La Palabra Del Dia: "restar"
restar ( reh-stahr' )
verb ( to subtract, to deduct; to minimize, to play down )
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1. El presidente le restó importancia a las protestas en las provincias, diciendo que eran las acciones de sólo unos pocos alborotadores.
The president downplayed the protests in the provinces, saying they were the actions of just a few troublemakers.
2. Tan malo soy con las matemáticas que ni me da confianza restar sin acudir a una calculadora.
I'm so bad at math that I'm not even confident enough to subtract without using a calculator.
11 Answers
Restar cifras es mucho más fácil que restar quitar peso.
Subtracting numbers is much easier than subtracting weight.
Enseñar a restar a mi hijo no ha sido tan fácil como pensé. Mi hijo no heredó mi gusto por las matemáticas. Especialmente de cálculo y geometría analítica!
Teaching my son how to subtract hasn't been as easy as I thought. My son didn't inherit my love for Math. I especially loved Calculus and Analytical Geometry.
Please help me with my English!
Some say her sister's dress detracted from the bride's dress.
Algunos dicen que el vestido de su hermana le restó méritos al traje de novia.
Hay que aprender sumar y restar antes de llegar a la poesía de las matemáticas.
You have to learn to add and subtract before you can get to the poetry of mathematics.
Con las operaciones básicas de matemáticas puedes sumar, restar, multiplicar o dividir.
With basic mathematical operations you can add, subtract, multiply or divide.
La vida de los jubilados sigue más dificultándose más y más. Ahora hay más cargos e impuestos que nunca, restándoles sus ahorros. Es un verdadero robo.
The life ot the pensioners is getting harder every day, there are more fees and taxes diminishing their savings than ever before. It's sheer robbery.
Si usted me resta todo mis puntos buenos ,lejos de mi , hay muchos más puntos malos.
Supongo que soy una mala persona.
If you subtract my good points away from me , there are many more bad points ,
I guess I am a bad guy.
Fallé mi exámen de matemáticas porque no sé restar muy bien.
I failed my math test because I don't know how to subtract very well.
Si a alguien le restas su pelo oscuro, sus ojos azules, los rasgos afilados, el cuerpo sensual y en total una presencia tan carismática ¿qué quedará para recordarlo? ¡Una mordedura en su cuello!
If one were to subtract his dark hair, his blue eyes, the sharp features, the sensuous body, in total a presence so charismatic what would one be left to remember him? A bite on one's neck!
Las garras huesudas del gobierno restan los impuestos de tu sueldo.
The bony claws of the government subtract your taxes from your paycheck.
Desafortunadamente tenemos un nuevo gobierno que quiere restar el problema de cambio de clima. Su política es continuar exportar más carbón sin pensando en las consecuencias.
Unfortunately we have a new government which wants to downplay the problem of climate change. Their policy is to continue to export more coal without thinking about the consequences.
