La Palabra del Día: "olvidar"
olvidar ( ol-vee-dahr' )
verb ( to forget )
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Examples:
1. No me voy a olvidar de tu generosidad y cariño. Un día te lo recompensaré.
I won't forget your generosity and affection. One day I will repay you for it.
2. A mi nunca se me olvida la vez que fuimos al concierto y bailamos en el escenario.
I will never forget the time we went to the concert and danced on stage.
18 Answers
Mi memoria es fantástica , nunca olvidarse me olvido de nada ,
excepto de mi edad,
¿ O donde están las llaves, o si estoy casado ?
Cosas sin importancia como que esas.
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My memory is fantastic , I never forget anything,
except my age,
or where my car keys are , or if I am married?
Unimportant things like that .
Cuando me estaba yendo a la cama, olvidé si ya me había cepillado los dientes, así que me levanté para cepillarmelos otra vez.
Last night as I was going to bed, I forgot if I had already brushed my teeth, so I got up to brush them again.
No olvida escribir los números de tus amigos para llamarlos a veces
Do not forget to write your friends' numbers so you can call them somtimes..
Do not forget that you will never meet a perfect person but someone who perfectly fits you.
No olvides que nunca conocerás a una persona perfecta, sino a alguien que encaje perfectamente contigo.
One can never forget to post on 'The Word Of The Day'
Uno nunca puede dejar de publicar en 'La palabra del día'
Lo más que una esposa odia es cuando su esposo se olvida el aniversario de boda.
The thing a wife hates the most is when her husband forgets their wedding anniversary.
Olvidar es perdonar a quién nos lastíma.>>Forget is forgive those who hurt us.
"Live your life and forget your age."(Norman Vincent Peale).
Vive tu vida y olvida su edad.
"Se te olvida, que me quieres a pesar de lo que dices, pues llevamos en el alma cicatrices, imposibles de borrar" are lyrics from "Se te olvida."
You forget that you love me in spite of what you say, our souls have love scars that are impossible to erase.
Here's the a link to this great song by Mexican singer Luis Miguel.
It's very easy to say "forgive but not forget", but it is very hard to hear these words.
Es muy fácil decir "perdono, pero no olvido", pero es muy duro escuchar estas palabras.
Ay no! Me olvido recoger los niños!
Oh, no! forgot to pick up the kids!
Hemos estado esperando 30 años y un día para que nos llames un día, porque no podemos olvidarte.
We have been hoping you'd call us one day for 30 years and a day now, because we just cannot forget you.
I will never forget the first time I drove a truck. I was ten and almost hit a bridge.
No nunca olvidaré el primera vez que conduje una camioneta. Tenía diez años y casi choqué un puente.
Please help with: A mi nunca se me olvida la vez que fuimos al concierto y bailamos en el escenario.
The part that really confuses me is the se me. What grammar rules are being used for these pronouns? One would think the me is a direct pronoun with se the indirect but then why the A mi? Is the verb really olvidarse? How do you exactly translate A mi nunca se me olvida?
Cuando voy al supermercado me gusta traer conmigo una lista lo que necesito. A veces la olvido y eso me causa muchos problemas.
When I go to the supermarket I like to bring with me a list of the groceries that I need. Sometimes I forget it and it causes me lots of problems
