La palabra del día - "insólito"
insólito (een-soh’-lee-toh)
(adjective) unusual, uncommon
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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. El tornado fue un suceso insólito. Nunca habían visto uno en esa parte del país.**
- The tornado was an uncommon event. They had never seen one in that part of the country.*
** 2. Nunca pensó que viviría algo tan insólito. Pero ahora que lo pensaba se dio cuenta de que siempre había sentido un vacío dentro de sí, que algo le faltaba.**
He never thought he would live through something so unusual. But now that he thought about it, he realized that he had always felt an emptiness inside of him, that something was missing.
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11 Answers
Me parece insólito que todavía existan países donde sus ciudadanos no tengan acceso a servicios básicos como agua potable, electricidad y servicios sanitarios.
I think it's unbelievable how in this day and age there are still countries where people have no access to drinking water, electricity and sanitation services.
They loved unusual fixtures and so they had this sink installed.
Le gustaron saneamientos insólitos y por eso se instalaron este lavabo.
Es insólito que encontré tan poco tráfico como esta mañana.
It is unusual that I encountered so little traffic as this morning.
'Cruel and unusual punishment' is a phrase describing punishment which is considered to be totally inhumane.
'Un castigo cruel y insólito' es una frase describir un castigo que se considera ser totalmente inhumana.
Es insólito que aún existan diferencias por el color de la piel..!!! >>>
It is unusual that there are still differences in the color of the skin.!!
We should be encouraged by our failures, more than three indicate uncommon strength because a weakling doesn't have enough resilience to fail three times. Nos debe animarse bu nuestros fracasos más de tres indique insolito la fuerza, porque una persona débil no tiene bastante resistencia para fallar tres veces.
No es insólito para Irlanda a clasificar para la final del Festival de Eurovision. La final estará en la próxima sabado
It's not unusual for Ireland to qualify for the final of the Eurovision Song Contest. The final will be next Saturday.
Mis familiares suelen ser un poco insólito, pero no pueden evitarlo. Está en su naturaleza.
My family members tend to be a little unusual, but they can't help it. It's in their nature.
El tiempo bueno es insólito pare esta época del año.
The good weather is unusual for this time of the year.
Sería insólito si escribí una sentencia en español sin errores, o en Inglés .
It would be unusual if I wrote a sentence in Spanish without mistakes , or in English.
En Australia tenemos algunos animales muy insólitos. Los más insólitos son dos mamíferos que ponen huevos. Se llaman el ornitorrinco y la equidna. Este tipo de mamífero se llama un monotreme.
In Australia we have some very unusual animals. The most unusual are two mammals which lay eggs, They are called the platypus and the echidna. This type of mammal is called a Monotreme.
