La Palabra del Día: "la calma"
la calma ( kal'-mah )
noun ( calm, lull )
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1. No pierdas la calma, todo saldrá bien.
Don't lose your calm, everything will turn out alright.
2. Sólo en la calma de la madrugada logro organizar mis pensamientos.
Only in the calm of the early morning am I able to organize my thoughts.
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En Inglaterra decimos "Mantengan calma y continúa".
In England we say "Keep calm and carry on".
Es fácil sentirse con calma ante la presencia, de un monje.
It is easy to feel calm , when in the presence of a monk.
Después de la tempestad, viene la calma.
After a storm comes a calm.
El agua está muy calma.
The water is very calm.
Hablando en una voz calmada y suave, trató de consolar a su amigo llorando.
Speaking in a calm and soothing voice, she tried to comfort her crying friend.
Tengo que mantener la calma cuando conduzco porque hay muchos peligros en las carreteras para evitar.
Correction: en las carreteras que hay que evitar
. I have to remain calm when I drive because there are many dangers on the roads to avoid.
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El ojo del huracán Earl encima del Océano Atlántico se ve desde una aeronave de investigación. El ojo es calma.
The eye of Hurricane Earl above the Atlantic Ocean is seen from a research aircraft. The eye is calm.
Me siento que a no hubiera alguien que no le gusta la calma. ¿Cómo no?
I feel that there can't be anyone who doesn't like the calm. How could there not be?
Durante la temporada de Navidad todo el mundo está muy ocupado, pero después del año nuevo habrá una calma.
During the Christmas season everyone is busy, but after the new year there will be a calm.
I like to wake early in the city, while it's still calm, so I can do my readings and still hear the birds.
Disfruto amanecer en la ciudad, cuando todavía es calma, así que puedo hacer mis lecturas y ya oir los pájaros.
In flocks they come flying from far away
From distant places that I've never seen
Tweeting in a way, so carefree and gay
They often knock on the window screen
In the calm of my solitude in serene seclusion
I listen to the songs they sing with a sweet trill
The songs of life, the stories of love and passion
They keep singing, sitting on the window sill
And I dream I am a beautiful blue bird
I can spread my wings and fly high in the sky
I am a songbird whose songs went unheard
Whose sad stories end with a weary sigh
But birds of passage can never cry
They can't stay, they have to keep flying
The nomads of the sky, they always try
Their will to live and survive is undying.
Los pájaros vienen volando desde lejos
Desde lugares lejanos que nunca he visto
Sin parar piando y cantando con alegria
Me llaman tocando a mi ventana.
Aquí en la calma de mi soledad serena
Me cantan canciones con su dulce trino
Las canciones del amor y la pasión de la vida
Siguen cantando, sentado en mi ventana
Y sueño que soy un pájaro, azul y hermoso
Puedo extender mis alas y volar alto en el cielo
Ala con ala, puedo volar con mis amigos
sobre las montañas, los bosques y los mares
Sueño que soy un gran pájaro en el cielo
Puedo volar a través del espacio y el tiempo
Sin parar puedo volar al pasado y al futuro
Y ver el mundo desde una nueva perspectiva.
Para un montón de padres los consejos para mantener la calma llegan un poco tarde.
For a lot of parents the advice to keep one's cool comes a bit late.
Don't think there are no sharks because the water is calm.(Malagasy Proverb).
No piense que no hay tiburones porque el agua es calma.
Me alegro que estés en calma cuando te sientas enfrente del árbol de Navidad.
I'm glad that you are calm when you sit in front of the Christmas tree.
Es la calma antes de la tormenta. It is the calm before the storm.
