Nine letter word Challenge - 13

Question

Nine letter word games are very popular in the English speaking world.

The idea is to make words of 3 or more of the given letters.

The letter highlighted must be used. A

Usually it is possible to find a 9 letter word.

These are the letters for this challenge.

R U B

L A B

A C E

Find an English or Spanish word and then write a sentence in English and Spanish.

Example:

Children sometimes forget to lace up their shoes.

Los niños a veces se olvidan de atarse los cordones de los zapatos.

For my nine letter word the poster will get 20 points eventually. ha ha

This was the previous challenge.

Answer 1

balbucear -- to stammer, to stutter

A menudo balbucea cuando es emocionado y es difícil entenderlo.

He often stammers when he's excited and it's difficult to understand what he says.

Sorry for the mixup, I posted one word and then went omg, I know this :) - Manity, Sep 13, 2013

Bien hecho Manity - you have my 9 letter word :) - ian-hill, Sep 14, 2013

Hey! Don't be confused "balbucear" = 'to babble' like a baby but "tartamudear" = 'to stutter' (to speak with recurring repetition of consonants, specially initial ones) - 00483d91, Sep 14, 2013

Good word, by the way! - 00483d91, Sep 14, 2013

Oh, right. Thanks for the clarification, MrSoprano, I'll edit my memrise. Not much sense in knowing a word if you know it wrong :) - Manity, Sep 15, 2013

Answer 2

Caber - to fit

It is important that the whole family fits on the scooter

Es importante que toda la familia quepa en la moto.

It must have tires made of iron. Haha, I just saw the baby in the bucket. - rac1, Sep 12, 2013

There is one on the other side too - for balance :) - ian-hill, Sep 12, 2013

;) - rogspax, Sep 13, 2013

Answer 3

Curable

Is addiction to these games curable?

¿Adicción a este juegos es curable?

Only with expensive therapy :) - ian-hill, Sep 12, 2013

Apparently, it is not. - rogspax, Sep 12, 2013

I asked if these two psychopaths could not be cured. "Cured?" Goss said. "Would you cure a singer of his voice?" ;) - Manity, Sep 13, 2013

Answer 4

Rubble = escombros

Building houses creates a lot of rubble.

Construir casas hacen muchos escombros.

:) - ian-hill, Sep 11, 2013

Darn, I was about to do that one, and with a 9/11 picture no less. I think the date made me think of that immediately. Was just viewing a great photo essay on some Aussie news site on that. Good one gringo. - rogspax, Sep 12, 2013

Answer 5

Cábula = "cheat sheet"

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I have never used a cheat sheet when taking a test; I prefer to get good grades the honest way.

Nunca he usado una cábula durante un examen; prefiero obtener las buenas notas de modo honesto.

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(I will let someone else find the 9 letter word this time =])

:) - ian-hill, Sep 11, 2013

This verges on art, wow :) - Manity, Sep 13, 2013

Answer 6

clabber - hacer leche

Always clabber the milk before mixing into the dough.

Siempre hacer leche antes de mezclar en la masa.

Never heard that word before. - gringojrf, Sep 11, 2013

Nor me :) - ian-hill, Sep 11, 2013

But look here - - ian-hill, Sep 11, 2013

http://thenourishingcook.com/what-is-clabbered-milk/ - ian-hill, Sep 11, 2013

wow, I'd have never gotten that one. - rogspax, Sep 12, 2013

Answer 7

clubber - clubber

He is a clubber.

Él es un clubber.

:) - ian-hill, Sep 13, 2013

Answer 8

A mob of unruly people can be called a rabble.

Una multitud de personas rebeldes puede ser llamado una chusma.

"turba", "muchedumbre" or "tumulto" are good translations for 'rabble' in that context. "Chusma" is used pejoratively. - 00483d91, Sep 14, 2013