La palabra del día: "literalmente"
literalmente ( lee-teh-rahl'-mehn-the )
adverb ( literally )
Sylyon1976 is the official corrector for the Spanish sentences. Please correct your posts according to her suggestions. There are many native English speakers here, most of us can offer great suggestions to the English sentences. I will do my best to go through them all, too. Use today's Word of the Day in your own Spanish sentence (and include the English translation as well). Try to use the word in a completely new way and vote on the sentences you like best. The winner will be chosen based upon the correct use of the word as well as the number of votes.
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.) Please keep political, religious or personal statements to a minimum. This is a practice game to help with using a new vocabulary word! Have fun experimenting with Spanish.
Examples:
1. El invierno pasado estuvo tan frío que literalmente se formó hielo en mi barba.
Last winter was so cold that ice literally formed on my beard.
2. Literalmente millones de personas usan la palabra "literalmente" cuando deberían decir "figuradamente".
Literally millions of people use the word "literally" when they should say "figuratively."
Bienvenido a La Palabra Del Día
8 Answers
A veces, literalmente quiero asesinar a los que usan mal la palabra “literalmente”, pero solo quiero hacerlo en un sentido figurado.
Sometimes I literally want to kill those who misuse the Word “literally”, but I only want to do it in a figurative sense.
Es una triste realidad que en Swaziland la esperanza de vida media es literalmente de 31.88 años.
Es una triste realidad que la esperanza media de vida en Swazilandia literalmente es de 31.88 años.
It is a sad fact of life that in Swaziland the average life expectancy is literally 31.88 years.
Literalmente podrías llevar pasar toda tu vida mirando fotos de gatos en el la Internet. (¡¡Preciosos!!)
You could literally spend your whole life looking at cat pictures on the Internet. (Really cute!)
Soy una de de esas personas que siempre son confundidos entre de los dos palabras,
lo siento ,¿ pero quien es perfecto en la vida? ¿ Son las piedras listo ?
I am one of those people who are always confused by those two words ,
I am sorry, but who is perfect in life? Are the stones ready ?
Sólo una broma para Jueves.
Este verano estaba tan caliente que literalmente podía cocinar un huevo en la acera.
This summer it was so hot that you could literally cook an egg on the sidewalk.
"Though humans are not literally hairless, much of our hair has become so small and fine as to render it virtually invisible. "
Aunque la gente no sea literalmente calva, la mayor parte de nuestro pelo se ha hecho tan pequeño y fino que lo ha dado prácticamente invisible.
There were literally thousands of people.
había literalmente miles de literalmente.
La gente que interpreta la Biblia figuradamente muchas veces tiene una visión del mundo distinta de la que tienen los que aquellos que la interpretan literalmente.
People who interpret the bible figuratively many times have a different world view than those who interpret it literally.
