La palabra del día: "sacrificar"
sacrificar ( sah-kree-fee-kahr' )
(verb) to sacrifice
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Examples:
1. En el libro "El león, la bruja y el ropero", el león Aslan se sacrifica por uno de los niños Pevensie.
In the book "The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe," the lion Aslan sacrifices himself for one of the Pevensie children.
2. Después de que mi papá perdiera su trabajo, tuvimos que sacrificar ciertos lujos.
After my dad lost his job, we had to sacrifice certain luxuries.
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¡(Él) Sacrificó a su reina para salvar a su rey!
He sacrificed his queen to save his king!
Cuando decidí salir del mundo empresarial, entendí que tuve que sacrificar el dinero por la felicidad.
When I decided to leave the corporate world, I understood that I had to sacrifice money for happiness.
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Practicando con una ecuatoriana, una peruna, una mexicana, una costariqueña y una columbiana aquí en Austin. Para una ciudad afuera de un país hispanohablante, no es un mal lugar aprender español.
Para algunas personas el vivir toda la vida con la misma persona
es un sacrificio que va demasiado mucho . (Es un puente demasiado lejos.)
Suggested new sentence from sylyon ,-Para algunas personas, el vivir con la misma
persona para toda la vida es demasiado sacrificio.
For some people to live life with the same person is a sacrifice too far.
(It is a bridge too far.)
Aunque me sacrifique, jamás será lo suficiente para ella. Quise cambiar, pero fallé. Quise mejorar, pero fallé. Ella cree que todo lo que hago es un fracaso. ¿Sabes qué? Tal vez ella sea el problema.
Even if I sacrifice myself, It'll never be enough for her. I tried to change, but I failed. I tried to improve, but I failed. She thinks that everything I do is a failure. Well, maybe she's the problem.
Thanks sylyon for the corrections!
La palabra “sacrificar” viene de un verbo en Latín “sacrificere” que en sus dos raíces “sacri” (que viene de “sacer”) y “ficere” (que viene de “facere”) quiere decir “sagrado” y “hacer”, por lo tanto significa “hacer algo sagrado.”
The word “sacrificar” comes from a Latin verb “sacrificere” which in its two roots “sacri” (which comes from “sacer”) and “ficere” (which comes from “facere”) means “sacred” and “to make or do”, therefore “to make or do something sacred.”
A veces, tenemos que sacrificar una cosa para conservar la otra.
Sometimes, we have to sacrifice one thing to keep the other.
Yo sacrificaría mi vida para que pudiera vivir mi hija.
I would sacrifice my life so my daughter could live.
Greater love has no man than this, to sacrifice his life for his friends.
El amor más grande que un hombre puede tener es amor tiene nadie que esto, para sacrificar su vida por sus amigos.
Si no puedo vender el último potro de mi cría, tendré que sacrificarlo. Ya no existen más soluciones agradables en este ambiente económico.
If I can't sell the last yearling that I have bred, I'll have to have him slaughtered. In this economic climate there are no '' 'nice '' solutions any more.
The gods sacrifice his people.
Los dioses sacrificar a su pueblo.
Cuando los aztecas lucharon contra los españoles, necesitaron sacrificar algunos prisioneros a los dioses, pero al final no tuvieron éxito.
When the Aztecs fought against the Spaniards, they needed to sacrifice some prisoners to the gods, but in the end they did not have success.
No quiero sacrificar nada, ¡quiero estar en Misa y en procesión!
I don't want to sacrifice anything; I want to have my cake and eat it, too!
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Its to sacrifice
