La Palabra del Día: "capaz"

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capaz (kah-paz')

adjective ( capable, able )

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Examples:

1. Hay que ser una persona capaz para obtener ese trabajo.

You have to be a capable person in order to get that job.

2. Ella es capaz de decirle la verdad sólo para salirse con la suya.

She is capable of telling him the truth in order to get her way.

Answer 1

Una persona que es muy capaz frecuentemente se convertirá un líder.

A person who is very capable will often become a leader.

Yes, it's true. Hola Jenny! - rac1, Jul 20, 2012

Answer 2

Todos gente son capaz de gran logros.

All people are capable of great achievements.

I love this K!!:):) - rac1, Jul 19, 2012

literally: Todas las personas son capaces de grandes logros, but sounds a bit better to say: Todas las personas son capaces de conseguir grandes logros. - luisssito, Jul 20, 2012

toda la gente (both singular) or todas las personas son (all three plural) that's the trick :) It's just that we just people as a plural noun because of it's meaning but it doesn't happen in Spanish - - Kiwi-Girl, Jul 20, 2012

Answer 3

I know this is too long, but I got carried away.

Spanish version

Cuando Velázquez era niño, otros niños le tomaba el pelo porque ceceaba, y no era capaz de pronunciar los ‘s’. El pobrecito. Hoy en día, somos todos orgullosos de Velázquez en la aldea de su nacimiento, y celebramos su cumpleaños con la fiesta ‘Z’, cuando ponemos disfraces de luces y lazos, adornamos la plaza con guirnaldas de papel picado en forma de ‘Z’, escribimos poesía sin ‘s’ (No es fácil…)y asistimos en una zarzuela. Al final le brindamos a Velázquez en tazas de gazpacho, con la frase, -¡Haz la paz, Veláz, Veláz, lo maz capaz de todo!-

Me odio el gazpacho de niña… ¿Porque no le brindamos en cerveza?

Versión inglés (Es una traducción de sentido, no es literal.)

When Velázquez was a boy, the other kids used to pull his leg because he had a lisp and couldn’t pronounce the letter ‘s’. Poor little thing. Nowadays we’re all proud of Velázquez in the village where he was born, and celebrate his birthday with the ‘Z’ festival, when we dress up in sequins and ribbons, decorate the plaza with garlands of paper cut-outs of the letter ‘z’, write poetry without ‘s’es (Not easy!) and go to a zarzuela. At the end, we toast Velázquez in cups of gazpacho, saying, ‘Make peace, Veláz, Veláz, the most able of us all!’
I’ve hated gazpacho since I was a little girl. Why can’t we toast him in beer?

Good question...:) Welcome to the thread! - rac1, Jul 19, 2012

Yes, welcome Enderby. Let us know a little bit about you via the profile. Cheers! - 0095ca4c, Jul 19, 2012

Are you talking about Velázquez the painter? - mstivers, Jul 19, 2012

Hi Guys! Thanks! Yeah, I mean to add something. The painter? Nope! I chose the name cos I was playing with the 'az´sound. I don't think the man himself had a lisp... ;) - Enderby, Jul 19, 2012

Answer 4

No creía que fuera capaz de resistir la tentación, pero me equivoqué.

I didn't believe he was capable of resisting the temptation, but I was mistaken.