La Palabra del Día: "comportar"
comportar ( kohm-por-tar' )
verb ( to behave )
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Guidelines:
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Examples:
1. Los hijos de Ana María son muy bien comportados, a diferencia de los hijos de Verónica que siempre están corriendo y gritando por todos lados.
Ana María's children are very well behaved, unlike Verónica's who are always screaming and running around everywhere.
2. Ramón se comportó muy mal con Claudia en su primera cita. Casi no le hablaba ni la miraba, ¡pero era porque ella le gustaba tanto!
Ramón behaved badly with Claudia on their first date. He barely spoke to her or looked at her, but it was because he liked her so much!
Notes:
The 2nd example sentence is part of our special new Word of the Day "novela" series. Check it out from the beginning on December 1 and stay tuned tomorrow for the next chapter!
21 Answers
Behave yourself little guy, and we'll get along just fine.
Compórtate, chiquito, y nos llevaremos muy bien.
Aquellos miembros de SD que no se comporten ni respeten a los demás foristas corren el riesgo de ser amonestados por los moderadores o peor aún, ser expulsados.
Those SD members who do not behave or disrepect other members run the risk of being warned by the moderators or, even worse, banned for good.
Note: Comportarse means to behave well (portarse bien). No comportarse means to behave badly (portarse mal). Thank you!
Algunos de mis familiares simplemente no saben cómo comportarse en público.
Some of my relatives just don't know how to behave in public.
Cuando no te has comportado mal y tu esposa está muy enojada, ten cuidado!
When you have behaved badly and your wife is very angry, be careful!
Normalmente se comporta bien. Sin embargo, ayer fue a visitar a su amiga directamente del trabajo y tenía demasiada hambre. Ni siguiera esperó la respuesta a su pregunta: "¿Puedo agarrar papitas?"
Usually she behaves well. But yesterday she went to visit her friend right from work and was too hungry. She did not even wait for the answer to her question, "Can I take some chips?"
¿De qué otro modo se comportaria un gato, sino es matando a un ratón?
How else would a cat behave, except to kill a mouse?
I liked the last one from Pumpkin so much - I had to continue the theme
(Los estudiantes no están trabajando en la clase)
Maestra: ¡Compórtate!¿Cuántos años tienes?
Estudiante: Tengo 14 años.
Maestra: ¡Menos diez!
Otro Estudiante: ¡Oooohhhhh!
Actualmente, esto es lo que pasó hoy en la clase de español.
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(The students aren't doing work in class)
Teacher: Behave yourselves! How old are you?
Kid: 14...
Teacher: More like 4....
Other Kid: Oooohhhh!
That's actually what happened today in Spanish class.
Cada cuatro años, los políticos nos muestran como comportarse a trevés de sus acciones. (Jejeje es para reír)
Each four years, politicians show us how to behave by their actions. ( hahaha, it's to laugh)
sino cómo comportarse con las personas en situaciones difíciles que importa, no cómo se baila durante los acontecimientos felices.
it’s how you behave with people during hard situations that matters, not how you dance during happy events.
Antes de la Navidad hay que comportarse bien porque si no, Papa Noél no vendrá.
Before Christmas you have to behave well, because if you don't, Father Christmas might not come.
Whether you're Barack Hussein Obama
Or the Saudi tycoon Laden's son Osama
Behave well and be honest with yourself
And even your enemies will start to respect you.
Seas el presidente Barack Obama
O el hijo del magnate Laden, Osama
¡Sé honesto contigo mismo y compórtate bien!
E incluso tus enemigos empezarán a respetarte.
Les dije a mis hijos que el Pápa Noel ya me envió un correo diciendo que si se comportan en Nochebuena ,entonces, en recompensa, voy a recibir un teléfono nuevo . Creo que es justo.
I told my children that Santa Claus has already sent me an email that says that if they are well behaved on Christmas Eve , then, as a reward, I will receive a new telephone. I think that's fair
As you behave towards others, expect that others will behave to you.(Latin proverb).
como te comportas hacia los demás, esperar que otros se comportarán a usted.
When I was in fifth grade, I didn't behave well in class.
Cuando estaba en quinto, no me comportaba bien en clase.
Cerca de Navidad, mis sobrinos se comporten bien porque quieren que yo les traiga regalos.
Close to Christmastime, my nephews behave well because they want that I bring them presents.
