La Palabra Del Dia: "el don"
el don ( dohn )
noun ( gift, talent; Mr. (courtesy title) )
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1. ¡Qué linda pintura has creado! Tienes un don artístico muy raro.
What a beautiful painting you've created! You have a very rare artistic gift.
2. Ese coche deportivo lo compró don Gómez. Creo que está sufriendo una crisis de la mediana edad.
Mr. Gómez bought that sports car. I think he's going through a mid-life crisis.
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Para ser capaz de dar su amor y compasión sin excepción es un don excepcional .
To be able to give your love and compassion without exception is an exceptional gift.
Él tiene un don como jugador
He has a gift as a player
He has the gift of the gab.
Él tiene el don de la elocuencia.
It is called the Blarney Stone in Ireland.
Don Juan era un indio yaqui de Sonora que sabía mucho sobre plantas medicinales.
Don Juan was a Yaqui Indian from Sonora who knew much about medicinal plants.
Me gustaría pensar que tengo un don especial para hacer los pasteles, pero obviamente soy parcial...
I'd like to think I have a special knack for baking cakes, but I'm obviously biased...
Don Monty Roberts es un hombre, ya anciano , que tiene un don especial para murmurar a los caballos y él sólo, sin ayuda ninguna, cambió la manera de comunicarnos con estos animales tan nerviosos.
The Honorable Monty Roberts is a man, now very elderly, who has a a gift for whispering to horses. He has singlehandledly changed the manner in which we communicate with these nervous animals.
Recibimos el don de la vida solamente una vez y no hay audiciones.
We receive the gift of life only once and there are no auditions.
Don Juan Mateus fue un indio yaqui que enseñó a Carlos Castañeda, un peruano americano y antropólogo como llegar a ser un nagual.
Don Juan Mateus was a Yaqui Indian who taught Carlos Castaneda, a Peruvian American and anthropologist how to become a Nagual.
I read Don Quixote in high school.
Leí Don Quixote en la escuela secundaria.
Don Iglesias canta muy bonito. Mr. Iglesias sings very nice.
El don de la percepción es malgastado por algunas personas.
The gift of sentience is wasted by some people.
While many think that to sing is a gift, few understand that it's a gift everyone has.
Mientras muchas personas piensen que cantar es un don, pocas personas entienden que cantar es un don que todo tienen.
Mi trabajo de ensueño es algo me gusta hacer diario, en que tengo un don especial, y recibo un sueldo alto.
My dream job is something I enjoy doing everyday and I have a special talent in it and I get well paid.
