La Palabra del Día: "era"
era (eh'-ra)
3rd person imperfect conjugation of the verb ser ( was )
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1. Cuando era niña, me gustaba jugar escondite con mis amigos.
When I was a girl, I liked to play hide-and-seek with my friends.
2. Era un caso particular el de Alberto, los doctores nunca habían visto nada igual.
It was a particular case, Albert's, the doctors had never seen anything like it.
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Era una noche oscura y tormentosa, y mis huesos enterrados eran difíciles de encontrar......
It was a dark and stormy night and my buried bones were hard to find......
No man has ever loved a woman like Dracula loved Elisabetta. He loved her when he was a man, and later, when he was a vampire as well. He had crossed oceans of time to be reunited with her and to be redeemed from his sins by her hands.
Ningún hombre jamás ha amado a una mujer como Drácula amaba a Elisabetta. Él la amaba cuando era un hombre, y más tarde, cuando era un vampiro también. Había cruzado océanos de tiempo para reunirse con ella y para ser redimido de sus pecados por las manos de ella.
"I have crossed oceans of time to find you." True love never dies. / "He cruzado océanos de tiempo para encontrarte." Nunca morirá el verdadero amor.
When he was a child he liked to have a bath in a bucket.
Cuando era un niño, a él le gustaba bañarle en un balde.
Cuando yo era una niña, solía soñar que era un hada alada, y pude extender mis alas y volar a la luna morada. / When I was a child, I used to dream I was a winged fairy, and I could spread my wings and fly to the purple moon in the sky.
She wasn't perfect, but she was a princess in his eyes.
Ella no era perfecta, pero era una princesa en sus ojos.
Cuando era joven, Adolf Hitler quería ser un pintor, pero el destino tenía otros planes para él. / When he was young, Adolf Hitler wanted to be a painter, but destiny had other plans for him.
A painting by Adolf Hitler / Una pintura de Adolfo Hitler.
Cuando aprendimos que los mineros de chile fueron a salvo, era un día para celebrar.
When we learned that the Chilean miners were safe, it was a day to celebrate.
Cuando eraestaba hablando con mi mamá en Sábado, yo sabía ella pensó,
que yo era todavía un niño. Quizás tenga razón.
When I was speaking with my mom on Saturday , I knew that she thought ,
that I was still a child. Perhaps she is right.
Aleksandr Alekhine was one of the most tremendous world's champions in the history.
Aleksander alekhine era uno de los más tremenda campeones del mundo de la historia.
When I was a little girl, I was a tomboy.
Cuando era una niña, me portaba como un chico.
La comida que mi madre cocinó era tan picosa. Me Qemó la lenuga.
The food my mom cooked was so spicy. It burnt my tongue
Después a mis amigos decir que el cubo de Rubik obviamente era demasiado difícil para mí, decidí resolverlo, pase lo que pase.
Upon hearing my friends say that Rubik's cube obviously was too difficult for me, I decided to solve it no matter what.
El mundo era un lugar muy diferente antes de la revolución industrial.
The world was a very different place before the industrial revolution.
Si, si. . . y cuando yo era meramente viejo, yo podía todavía encontrar mi coche en el aparcamiento... pero, hoy en día, no tengo siempre tanta suerte.
Yes, yes . . . and when I was merely an old man, I could still find my car in the parking lot. . . but these days I don't always have so much luck.
Cuando yo era niño, jugaba al fútbol — muy mal.
When I was a kid, I played soccer — very badly.
