to see someone with many tattoos and piercings.

En esta época, no es raro ver a alguien con muchos tatuajes y 'piercings'.

colourful

updated Jun 13, 2012
edited by 0095ca4c
posted by 0095ca4c
ugh. Very scary! - gringojrf, Jun 7, 2012
Yikes!!! - rac1, Jun 7, 2012
Hola Margherite. - Nilda-Ballardo, Jun 7, 2012
Omg! ... "con muchos tatuajes..." - -cae-, Jun 7, 2012
Muchas gracias caefuego! - 0095ca4c, Jun 7, 2012
Hola Nilda! - 0095ca4c, Jun 7, 2012
Careful what you say about my mother! - DR1960, Jun 7, 2012
Jajaja - rac1, Jun 7, 2012
Oh! Not gonna say anything, then. ;) - shama807, Jun 7, 2012
LOL @ DR1960. dam. estaba al punto de decir lo mismo. guess you beat me to it! - ariaxxx, Jun 7, 2012
o, my goodness, this creation is like a heroe from an horror movie!:))) ¡Hola, amiga! - Silvia_Tcherneva, Jun 7, 2012
A friend of mine sent me quite a few photos like this one which is the 'mildest'. Some are horrific! It must be so painful to get this done. - 0095ca4c, Jun 7, 2012
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Esta es la época del lobo

This is the season of the wolf.

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updated Jun 7, 2012
edited by rac1
posted by rac1
A very beautiful imagen , my vote. - ray76, Jun 7, 2012
Ohhh ! I have a great image of her , but then my imagination is in overdrive . - ray76, Jun 7, 2012
Hola Rac, Really nice. I can almost hear the howling! - Nilda-Ballardo, Jun 7, 2012
Gracias amigo!! - rac1, Jun 7, 2012
¿Dónde? - -cae-, Jun 7, 2012
In a lonely little town, Texarkana, lol - rac1, Jun 7, 2012
I would love to see the Northern Lights! - 0095ca4c, Jun 7, 2012
It was down in Louisiana, just about a mile from Texarkana:) - Ranman, Jun 7, 2012
Lol, yep! - rac1, Jun 7, 2012
=0 =) - -cae-, Jun 7, 2012
Beautiful. :) - shama807, Jun 7, 2012
Very beautiful indeed! - Silvia_Tcherneva, Jun 7, 2012
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The swing era was a grand time of big band instruments and strings.

La época de música swing fue era un gran momento para las tiempo bandas intrumentales largas y de cuerdas.

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updated Jun 7, 2012
edited by katydew
posted by katydew
I love the big bands. I especially enjoy Glen Miller. - rac1, Jun 7, 2012
That was really great music! - Noetol, Jun 7, 2012
A mí me encanta también. - Silvia_Tcherneva, Jun 7, 2012
"La época de la música swing fue un gran momento para las bandas instrumentales y de cuerdas" - -cae-, Jun 7, 2012
Interpretar esta oración fue algo difícil. - -cae-, Jun 7, 2012
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I am glad when tourist season starts and when it ends.

Estoy alegro cuando época de túristica comienza y cuando se termina.

Me alegro cuando comienza la temporada turística y también cuando termina.

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updated Jun 7, 2012
edited by Ranman
posted by Ranman
Is that your town? - rac1, Jun 7, 2012
Yeah, Good ole Eureky;) - Ranman, Jun 7, 2012
lol, Ranam, then you are glad all the time. (First when it starts, then for long time that it is ended.) Good. :)) - iana01, Jun 7, 2012
Hola Ranman, Is this the main street in your town? - Nilda-Ballardo, Jun 7, 2012
Great photo Ranman! It's so colourful. I love it. - 0095ca4c, Jun 7, 2012
"Me alegro cuando comienza la temporada turística y también cuando termina." - -cae-, Jun 7, 2012
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And soon a new life epoch will start.

Y pronto empezará una nueva etapa de la vida.

