La Palabra del Día: "franco"
franco ( frrahn-koh' )
adjective ( open, frank, outspoken )
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Guidelines:
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. Su perro, Rascabuche, la miró con una cara tan franca que Cristina no pudo regañarlo más.
Her dog, Rascabuche, looked at her with such a frank look that Cristina could no longer get mad at him.
2. Para ser franco, tienes que hacer mejores decisiones en tu vida. No puedes seguir viviendo así.
To be honest with you, you have to make better decisions in your life. You cannot continue living like this.
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17 Answers
Para ser franco, preferiría pasar tiempo en un lugar insignificante con mis seres queridos antes que viajar a sitios espectaculares con extraños.
To be frank, I would prefer to spend time in an insignificant place with loved ones rather than travel to spectacular places with strangers.
No hay nadie a quien le guste la franqueza cuando las palabras francas se refieren a si mismo.
There is nobody who likes frankness , not when the outspokeness refers to themselves.
Déjame ser franco. Para aprender el español, necesitas estudiar muchas horas.
Let me be frank. To learn Spanish, you need to study many hours.
Cuando él me preguntó "¿Puedo ser franco contigo?", le respondí: "Por supuesto, puedes ser cualquier persona que quieras ser. Bienvenido, Franco."
When he asked me: "Can I be frank with you?", I answered: "Sure, you can be anyone you want to be. Nice to meet you, Frank."
Hablando francamente... Speaking frankly...
"Los que no pueden recordar el pasado están condenados a repetirlo.
“Those who cannot remember the past are doomed to repeat it” -Jorge Santayana
Yo prefiero mis amigos sean muy francos conmigo .
Pero tengo que aceptar a veces a verdad brutal.
I would prefer my friends to be very frank with me.
But sometimes I have to accept the brutal truth.
The saying, 'he can dish it out but can't take it" is about a person who likes to be frank with others but doesn't like others to be frank with him.
El dicho, "puede repartir con otras pero no puede aceptar el mismo" es acerca de una persona que le gusta ser franco a otras pero no le gusta a otras ser franco con él.
A veces vivo en una burbuja ,así que no necesitas seas franco conmigo.
At times I live in a bubble , so I don't need you to be frank with me.
When people try to say something frank, it is necessary to choose the right words when talking about sensitive things.
Cuando las personas intentan decir algo franco, es necesario elegir las palabras acuerdas si se habla sobre cosas sensibles.
¡Francisco Franco era muy franco!
Francisco Franco was very outspoken!
Me gusta del foro que todos son muy francos... <<< I like the forum that they are all very frank...
Durante su juego de golf, que puede ser muy franca y expresiva!
During her golf game, she can be very open and expressive!
Synonyms of outspoken
frank - candid - open - forthright - straightforward
Muchas veces un médico deja la franqueza a un lado cuando trata con una persona que padece una enfermedad terminal.
Many times openness is left out when a doctor deal with a person who´s suffering from an terminal illness.
Often a doctor leaves the openness to one side when dealing with a person who suffers from a terminal illness.
Estoy no franca, excepto cuando tengo decir, "Esto es el mío."
I'm not outspoken, except when I have to say, "That's mine."
Si se me permite ser franco con usted, a mi no me gustaba mucho el señor Franco .
If you allow me to be frank with you, I didn't like mister Franco very much.
