La palabra del día: "arbitrario"
arbitrario ( ahr-bee-trah'-ree-oh )
adjective ( arbitrary )
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Examples:
1. Los criterios para ganar la medalla de oro en el patinaje artístico me parecen arbitrarios.
The criteria for winning the gold medal in figure skating seem arbitrary to me.
2. Tus gustos son completamente arbitrarios; un día prefieres a las rubias y al siguiente a las pelirrojas.
Your tastes are completely arbitrary; one day you prefer blondes and the next, redheads.
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Perdí mi dientes en un hotel chino ,me dio vergüenza ,
pero pedir ayuda fue arbitrario.
Fue muy chistoso , y con un feliz final.
I lost my teeth in a Chinese Hotel, I was embarrassed ,
but to ask for help was arbitrary.
It was very funny with a happy ending.
When I left for college, I hoped that my parents wouldn't be so arbitrary when they bought a new house.
Cuando me marché para el colegio, esperaba que mis padres no hubieran sido tan arbitrarios cuando compraron una casa nueva.
In life, pain is inevitable, but suffering is arbitrary.
En la vida, el dolor es inevitable, pero el sufrimiento es arbitrario.
Are road barriers arbitrary or merely advisory?
Son barreras viales arbitraria o meramente consultivo?
¡Nuestra decisión de aparear no fue arbitraria en absoluta!
Our decision to mate was not arbitrary at all!
Las Reglas: Sean Igual son estúpidas, arbitrarias, y molestas pero ¡que Dios les ayude si las rompen!
Cuando se jubilee te jubilas, las gentes piensas cree que todo lo que haces es arbitrario.
When you retire, people think that everything you do is arbitrary.
Tomó una decisión arbitrario para defender a su esposa a toda costa.
He made an arbitrary decision to defend his wife at all costs.
Cuando el hombre estaba en el borde de la carretera, lamentó su decisión arbitraria de comprar un coche nuevo sin investigarlo primero.
When the man was on the side of the road, he regretted his arbitrary decision to buy a new car without researching it first.
His arbitrary decision to bungy-jump without checking his surroundings was, well, maybe not his best moment.
Su decisión arbitraria de hacer bungee sin mirar a su alrededor quizás no fue su mejor momento.
No sé a que hora se abre la palabra del día hoy en día, me parece arbitario y por eso ya es muy difícil dar las respuestas.
I don't know at what time teh Word of the day is put up these days , it seems arbitary, and because of that it's now very difficult to come up with answers.
His arbitrary choice to invite friends to go fishing in the Orinoco, proved to be disastrous.
Su elección decisión arbitraria de invitar a lossus amigos a ir a pescar al Rio Orinoco, resultó desastrosocatastrófica.
Hasta ahora, no noté ninguna pauta en la palabra del día. Me parece la elección abritraria.
So far, I haven´t noticed any pattern to the word of the day. The choice seems arbitrary.
(note, that´s not a complaint, but rather just me trying to find a way to use the work)
Hay que ajustar las reglas de protección contra el despido arbitrario .
We must tighten the rules of protection against arbitrary dismissal.