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updated Jun 7, 2012
edited by iana01
posted by iana01
"dar a luz" sounds so beautiful, because this is really beautiful.:) ¡Hola, guapa!:) - Silvia_Tcherneva, Jun 7, 2012
Hola, Silvy! :)) Gracias. - iana01, Jun 7, 2012
Cute my friend! - rac1, Jun 7, 2012
Hola iana! Muy lindo. - Nilda-Ballardo, Jun 7, 2012
"una nueva época"... but, in fact, it is "una nueva etapa". And Hi! Jana. =) - -cae-, Jun 7, 2012
Hola Nilda! :) - iana01, Jun 7, 2012
Gracias, Cae. Ahd Hi! :) - iana01, Jun 7, 2012
Gracias, Rac, amiga! :) - iana01, Jun 7, 2012
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La época de los dinosaurios era muy peligrosa, pero también muy interesante.

The age of the dinosaurs was very dangerous, but also very interesting.

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updated Jun 7, 2012
edited by Noetol
posted by Noetol
Buenas noches, Noetol. Es verdad. No me gustaría vivir en esa época. - iana01, Jun 7, 2012
I have always been interested in the pre-historic! - rac1, Jun 7, 2012
But you wouldn't have wanted to live there, Jaja! - Nilda-Ballardo, Jun 7, 2012
Hola Noetol! - Nilda-Ballardo, Jun 7, 2012
Hola a todos! - Noetol, Jun 7, 2012
Hola Noetol! I wonder if they weren't always so hungry if they would have been more docile. When I am hungry I am cranky also. - 0095ca4c, Jun 7, 2012
Es interesante pensar en esa época hoy en día, pero haber vivido en ese tiempo habría sido aterrador. - -cae-, Jun 7, 2012
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La época entre 1930 y 1940 no fue edad dorado. Incluso mi nacimiento hizo no que sea

mejor.

The period between 1930 and 1940 was no golden age . Even my birth did not make it

better.

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updated Jun 8, 2012
edited by ray76
posted by ray76
Doesn't look like it was either. - rac1, Jun 7, 2012
Note the boy in front with no shoes , for a kid with feelings this was a heartbreaking epoch , but also very happy times , for there was no yardstick it was how life was , but I would have liked to have been warmer and less hungry. - ray76, Jun 7, 2012
Hi Ray, did you leave out the word "not" in your sentence? - Nilda-Ballardo, Jun 7, 2012
Yes I did Nilda, I hope that it was not a " Freudian slip " . - ray76, Jun 7, 2012
That is you??? - rac1, Jun 7, 2012
No rac1, I was lucky to live in a farming community which meant for half of the year we lived well , the other half was tough but good , i had an extremely happy childhood , glorious memories . - ray76, Jun 7, 2012
Memories are good, yes. - rac1, Jun 7, 2012
Your life is very interesting, Ray. Thank you for sharing, mate! - Silvia_Tcherneva, Jun 7, 2012
You are very welcome Silvia , would you help us in looking for Ramón el Rápido ? or are you one of his gang members , i would not be surprised. - ray76, Jun 7, 2012
I think that your birth did make it better! - kdrinning, Jun 7, 2012
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Viajamos durante la fuera de época temporada baja así que podemos aprovecharnos de los precios bajos.

We travel during the off-season so we can take advantage of the low prices.

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updated Jun 7, 2012
edited by Nilda-Ballardo
posted by Nilda-Ballardo
Is this Venice? - rac1, Jun 7, 2012
I do that also , although now I am at the age when i think I had better go right now in case ?????? - ray76, Jun 7, 2012
Yes, Rac, it isVenice and we went during the off-season. Can you tell? Nobody there! - Nilda-Ballardo, Jun 7, 2012
"Viajamos durante la *temporada baja* así que podemos aprovechar los precios bajos". - -cae-, Jun 7, 2012
Hola Ray! You're not going to leave us here by ourselves! - Nilda-Ballardo, Jun 7, 2012
I hope not...Ray? - rac1, Jun 7, 2012
Hola Nilda. I do the same thing myself. I love deserted beaches! - 0095ca4c, Jun 7, 2012
Tambien:) - Ranman, Jun 7, 2012
Margherita I could take you to some fantastic beaches with not a soul in site , just you and the beloved. - ray76, Jun 7, 2012
Hola Ray...sounds wonderful! Can we snorkel? - 0095ca4c, Jun 7, 2012
Thanks Cadefuego. - Nilda-Ballardo, Jun 7, 2012
Nilda, I'm in love with this place, amiga! Thank you for posting! - Silvia_Tcherneva, Jun 7, 2012
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Gracias a Carlos:

