La Palabra del Día: "sumar"
sumar (soo-mar')
verb ( to add up, amount to )
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Write sentences at least 5 words long, but don't write a paragraph either. Write your Spanish sentence, but include the English translation as well. Make the corrections suggested by other users and moderators in the comments section (try not to use personal pronouns unless absolutely necessary). Use your own words! (Don't use a translator, copy from a book, use song lyrics, etc.) Have fun experimenting with Spanish.
Examples:
1. Sumé los números y no creo que pueda comprar un carro nuevo.
I added up the numbers and I don't think I can buy a new car.
2. Sumar y restar son los componentes básicos de la matemática.
To add and to subtract are the basic components of mathematics.
17 Answers
Al sumar uno más uno obtienes como resultado el número dos.
When you add one plus one the result its going to be the number two
Adding and subtracting are important skills to learn when you are young.
First try:
Sumando y restando son habilidades importantes para aprender cuando eres joven.
Correction:
Sumar y restar son habilidades muy importantes para aprender cuando eres joven
Se deben sumar los contrapuntos y el bajo de buena calidad a una dulce melodía para ser una buena obra musical que vale la pena escuchar.
It is necessary to add good quality counterpoints and bass to a sweet melody in order to compose a good piece of music that is worth listening to.
Si sumas Súmate seis naranjas, dos manzanas y tres bananas y suman ¿Qué creas? ¡Una ensalada de fruta!
Add six oranges, two apples and three bananas and you get what? One fruit salad!
Echo de menos los días cuando aprendía a sumar y restar. Los integrales no tienen mucho sentido, al menos la mayor parte del tiempo.
I miss the days when I was learning how to add and subtract. Integrals don't make much sense, at least most of the time.
In its transitive form it is to add up, to amount to, to summarize. However in its pronomial form it is to join (like a club, protest, political party). This is form in which I see this verb used most often.
Súmate y ganarás. Join and win. Used (in some form) by supermarkets for their points clubs. And by CFE for their card.
Los Norteamericanos , sumar diez copas de azúcar a todo que ellos comen.
Pero , quizás yo exagerar un poco. Es solamente cinco.
Americans , add ten cups of sugar to everything they eat .
But , maybe I exaggerate a little. It is only five.
Yet the statistic is true. U.S. adults consume 22.2 teaspoons of sugar daily -- or 355 calories, reports UPI. That wildly exceeds the daily recommended amount, says Phil Lempert, a food industry analyst. He says average-sized women should be consuming no more than 6.25 teaspoons; men 9.4.
Cuando suma todas las cosas que he hecho en mi vida, me gustaría que hubiera estado más de una ayuda a la humanidad.
When I add up all of the things that I have done in my life, I wish that I had helped humanity more.
The students always have to add some numbers, substract them or do other mathematics operations when they are in the maths classes.
Los estudiantes siempre tienen que sumar algunos números, sustraerlos o hacer otras operaciones matemáticas cuando están en las clases de matemáticas.
operaciones matemáticas
Después de añadir las velas en el pastel, concluyo que Qi-Qi está celebrando su tercer cumpleaños hoy.
After adding up the candles on the cake, I conclude that Qi-Qi is celebrating his 3th birthday today.
Si ahorras un poquito cada semana, eventualmente suma a sumará mucho dinero.
If you save a little bit each week, eventually it adds up to a lot of money.
Me sumé al club campestre para conocer personas importantes.
I joined the country club to meet important people.
En total, el número de los participantes tiene que sumar a ser cien personas.
In total, the number of participants must amount to one hundred people.
If you add up your blessings, then I'm sure the sum of them is greater than the sum of the bad things in life.
Si sumaras tus bendiciónes, estoy segura de que la suma de ellas es mayor que la suma de lo mal en tu vida.
Cuando he sumado todas las horas que he dormido en mi vida, se parece como un milagro que he trabajado tan mucho.
When I have summed up all the hours that I have slept in my life, it seems like a miracle that I have worked so much.
