La Palabra del Día: "áspero"
áspero ( ah'-speh-roh )
adjective ( rough, coarse, harsh )
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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. La corteza del árbol estaba muy áspera.
The tree bark was very rough.
2. Tenía la voz muy áspera por haber fumado todos esos años.
He had a coarse voice for having smoked all those years.
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16 Answers
Muchas personas usan cremas porque tienen la piel áspera.
Many people use creams because they have rough skin.
El viejo tenía una personalidad muy áspero. Muchas veces les dijo a los jóvenes - ¡salgan de mi césped!
The old man had a very coarse personality. Many times he told the teens "get off my lawn!"
Fingersnails on a chalkboard are very harsh on the nails and on the ears!
¡Las uñas en un pizarrón son muy ásperas en las uñas y en las orejas.
Creo que no hay nada más ápero que la cara de un hombre después de un día sin afeitarse. I think there isn't anything rougher than the face of a man who hasn't shaven for a day.
Espero que mi lenguaje no sea demasiado áspero o descortés.
I hope that my language is not too rough or ungracious.
Cuando un perro o un gato nos lamen, nos están mostrando su cariño. Sin embargo, a diferencia de lo que ocurre con la lengua del perro, completamente suave, la lengua del gato es áspera y rugosa, e incluso un poco dura al tacto. Al notarlo, es inevitable que nos preguntemos si existe alguna razón que justifique la rugosidad de la lengua del gato. La aspereza de la lengua del animal viene dada por las papilas cónicas que recubren su parte central, que están compuestas por queratina, la misma sustancia que hace que nuestras uñas sean duras, y son estas papilas las que confieren esta textura tan especial a la lengua de un gato, textura que no es un capricho de la naturaleza, sino que tiene varias funciones; entre una de ellas es la de ayudar al gato a beber. En efecto; los perros, cuando beben, utilizan la lengua como si fuera una cuchara, recogiendo con ella el líquido. Los gatos, por el contrario, simplemente sumergen la lengua en el agua o la leche y beben el líquido que queda atrapado entre las rugosidades de la misma.
When a dog or a cat licks us, they are showing us their affection. However, unlike what happens with the dog´s tongue, completely smooth, the cat´s tongue is rough and rugged, and even a little hard to the touch. when noting, it is inevitable that we wonder whether there is any about the reasons to justify the roughness of the cat´s tongue. The roughness of the animal´s tongue is because of the conical papillae that lines its central part, which it is made up of queratin keratin, the substantia substance that makes our nails be hard, and these papillaes are the ones that confer this texture so special to the cat´s tongue. This texture is not a whim of nature, but it has many funtions.among One being of them is that it helps cats to drink. In fact; when dogs drink, they use their tongues as if it were a spoon, in a such way that they catch the liquid. However; cats, on the contrary, simply pull put their tongues into the water or milk and drink the liquid that is trapped between the roughness of the same.
The bottom of the old man's foot was as rough as a washboard.
La planta El fondo del pie del hombre anciano era tan como áspera como una tabla de lavar.
En el invierno frecuentamente tengo las manos ásperas.
In the wintertime I often get rough hands.
El papel de lija es áspero, pero pone suave la madera.
The sandpaper is rough, but it makes the wood smooth.
La piel vuelva áspera si pasar demasiado tiempo en la sol. ¡Use un sombrero!
The skin becomes rough if spend too much time on the sun too much time is spent in the sun. Use a hat!
Tenemos desmasiadas disputas ásperas en el mundo y en nuestras vidas.
We have too many bitter disputes in the world and in our lives.
"Becoming a father is easy enough but being one is very rough."
Hacerse un padre es bastante fácil pero ser uno es muy áspero.
La roca era muy aspera- The rock was very rough.
Luego de toser todo el día por las alergias, mi voz quedó tan áspera que mi esposa casi no me entendió cuando intenté hablar con ella por teléfono.
After coughing all day from allergies, my voice was so hoarse that my wife could hardly understand me when I tried to speak with her on the phone.
Era un tejido demasiado áspero como para crear ropa infantil con él, por eso es que usamos algodón.
The fabric was too rough to make infant clothing with, so we used cotton instead.
