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La Palabra del Día: "español"

La Palabra del Día: "español"

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español ( eh-spah-nyol' )

adjective ( Spanish )

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1. Cuando se casó, Pedro obtuvo la ciudadanía española porque su esposa es de Madrid.

When he got married, Pedro got Spanish citizenship because his wife is from Madrid.

2. El acento español es muy fuerte, a veces es muy difícil entenderlo.

The Spanish accent is very strong, sometimes it's very difficult to understand it.

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updated Oct 10, 2012
posted by rac1
Hola, Rac, thanks for posting! Hola, Francobollo, gracias por las correcciones!! :)) - iana01, Sep 30, 2012

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Si aprendes español, podría cambiar tu vida.

If you learn Spanish, it could change your life.

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updated Oct 12, 2012
posted by Tosh
;-) - francobollo, Sep 30, 2012
Hopefully it will not take me forever.. - rac1, Sep 30, 2012
It has changed mine already , quite dramatically , and for the better. - ray76, Sep 30, 2012
A good sentence, Tosh. - iana01, Sep 30, 2012
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Mi primer novia y era española , pero yo tenía diez años de edad,

fue difícil porque no hablé español , éramos amigos desde hace

ochos años. Afortunadamente hablaba bien Inglés.

Ella nunca hablaba en español a me .¡ Que lastima!

My first girl friend was Spanish, but I was only ten years old ,

it was very difficult because I could not speak Spanish ,

we were friends for eight years. Fortunately she spoke good English .

she never spoke Spanish to me . What a pity !

La amor de ma vida

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updated Sep 30, 2012
edited by ray76
posted by ray76
Eras un Don Juan desde niño, Ray (y era "española", no lo olvides) - francobollo, Sep 30, 2012
You two broke up when you became 18? - rac1, Sep 30, 2012
English sentence, please........ - rac1, Sep 30, 2012
Thank you Francobollo , I took a while this has been hard for me , the memory has haunted me all my life , good thoughts though . - ray76, Sep 30, 2012
Yes Rac1 I was in the army and she sent me a " Dear John" even today i can feel the emotion that i felt then , but that is life , it evolves , and with luck and perseverance so do we. - ray76, Sep 30, 2012
Very true, amigo - rac1, Sep 30, 2012
Ray Lo siento, no fue mi intención ser insensible. - rac1, Sep 30, 2012
¡Qué preciosa! - mstivers, Sep 30, 2012
No problema rac1 . There has been a very interesting postscript to the story , another day I shall tell you . You were no being insensitive , not in your nature to be. - ray76, Sep 30, 2012
Thank you mstivers , very thoughtful comment , I appreciate that . - ray76, Sep 30, 2012
Yes I got a "dear John" when I was in the army and some of us used to pin them on the notice board to pretend that we didn't care even though we was hurting inside.. - kenwilliams, Sep 30, 2012
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Es posible que la selección española sea el mejor equipo de todos tiempos.

It´s possible that the Spanish national team is the best of all time.

updated Sep 30, 2012
edited by mstivers
posted by mstivers
You love this example, huh? - rac1, Sep 30, 2012
:-) - francobollo, Sep 30, 2012
Brazil in the sixties for me. - kenwilliams, Sep 30, 2012
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¿Cómo es eso de que unos hablan español y otros castellano? ¿Dónde está la confusión?

El español es el idioma oficial de España y de los países hispanoparlantes (excepto algunos que atribuyen igual notoriedad a ciertas lenguas indígenas o a algunas regiones en España que claman una lengua oficial distinta al español como el catalán o el vasco).

El dialecto castellano proviene de Castilla y muchos expertos dicen que es el español mejor hablado de España y el que fue llevado con más prominencia a América durante la Colonia. Así que habrán quienes lo llamen castellano y otros español, ¡pero nos hacemos entender que es lo que cuenta!

No soy purista de la lengua, así que no me meto en esas profundidades por temor a ahogarme.

How come some say they speak Spanish and other say Castilian? Where’s the mix up?

Spanish is Spain’s official language and that of the Latin American countries (excluding Brazil-- and except some countries that also consider certain indigenous languages or some regions in Spain who claim a language other than Spanish as official, such as Catalonia or the Basque country).

The Castilian dialect comes from the region of Castilla in Spain. Many experts seem to agree this is the best Spanish spoken in Spain, and which was “imported” to America during the Spanish Colonization. So there are those who call it Castilian and those who call it Spanish. At the end of the day, we all manage to understand each other, which is really what matters.

I am no language expert, so I do not delve into these topics for fear of getting buried alive.

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updated Sep 30, 2012
edited by francobollo
posted by francobollo
How about an English translation? - rac1, Sep 30, 2012
Yes please it was fascinating , but I fear i may have it all wrong , or have missed the nuances . - ray76, Sep 30, 2012
Thank you, Franco...very nice. - rac1, Sep 30, 2012
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Además de inglés, puedo hablar y entender alemán y español. Es muy útil cuando tenemos pacientes que no hablan noruego o inglés, sino más bien alemán o español.

