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La palabra del día: "la playa"

La palabra del día: "la playa"

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la playa ( ply'-ah )

noun ( beach )

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1. Para mí, las mejores playas de la Florida son las del Golfo.

For me, the best beaches in Florida are the Gulf Coast beaches.

2. A mí me gusta ir a la playa los días que hace mucho calor y mucho sol.

I like to go to the beach on days that are very hot and sunny.

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updated Sep 7, 2013
posted by rac1
Buenas noches annie:) - Jraider, Sep 4, 2013
Buenas noches, amigo.:) - rac1, Sep 4, 2013
Buenas noches! - 0080b918, Sep 4, 2013
Buenas noches, Tick. :) - rac1, Sep 4, 2013
Thank you Annielita and Susy, you are the best! - pmikan-pam, Sep 4, 2013
Buenos días a todos. - ray76, Sep 4, 2013
Thanks Pamalita mi peep! Hola Ray! :):) - rac1, Sep 4, 2013

17 Answers

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Si yo viviera cerca de la playa, iría ahí todos los días.

If I lived near the beach, I would go every day.

updated Sep 7, 2013
edited by mstivers
posted by mstivers
Especially if it was this beach. :) - rac1, Sep 4, 2013
Looks like paradise. It's been too long since I've been on the beach. - Jraider, Sep 4, 2013
Perfecto! - 00e46f15, Sep 4, 2013
:-) - pmikan-pam, Sep 4, 2013
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Lamento que ya no tengo una playa cerca de me mi.

I regret that I no longer have a beach near me.

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updated Sep 4, 2013
edited by Findy
posted by Findy
Which one is you, Findy? - rac1, Sep 4, 2013
hehe It's a secret! (All that running in slow-motion was tiring, though!) - Findy, Sep 4, 2013
I wan't a life guard!!!! - Jraider, Sep 4, 2013
... playa cerca de mi." - 00e46f15, Sep 4, 2013
Gracias, sylyon! :) - Findy, Sep 4, 2013
Lo siento - pmikan-pam, Sep 4, 2013
When California goes down,you'll get it back Findy!!!! - Jraider, Sep 4, 2013
I am the tall good looking guy in the middle about 25 years ago - gohern, Sep 4, 2013
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Yo prefiero ir a pasar un día en el lago que en la playa.

I prefer to spend a day at the lake than at the beach.

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updated Sep 28, 2013
posted by 00e46f15
Fishing!!!!!!! - Jraider, Sep 4, 2013
I live on the lake..it's beautiful and yes, JR, lots of fishing. :) - rac1, Sep 4, 2013
:) - 0080b918, Sep 4, 2013
Fishing, skiing, stand up paddling, having picnics... I love going to the lake! - 00e46f15, Sep 4, 2013
That looks like Lake Tahoe. :) - Findy, Sep 4, 2013
I have property in Michigan on the lake and they are beautiful for sure. - pmikan-pam, Sep 4, 2013
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Mi casa en Nuevo Mexico hubiera estado al lado de la playa; hace 500 millones de años.

My house in New Mexico would have been next to the beach; 500 million years ago.

updated Sep 5, 2013
edited by Jraider
posted by Jraider
Y la mía en un oceano. - Jubilado, Sep 4, 2013
Is that all? - rac1, Sep 4, 2013
Ah, remember the good "ole" days when we were plankton! - Jubilado, Sep 4, 2013
Fishing would have been good annie:)!!!! - Jraider, Sep 4, 2013
But what about the mosquitoes? - 0083f5dc, Sep 4, 2013
500 millones de años!? en realidad crees en esas cosas? --- About your sentence: perfect Spanish! :-) - 00e46f15, Sep 4, 2013
You're in New Mexico, J? We're practically neighbors! *waves* (Congrats on a perfect sentence!) - Findy, Sep 4, 2013
Sí susy! Soy un científico. Gracias:)))! - Jraider, Sep 4, 2013
Ahora lo entiendo! :-)))) - 00e46f15, Sep 4, 2013
Hola JR - pmikan-pam, Sep 4, 2013
Do you work at the Los Alamos Labs. My uncle is a nuclear physicist there. He is retired, but still does some work for them. He speaks Russian and German because of all the countries he goes to. - 0083f5dc, Sep 4, 2013
Interesting!I worked at Sandia Labs many years ago when I was going to college. Braniac stuff! - Jraider, Sep 4, 2013
9
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Me gusta ir de vacaciones a la playa y lamento que el verano esté terminando.

