La Palabra del Día: "ambos"
ambos ( ahm'-bohs )
adjective ( both )
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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. En ambos lados de la carretera encontrarás kioskos sirviendo frituras y comida ligera.
On both sides of the road you'll find kiosks serving fast foods and snacks.
2. Ambos hermanos estudian en la misma universidad en Boston.
Both brothers study at the same university in Boston.
14 Answers
It usually fails when people try to have the best of both worlds, that is, the best of everything. But for this girl, it seems that it did.
Generalmente no funciona cuando la gente trata de tener "Lo mejor de ambos mundos", es decir, lo mejor de todo. Pero para esta chica, parece que sí.
Un juez tiene que escuchar ambos lados de los asuntos.
A judge must listen to both sides of the issues.
Algún día me gustaría poder hablar ambos inglés y español con fluidez.
Some day I would like to be able to speak English and Spanish fluently.
Muchos hispanohablantes cometen el gravísimo error de decir ambos dos. Ambos significa dos y, por lo tanto, es redundante. ¿No te parece?
A few Spanish speakers make the horrible mistake of saying ambos dos (both two). The word both already means two. A bit redundant, don't you think?
Ambos bebés están esperando que sus vidas empiecen.
Both babies are waiting for their lives to begin.
Ambos gemelos se casaron con dos hermanas gemelas
Both twin brothers are married to twin sisters.
Ambos tipos hombres fueron millonarios que asistieron a la Facultad de Derecho de Harvard.
Both guys men were millionaires who went to Harvard Law School.
No supongo que ambos de ustedes vayan a las montañas.
I don't suppose both of you will go to the mountains.
I like both dresses. Which of them should I wear to the Friday ball?
Me gustan ambos vestidos, ¿Cuál de ellos debería ponerme en la fiesta del viernes?
Poetry and prose, I like them both
Both help improve, intellectual growth.
So I speak in verse, and write in rhyme;
with rhythm and meter, all the time.
La poesía y la prosa, me gustan ambas
Ambas son un juego de palabras
Hablo en versos, y escribo en rima
con ritmo y métrica, de cualquier tema.
Ambos hombres llevaron el mismo típo de traje a la reunión
Both men wore the same type of suit to the meeting
No puedo decidir cuál quiero ......... ¿puedo tomar ambos?
I cannot decide which one I want ...... Can I take both?
En lugar de decir "los dos nombres divinos", ahora puedo decir "ambos nombres divinos".
Instead of saying "the two Divine Names", I can now say "both Divine Names".
Cuando estoy sentado cerca de una mujer en un restaurante ;
el camarero siempre le pregunta , ¿están ambos juntos ?
Ambas frases están en el error. Both sentences are in error.
Ambos prefieren otro restaurante ,así adiós .
When I am sitting near a woman in a restaurant;
the waiter will sometimes ask, are you both together ?
