La Palabra del Día: "denunciar"
denunciar ( deh-noon-see-ar' )
verb ( to denounce, to condemn, to report )
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Examples:
1. El accidente de carro fue denunciado a la policía.
The car accident was reported to the police.
2. Por fin llega el momento esperado: Claudia ve a su madre y la confronta, denunciándole por haber abandonado a su propia hija y dejarla pensar que estaba muerta.
The moment has arrived: Claudia sees her mother and confronts her, condemning her for having abandoned her own daughter and letting her think she was dead.
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!
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En la Biblia, san Pedro denunció a Jesús tres veces.
In the Bible, Saint Peter denounced Jesus three times.
Ahora Ya es el tiempo de denunciar la cultura estadounidense de armas.
Now is the time to denounce the American gun culture.
Denunciar a los corruptos es un deber que puede acarrear consecuencias graves para todos los involucrados.
Reporting corruption is a duty that can; nonetheless, carry grave consequences for all parties involved.
The accused is innocent until he is been condemned.
El acusado es inocente hasta que él se ha denunciado.
Después de la crisis financiera muchas personas denunciaron a los bancos y los especuladores, pero parece que todavía están haciendo las mismas cosas.
After the financial crisis many people denounced the banks and the speculators, but it seems they are still doing the same things.
Nuestro mundo debe denunciar todas las formas de violencia! Our world must condemn all forms of violence!
Si no fueran tan lindos, denunciaría ese comportamiento perezoso.
If you weren't so cute, I would denounce that lazy behavior.
Si conoces a alguien te ha hecho daño ,puedes denunciarle . Debería existir una sistema para denunciar a las personas que tengan buenas acciones para los demás
If you know someone who has done something bad to you it's possible to report them. There should be a system to report people who do good deeds to others
Quiero aprovechar esta oportunidad para denunciar los actos del artistas de grafittis. Creo que es un error desfigurar la propriedad de otros.
I want to take this opportunity to condemn the acts of grafitti artists. I believe it is wrong to deface other peoples' property.
Denuncio que una historia tiene dos lados, como una moneda tiene dos lados.
I report that a story has two sides, like a coin has two sides.
During the drought, some neighbors reported others for watering the lawn
Durante la sequía, algunos vecinos denunciaron otros por regar el cesped.
Para denunciar a una persona o grupo no es física, sino que puede producir resultados violentos.
To denounce a person or group is not physical, but it can produce violent results.
Esta ficha policial denuncia la autoridad de la ley.
This mugshot denounces the authority of the law.
Hay muchas guerras en el mundo y todas las guerras son horibles, pero creo que las guerras civiles son las guerras más terible de todas, porque un hijo puede denunciar a su padre, un hermano puede delatar a su mismísimo gemelo y las familias no pueden confiarse en nadie.
There are many wars in the world and they are all horrible, but I think that civil wars are the most terrible wars of all, because a son might inform against his father, a brother report on his very twin and families can't trust anyone whatsoever.