I like to go on vacations to the beach and I am sad that summer is ending.

updated Sep 4, 2013
edited by englishespanol
posted by englishespanol
Hola - 0080b918, Sep 4, 2013
"Me gusta ir de vacaciones..." - 00e46f15, Sep 4, 2013
Hot chocolate weather is just around the corner. - rac1, Sep 4, 2013
We should be getting snow on the Mesa soon. At the end of this month or the start of the next. - 0083f5dc, Sep 4, 2013
I went to the Mesa last year and went fishing, it is beautifull there, they have wonderful peaches too. - pmikan-pam, Sep 4, 2013
Here is a site I think you will like. The Grand Mesa is the largest mesa in the world. http://grandjunctiongeology.wikispaces.com/Grand+Mesa - 0083f5dc, Sep 4, 2013
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"Cuando caliente el sol aquí en la playa"... una canción de mi juventud, aunque no había haya visto ninguna playa.

"When the sun is hot here on the beach... a song from my youth, though I had not seen a beach as yet.

You Tube Cuando caliente...

updated Sep 4, 2013
edited by Jubilado
posted by Jubilado
Nice video. :) - rac1, Sep 4, 2013
I actually remember this song from many years ago:)!!! - Jraider, Sep 4, 2013
I did too when I saw the word "playa". - Jubilado, Sep 4, 2013
"Cuando calienta el sol... aunque no haya visto ninguna playa." - 00e46f15, Sep 4, 2013
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A mi me gusta la playa .Hay arena.I like the beach. There is sand.

darth in sand photo: sand vader sand-darth-vader_672851n.jpg

updated Sep 4, 2013
edited by heliotropeman
posted by heliotropeman
I love it! When did you have yourself made of sand? - rac1, Sep 4, 2013
The force won't help you when the tide comes in. - Jraider, Sep 4, 2013
Muy bien! - 00e46f15, Sep 4, 2013
Did you pose for this one? - katydew, Sep 4, 2013
Great likekness - pmikan-pam, Sep 4, 2013
9
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The last time I went to Galveston Beach, it was full of trash and dead jellyfish.

La última vez que fui a Galveston la playa estaba llena de basura y medusas muertas.

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updated Sep 4, 2013
edited by 0083f5dc
posted by 0083f5dc
If I wrote "La última vez que fui a la playa de Galveston estaba lleno de basura y medusas muertas, would I need to put a word in front of estaba to represent "it" and not "I"? - 0083f5dc, Sep 3, 2013
What a mess! When did you visit there? - rac1, Sep 4, 2013
2002, this picture is not Galveston, but it looks just like the beach I was at. - 0083f5dc, Sep 4, 2013
That's too sad. - rac1, Sep 4, 2013
Hurricane????? - Jraider, Sep 4, 2013
"... llena de basura..." - 00e46f15, Sep 4, 2013
Thank you, Susy. - 0083f5dc, Sep 4, 2013
@J This picture might have been from a hurricane, but when I was in Galveston, it was just people leaving their trash everywhere. - 0083f5dc, Sep 4, 2013
I went to Galveston about 30 years ago. I got sticky tar all over my feet and it was full of broken glass, and trash too. ;o? - katydew, Sep 4, 2013
That should never be allowed to happen - pmikan-pam, Sep 4, 2013
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La película "En la playa" fue una historia que se trataba del finl del mundo.

The movie "On the Beach" was a story of the end of the world.

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updated Sep 4, 2013
edited by Noetol
posted by Noetol
Anthony Perkins fue un latino:) - Jraider, Sep 4, 2013
Was it good? - rac1, Sep 4, 2013
... fue una historia que se trataba del fin del mundo." - 00e46f15, Sep 4, 2013
Good book Annie - read it. - ian-hill, Sep 4, 2013
It was filmed right here in Melbourne , they used a fab beach in Port Phillip Bay. - ray76, Sep 4, 2013
Yes, Annie, it was a great movie, but very sad. - Noetol, Sep 4, 2013
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No one has to force me to go to the beach and stay for hours having fun. Nadie tiene que forzarme obliga a ir a la playa y quedarme ahí por horas y divirtiéndome.

