La Palabra del Día: "está"
está (es-tah')
3rd person present conjugation of the verb estar ( is )
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Examples:
1. Ella está almorzando una ensalada césar.
She is eating a Caesar salad for lunch.
2. El elevador no está funcionando hoy debido al terremoto.
The elevator is not working today because of the earthquake.
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El hombre encarcela a Dios en palacios grandes y se atrinchera contra si mismo por el amor de Dios olvidándose el hecho de que Dios está en todas partes, también está dentro del alma humana.
Man incarcerates God in grand palaces and barricades against himself in the name of Heaven forgetting the fact that God is everywhere, within himself too.
The temporal lobe (“the God spot”)
Do not worry, it is not the first time he is parking a car. However, it looks like that.
No se preocupe, no es la primera vez que está estacionando un coche. Aunque parece así.
"¿Crees que has estado aquí antes?" Una voz misteriosa, desde el fondo del ser, sigue preguntandole esta pregunta. Ella está aquí por primera vez, pero siente que había estado aquí, hace mucho tiempo...
" Do you think you have been here before?" An eerie voice, from deep inside, keeps asking her this question. She is here for the first time, but she feels she had been here, long before...
Déjà vu
Bañoooooo ...... ¿Dónde está el baño? No puedo sostenerlo más tiempo ya y no quiero mojar mis pantalones frente a mis admiradores.
Men's rooooooooom ...... Where is the men's room? I cannot hold it any longer and I do not want to wet my pants in front of my fans.
—Disculpe. Espero que me pueda ayudar, señor. ¿Dónde está el banco? —le dijo la mujer al policía.
—¿El banco? Sigue derecho por (para?) tres cuadras y entonces doble a la derecha. —le respondió.
"Excuse me. I hope you can help me, sir. Where is the bank?" the woman asked the policeman.
"The bank? Go straight ahead for three blocks and then turn right," he responded.
¡Tienes correo! ¡Está cerca de la motocicleta!
You've got mail! It is near the motorcycle!
Como está lloviendo, un gato listo como yo busca un poco de protección.
As it is raining, a clever cat like me looks for some protection.
Mi prima está corriendo en una carrera de 10K.
My cousin is running in a 10K race.
Primero, sigue todo recto. Luego gira a la izquierda y gira a la izquierda otra vez. Gira a la derecha y luego da la vuelta. Finalmente, darás cuenta de que tu destino aún está muy lejos.
First, go straight. Then turn left and turn left again. Turn right and then turn around. Finally, you'll realize that your destination is still very far away.
Cuando mi esposa está felíz, el mundo es un lugar bello. When my wife is happy, the world is a beautiful place.
Está a veces es esta , y a veces esto ,pero cuando esta es eso, soy perdido.
Sometimes it is this, and at times this, but when this is that, I'm lost.
¿Qué está pasando aquí?
What's going on here?
Popocatepetl is an active volcano. It is in Mexico.
Popocatepetl es un volcán activo. Está en México.
El ladrón está huyendo de la policía.
The thief is fleeing from the police.
Sorry, the panda won't be in the zoo exhibit today because he's at the park with his family.
Lo siento, el oso panda no va a estar en la exposición del zoológico hoy porque está en el parque con su familia.