Esta es realmente una época controvertida y dificil de huestra historia y sé que no se podrá valorar adecuadamente hasta después de que 50 ó 100 años hayan pasado.

Thanks to Jenny:

This is a really controversial and tough epoch of our history and I know that it can be evalued properly after 50 or 100 years. Not in our life time.

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updated Jun 8, 2012
edited by Silvia_Tcherneva
posted by Silvia_Tcherneva
What is this Silvia? I would really like to know. :) - rac1, Jun 7, 2012
This is one of my favourite paitings of a friend of mine, bulgarian artist Ognian Kouzmanov.Thank you so much for asking, Annie! - Silvia_Tcherneva, Jun 7, 2012
Nice, Silvia ;-)) - mcl020, Jun 7, 2012
Thank you, MiCi!!:) - Silvia_Tcherneva, Jun 7, 2012
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updated Jun 7, 2012
posted by mcl020
Pure beauty!!! - Silvia_Tcherneva, Jun 7, 2012
Rac1, I am only trying to expres that abundancy. Hope that feeling comes through ;-)) - mcl020, Jun 7, 2012
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La decada de los sesenta es mi época favorita de la música popular.

The sixties are my favorite era in popular music.

updated Jun 7, 2012
posted by mstivers
Otra pregunta... ¿diría "Los años sesenta SON mi época favorita" o " Los años sesenta ES mi época favorita"? - mstivers, Jun 7, 2012
Me too! - kdrinning, Jun 7, 2012
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En la época de los vaqueros, recogiendo a los ganados vacunos para la marca con el hierro fue un tiempo muy ocupado.

In the age of the cowboy, rounding up the cattle for branding was a very busy time.

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updated Jun 7, 2012
posted by bandit51jd
Can you imagine living in those times? - rac1, Jun 7, 2012
You can still do that the same way right now here in OZ. - ray76, Jun 7, 2012
Thanks for letting me know, Ray! I'd forgotten that! - bandit51jd, Jun 7, 2012
Where are all the stores I like to shop at?, Jaja - Nilda-Ballardo, Jun 7, 2012
"En la época de la ganadería (En la época del "Viejo Oeste"), reunir al ganado para marcarlo con el fierro era un momento muy atareado" - -cae-, Jun 7, 2012
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A mi hijo le gusta visitar los museos de coches de época.

My son enjoys visiting museums of vintage cars.

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updated Jun 7, 2012
posted by Castor77
Great picture, Castor! I'm addicted to that kind of cars! - Silvia_Tcherneva, Jun 7, 2012
Beautiful car! - rac1, Jun 7, 2012
It's a Minerva (1916). - Castor77, Jun 7, 2012
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Esta es la época de mi vida en la cual no sé claramente cómo usar la palabra "época".

This is the time in my life in which I don't know how to clearly use the word "época."

updated Jun 7, 2012
edited by GraceM
posted by GraceM
Tu oración está bien, pero una traducción literal sonaría mejor: "en la cual/que no sé claramente cómo usar la palabra "época" ". - -cae-, Jun 7, 2012
Not to worry Grace. :) - rac1, Jun 7, 2012
Agradezco las correcciones, Carlos. :) - GraceM, Jun 7, 2012
Hola Grace. - Nilda-Ballardo, Jun 7, 2012
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La época navideña es la que mas les gusta a los niños.
The holiday season is that most children like.
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updated Jun 7, 2012
posted by arajei
..."most child like". - rac1, Jun 7, 2012