updated Sep 4, 2013
edited by pmikan-pam
posted by pmikan-pam
Me either, Pamalita! - rac1, Sep 4, 2013
I had a feeling Annielita! - pmikan-pam, Sep 4, 2013
"Nadie tiene que forzarme a ir a la playa y quedarme ahí por horas divirtiéndome." - 00e46f15, Sep 4, 2013
I hope to go to Florida soon:) - Jraider, Sep 4, 2013
Muchas gracias Susy! - pmikan-pam, Sep 4, 2013
Jr let me know when, what are your plans? - pmikan-pam, Sep 4, 2013
When is a good time pammy?Where in Colo are you going? - Jraider, Sep 4, 2013
I'll be in Colorado, Sept 12 thru 26th. We will be in Louisville the 12th thru 15th or so then Canyon lands, Monte Cristo Mountains to Joyful Journey and then back to Uper and Lower Crater Lakes hiking, camping and fishing. - pmikan-pam, Sep 4, 2013
How about you JR - pmikan-pam, Sep 4, 2013
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My favorite beach in the world is Morgan Bay in South Africa on the Wild Coast.

Mi playa favorita en el mundo es la bahía de Morgan en Sudáfrica en la costa salvaje.

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updated Sep 4, 2013
edited by katydew
posted by katydew
Looks beautiful katy:) - Jraider, Sep 4, 2013
Perfecto! :-) - 00e46f15, Sep 4, 2013
Katy gets around. - rac1, Sep 4, 2013
Thanks Susy! I have been blessed to see many great places but there is just so much to still see. - katydew, Sep 4, 2013
:-) - pmikan-pam, Sep 4, 2013
7
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El mineral "rutiló" se encuentra es encontrado y extrae en las arenas

de las playas .

El mineral en la arena la hace demasiado muy caliente para caminar.

The mineral is found and mined from the beach sands .

The mineral in the sand makes it too hot to walk on .

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updated Sep 5, 2013
edited by ray76
posted by ray76
Hi rac, it is dark grey and sparkles , in the 60s here a lot of our great Queensland beaches were devastated by these Cowboys . - ray76, Sep 4, 2013
Well, we must have an abundance of it around here. : - rac1, Sep 4, 2013
Pity mate:) - Jraider, Sep 4, 2013
They also found Zircon , "Oh wilderness were paradise enow" ! - ray76, Sep 4, 2013
Hola Rey Ray! - pmikan-pam, Sep 4, 2013
Hola P Pam, how you going young lady ? - ray76, Sep 4, 2013
Going going gone soon to Colorado for vacation thanks, and you? - pmikan-pam, Sep 4, 2013
"El mineral rutilo es encontrado y extraído en las arenas de las playas. El mineral en la arena la hace muy caliente para caminar sobre ella." - 00e46f15, Sep 4, 2013
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I went to a beach in mexico.

Fui a una playa en México.

updated Sep 4, 2013
posted by 0080b918
Adonde Tick????? - Jraider, Sep 4, 2013
Muy bien! - 00e46f15, Sep 4, 2013
You rock!! - rac1, Sep 4, 2013
Yes i do! - 0080b918, Sep 4, 2013
7
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A veces, se pueden encontrar unas conchas muy bonitas en la playa.

Sometimes, you can find beautiful seashells on the beach.

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updated Sep 4, 2013
edited by 00b5f6c6
posted by 00b5f6c6
You can either say, "a beautiful seashell", or, "beautiful seashells" - rac1, Sep 4, 2013
Thanks rac1!! - 00b5f6c6, Sep 4, 2013
A veces se pueden encontrar unas conchas muy bonitas en la playa. - 00e46f15, Sep 4, 2013
Gracias Susy!! - 00b5f6c6, Sep 4, 2013
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Están de vacaciones en la playa.

They’re on holiday at the seaside.

beach photo: Sera at the Beach SeraBeach.jpg

Y su perro disfruta también.

keep off the sand photo: Studying nature P1000598.jpg

Oh well. Swimming not on then?

updated Sep 4, 2013
edited by ian-hill
posted by ian-hill
Eating seafood...jeje - rac1, Sep 4, 2013
Nice dog:) - Jraider, Sep 4, 2013