La Palabra Del Dia: "estirar"
estirar ( eh-stee-rahr' )
verb ( to stretch, to extend; to iron )
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.
Examples:
1. Kara siempre estira sus piernas antes de correr.
Kara always stretches her legs before running.
2. El problema con la ropa de lino es que se tiene que estirar a cada rato.
The problem with linen clothes is that they have to be ironed all the time.
11 Answers
Violet had to crane her neck to see the play.
Violet tuvo que estirar el cuello para ver la obra.
Un gato suele estirarse antes y después de la siesta.
A cat usually stretches before and after its catnap.
Todos nosotros estiraremos la pata tarde o temprano.
We will all kick the bucket sooner or later.
Pese a que siempre dicen que es mejor estirarse antes de hacer ejercicio, nunca me estiro, sino que siempre empiezo a toda velocidad, y nunca he sufrido por eso. Por lo menos por lo que yo sé. Prefiero usar el tiempo que dedico a hacer ejercicio quemando calorías para poder comer sin engordar.
Despite them always saying that it is better to stretch before doing exercise, I never stretch, and instead I start at full speed, and I have never suffered because of it. At least as far as I know. I prefer to use the time that I dedicate to doing exercise burning calories so that I can eat without getting fat.
Si estiras la mano hacia cosas inaccesibles puede ser que no te des cuenta de las cosas en tus alrededores
If you stretch your hand toward inaccessible things it may be that you do not notice the things in your surroundings
Mi Leo siempre se echa delante del aire acondicionado y se estira por todo como una princesa en un jardín real..
My leo always lies down before the airconditioner and stretches himself completely like a princess in the royal garden ..
Young boys shoot up five or six inches in a year when they hit puberty
Los niños jovenes se estiran quince centímetros en un año cuando llegan a la pubertad.
Cuando haces galletas tienes que estirar la masa.
When you make cookies you have to roll out the dough.
Estirando la verdad es una aventura arriesgada.
Stretching the truth is a risky venture.
El gángster estiró su enemigo para seguir los órdenes de su jefe.
The gangster bumped off his enemy to follow the orders of his boss.
Gumby le gusta estirarse antes de hacer ejercicio.
Gumby likes to stretch before working out.
