La Palabra Del Dia: "soplar"
soplar ( soh-plahr' )
verb ( to blow )
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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. Me encanta la brisa fresca que sopla en el otoño.
I love the fresh breeze that blows in the autumn.
2. No importa cuánto soples, esas velas no se van a apagar; son de broma.
It doesn't matter how much you blow, those candles aren't going to go out; they're trick candles.
16 Answers
El lobo sopló y sopló y derribó la casa de paja de los tres cerditos.
The wolf blew and blew and knocked down the straw house of the three piglets.
Cuando visitamos a los tíos de mi esposa hace más de dos años, nos llevaron a un museo del vidrio en Tacoma, y además de ver todas las obras del arte, pasamos una hora más o menos viendo a un artista quien estaba soplando vidrio, y quien creó una ballena de vidrio muy bella durante ese tiempo. Era muy impresionante; sin embargo creo que el tío de mi esposa habría preferido ver la creación del salmón que se había hecho más temprano antes, porque es un pescador de salmones muy entregado cumplidor.
When we visited my wife’s aunt and uncle more than two years ago, they took us to a glass museum in Tacoma, and in addition to viewing the works of art, we spent about an hour watching an artist who was blowing glass, and who created a very beautiful glass whale during that time. It was very impressive; nonetheless I think that my wife’s uncle would have preferred to see the creation of the salmon that had been made earlier, because he is a serious salmon fisherman.
The bio page of the artist we watched (Raven Skyriver):
Link to the museum: http://museumofglass.org/
¿Por qué te estás soplando el pastel así? ¡Yo quiero comer también!
Why are you wolfing down the cake like that? I want to eat too!
Aquí en Andalucía ya hemos tenido tres días de levante, un viento fuerte que sopla del este. Cuando sopla el levante hace calor, hay polvo por todas partes y cantan las chicharras por la noche.
Here in Andalucía we've had now three days of Levante, a strong easterly wind. When the Levante blows it is hot , there is dust everywhere and the cicadas sing at night.
Los fuelles del órgano soplan el aire a través de los cañones para producir sonidos dulces.
The bellows of the organ blow air through the pipes to produce sweet sounds.
Blowing up balloons can be hard work.
Soplar de globos puede ser un trabajo duro.
En mi último cumpleaños tuve muchas velas que apagar, pero no pude soplar suficiente.
On my last birthday I had a lot of candles to extinguish, but I couldn't blow hard enough.
Los vientos del este soplan casi constantemente sobre las islas ABC.
Easterly winds blow almost constantly over the ABC islands.
Si me concinas un pastel, no es me importa que hay velas a soplar.
If you make me a cake, it's not important to me that there are candles to blow out.
Me encanto dormir con una brisa tibia soplando por mi. (Am I missing a verb here, or is the gerund sufficient by itself?)
I like to sleep with a warm breeze blowing over me.
My girlfriend whispered words of endearment to me while we watched a movie at the cinema.
Hemos mirado una pelicula al cine cuando mi novia me sopló palabras tiernas.
Los niños les gustan soplar burbujas.
Children likes to blow bubbles.
El viento me molesta cuando sopla con demasiada fuerza.
The wind annoys me when it blows too hard.
El viento sopló las hojas de los árboles.
The wind blew the leaves off the trees.
A few interesting variants 
Me soplaba las respuestas.
He whispered the answers to me.
Si no me lo devuelves, se lo soplo a la maestra.
If you don’t give it back to me, I’ll tell the teacher on you.
¿60 euros te han soplado por eso?
You mean to say they stung you 60 euros for that?
El martes pasado el viento sopló tan fuerte que algunos arboles se cayeron a través de la carretera. Estaba manejando a la casa y vi unos trabajadores cortando los arboles caídos.
Last Tuesday the wind blew so hard that some trees fell across the highway. I was driving home and I saw some workmen cutting up the fallen trees.
Ama, ¿dónde está el soplador?
Mom, where the blower?
