La Palabra del Día: "protestar"
protestar ( pro-tes-tahr' )
verb ( to protest, to object )
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1. Empezaron a protestar cuando les eliminaron sus días de vacaciones.
They began to protest when they eliminated their vacation days.
2. Cuando la gente protesta es porque quieren un cambio.
When people protest it is because they want a change.
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13 Answers
Pienso que la dama protesta demasiado. Ésta frase significa que cuando se niega algo con tanta fuerza, personas pueden tener la idea que la opuesta es la verdad.
The lady doth protest too much, methinks. This sentence means that when one denies something with too much force, people can have the idea that the opposite is true.
Si dijeras que se ve extraño, a lo mejor protestaría.
If you were to say that he looks strange, he would probably protest.
Many people protested peacefully in the 60's in the U.S.A.
Mucha gente protestó tranquilamente en los 60's en el E.E.U.U.
Debo protestar que no soy un rico hombre ,
y ya no es joven , pero soy muy feliz.
I must protest that I am not a rich man ,
and no longer young , but I am very happy.
Viviendo en Chipre con no dinero,
las personas están protestando todos los días . Y con una buena causa.
Living in Cyprus without money,
the people are protesting every day . And with a good cause.
A veces la democracia viene en la forma de protestar.
Sometimes democracy comes in the form of protest.
She knows what she wants. That is why there is no reason that someone obejcts to her opinion.
Ella sabe qué quiere. Por lo tanto, no hay ningún razón que algiuen protesta contra su opinión.
Si los estudiantes de ODTÜ (METU) no abrazan algún decisión del gobierno, ellos protestan sin miedo.
If the students of ODTÜ (METU) don't embrace any decision of the government, they protest it fearlessly.
ODTÜ = Orta Do?u Teknik Üniversitesi METU = Middle East Technical University.
Un sindicato puede protestar a través de hacer paro.
A labor union can protest by going on strike.
Protesté por el mal servicio pero no le hizo nungun bien.
I protested against the poor service but it did no good.
¿ Protestarías ,si como de Chipre , tu gobierno decidió a quitar cerca de veinte cinco porciento de tú dinero desde tú cuenta bancaria ? No creo que estaría muy feliz con esa situación y yo necesitaría protestar.
Would you protest ,if like Cyprus , your government decided to take about twenty five percent of your money form your bank account.? I don't think that I would be very happy with that situation and would need to protest.
In my town we are protesting against having our water flouidated.
En mi pueblo estamos protestando contra tener nuestra agua flouidated.
The state of Arkansas says that any water system that serves over 5,000 customers shall put flouride in the water although an overwhelming majority of the people voted against it.
You can't regulate dosage when some people drink more water than others.
Only 10% of the water is ingested. The rest is used for cleaning, watering lawns, industry, etc...
The suppliers of the flouride do not have to provide any data, not even the country of origin.
States with the highest rate of flouridation also have the highest rates of tooth decay and tooth loss.
Flouride is a known neurotoxin and toothpaste has warnings against ingestion.
If you really wanted to have a public tooth decay policy, you would take all that money and provide free topical applications to children.
Su expresión de desaprobación la dice toda, ¡protesta!
Her expression of disapproval says it all, she protests!