Apart from English, I can speak and understand German and Spanish. It comes in very handy when we get patients who don't speak Norwegian or English, but rather German or Spanish.

updated Oct 1, 2012
edited by inridk
posted by inridk
I am very impressed with your language skills. - francobollo, Sep 30, 2012
That's fantasitic, Inridk! - rac1, Sep 30, 2012
nice use of más bien, learned from your post - dewclaw, Sep 30, 2012
Thank you guys ;) - inridk, Sep 30, 2012
Thanks for the sino más bien - island_fever, Oct 1, 2012
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La primera vez que fui a España no sabía nada de español pero ahora que llevaba 4 años ahí sé mucho más que ese día.

The first time I went to Spain I hadn't a clue about Spanish but now that I've spent 4 years there I know much more.

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updated Sep 30, 2012
posted by dewclaw
pero ahora que he pasado 4 años allí - francobollo, Sep 30, 2012
Right....staying calm is one I'm learning...: ) - rac1, Sep 30, 2012
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Many people want to learn Spanish from Spain. So do I. However I like Spanish from other countries too.

Muchas personas quieren aprender el español de España. Yo también quiero. Pero también me gusta el de otros países.

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updated Sep 30, 2012
edited by iana01
posted by iana01
Creo que usted tiene que escribir "A mí también." no "yo también" :) - sm7thme, Sep 30, 2012
Creo que es correcto: "Yo también..." Si usaría la palabra gustar, podría decir: A mí también. Pero yo escribí: Muchas personas quieren... Por eso: Yo también. Creo que es correcto asi. - iana01, Sep 30, 2012
mm pues, muchas gracias, :) - sm7thme, Sep 30, 2012
Yo también es correcto. - francobollo, Sep 30, 2012
Very good, Iana...: ) - rac1, Sep 30, 2012
Hola, Rac! Gracias. :) - iana01, Sep 30, 2012
Gracias, Francobollo. :) - iana01, Sep 30, 2012
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Estoy tomando una pausa de hablar hablando español esta semana.

I'm taking a break from speaking Spanish this week.

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updated Oct 10, 2012
edited by katydew
posted by katydew
de hablar ;-) - francobollo, Sep 30, 2012
I know what you mean..lol - rac1, Sep 30, 2012
Thank you, Franco. - katydew, Oct 10, 2012
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Para mí la idioma español es muy romantico a todos!!jejeje. es solo mí opinión.

For me, Spanish language es very romantic to all. Its only my opinion.

updated Oct 1, 2012
posted by jazonadriano
It's my opinion too. : ) - rac1, Sep 30, 2012
Suggestion: "..The Spanish language is very romantic for everyone". - rac1, Sep 30, 2012
Para mí el idioma español es el más romántico de todos... Es sólo mi opinión. - francobollo, Sep 30, 2012
I think your sentence should read "La idioma española" - kenwilliams, Sep 30, 2012
But "idioma" is masculine--"el idioma español", right? - GraceM, Oct 1, 2012
My mistake it is a masculine noun, jazonadriano is still wrong as he has said la instead of el idioma. - kenwilliams, Oct 1, 2012
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LLevo nueve años estudiando español pero todavía tengo mucho que aprender. I have been studying Spanish for nine years but still have a lot to learn.

updated Sep 30, 2012
edited by kenwilliams
posted by kenwilliams
mucho que aprender - francobollo, Sep 30, 2012
Wow....When I began, I thought....I'll have this mastered in no time.... - rac1, Sep 30, 2012
Thanks franco. - kenwilliams, Sep 30, 2012
Yes I thought I would be fluent in a year or so, how wrong I was. - kenwilliams, Sep 30, 2012
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Todo el tiempo, cuando yo intento deletrear "español" yo escribo "espagnol" (como es un tipo de espaghetti español) - no se porqúe! All the time, when I try to spell "español" I write "espagno" (like it is a type of spanish spaghetti) - I don't know why!

updated Sep 30, 2012
posted by hinall01
It's the same sound, just in Italian or French... (No sé por qué) - francobollo, Sep 30, 2012
Jaja, I'm sorry Hina....that is sooo funny! - rac1, Sep 30, 2012
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Los españoles quien protestaron en las plazas de las ciudades contra las medidas ecónomicas en sus pais el quince de Mayo , se llaman "Los Indignados".

The Spanish who protested in the squares of their cities on the fifteenth of May are called the "Los Indignados"

updated Sep 30, 2012
edited by aocroc
posted by aocroc
Thanks for the information. : ) - rac1, Sep 30, 2012
se llaman "Los Indignados" - francobollo, Sep 30, 2012
que protestaron - francobollo, Sep 30, 2012
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He usado el himno national español como mi ringtone hace dos semanas. I've used the National Spanish Anthem as my ringtone two weeks ago. enter image description here

updated Sep 30, 2012
posted by sm7thme
como tono en mi celular o teléfono móvil - francobollo, Sep 30, 2012
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El español es una de las lenguas románicas, que significa que el lenguaje desarrollado a partir Vulgar (común) Latin.

Spanish is one of the Romance languages, which means the language developed from Vulgar (common) Latin.

updated Sep 30, 2012
posted by bandit51jd
que el lenguaje provino del Latin común (vulgar). - francobollo, Sep 30, 2012
I love it though...Hola amiga! - rac1, Sep 30, 2012
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Me encanta el acento español de Colombia. Ahí, tienen una "R" muy fuerte. I love the Spanish Accent of Colombia. There, they have a very strong "R". enter image description here

updated Sep 30, 2012
posted by sm7thme
:-) - francobollo, Sep 30, 2012
"..accent"...no capital - rac1, Sep 30, 2012