La Palabra del Día:"muerto."
muerto ( moo-ehr'-to )
adjective ( dead )
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Examples:
1. Al que está vivo todo le falta y al que está muerto todo le sobra.
When you're alive, you lack everything; when you're dead you have too much.
2. Añorando a Ramón, Claudia de pronto se entera que la madre que ella pensaba muerta está viviendo en un viñedo en Argentina.
Longing for Ramón, Claudia suddenly finds out that the mother she thought was dead is living in a vineyard in Argentina.
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!
19 Answers
Dentro de cien años casi todos nosotros vamos a estar muertos. Asi que debemos usar nuestras vidas de una manera positiva.
In a hundred years almost all of us will be dead. Therefore we should use our lives in a good way.
La música no está muerta en sus corazones. Demuestran esto cuando sus cuerpos se mueven con el ritmo de la canción aunque lo hacen sin pensar en ello. Es muy hermoso verlo.
The music isn't dead in their hearts. They demonstrate this when their bodies move with the rhythm of the song although they do it without thinking about it. It's really beautiful to see.
El Mar Muerto es un lago salado.
The Dead Sea is a salt lake.
Once we had an electrical problem that was caused by a dead mouse that had bitten into a wire in the electrical socket.
Una vez tuvimos un problema eléctrico que se debía a un ratón muerto que mordió un cable hubo metido los dientes en el alambre en el enchufe eléctrico.
Once upon a time there was a saying: Better dead than red.
Una vez en cuando hubo un dicho: Mejor muerto que rojo.
It doesn't translate well but there it is.
Pensé que estaba muerto, pero estaba equivocado. Tengo que ser más cuidadoso.
I thought that he was dead, but I was wrong. I must be more careful.
Esta naturaleza muerta con manzanas del pintor francés Cézanne es muy famosa.
This still life with apples of the French painter Cézanne is very famous.
Don't sell the bear's skin before the bear is dead.(Dutch proverb).
No venda la piel del oso antes de que el oso esté muerto.
Nuestro gobierno es muy simpático y amable. Porque ha diseñado un sistema , donde si no puedes pagar tus impuestos en vida, podrás pagarlos despues de muerto.
Our government is very friendly and kind. Because they have organised a system , that, if you cannot pay your taxes when you are alive, you can pay them when you are dead.
No estaba muerto, estaba de parranda. La prueba está en esta canción.
He wasn’t dead. He was out partying. The proof is in this song.
El Muerto Andante es un drama de HBO. The Walking Dead is a drama on HBO.
La verdadera riqueza de una persona no se mide por lo que tiene cuando está vivo, pero ¿cómo la gente lo recuerde después de su muerte
The real wealth of a person is not measured by what he has when he is alive, but how people remember him after he dies.
Este árbol se ha muerto a causa de un relámpago que lo fulminó.
This tree is dead because it was struck by lightning.
El pequeño ratoncito fue tan muerto de miedo de ver a estas personas ruidosas como eran de él.
The little mouse was just as scared to death of seeing these noisy people as they were of him.
Es una cosa ser el mal muerto y otra cosa ser el derecho muerto.
It is one thing to be dead wrong and another thing to be dead right.
