La Palabra Del Dia: "tropezar"
tropezar ( troh-peh-sahr' )
verb ( to bump into; to trip over )
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.
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Examples:
1. Tropecé con mi vecino y se me cayeron las compras al suelo.
I bumped into my neighbor and all of the groceries fell to the ground.
2. Cuidado que no tropieces con la acera.
Be careful not to trip on the curb.
11 Answers
¡Qué bien que el Señor Fleming se tropezó con la penicilina ! ¿Cuántas vidas han sido salvadas por esto?
How fortunate it was that Mr Fleming bumped into penicillin! How many lives have been saved by this?
Me tropiezo con viejos amigos todo el tiempo, pero no siempre puedo reconocerlos. No puedo entender eso, porque yo no he cambiado, y todos los otros se han vuelto muy viejos.
I run into old friends all the time, but I don't always recognize them. I can't understand that, because I haven't changed, but all the others have become old.
Two girls were roommates in college. Later one girl ran into another girl's cousin in another city and they fell in love with each other. Finally they got married.
Dos chicas fueron compañeras en la universidad. Más tarde una chica tropezó con el primo de otra chica en otra ciudad y se enamoraron el uno al otro. Finalmente se casaron.
La semana pasada un árbol se tropezó a yo conmigo. Esté Esa es mi versión de cuenta la historia.
Last week a tree ran into me - that is my version of the story.
Parece que no puedo ir a ninguna parte sin tropezar ndo con alguien que conozco.
It seems that I can't go anywhere without running into someone I know.
Conozco a alguien que tropieza con las cosas a menudo, pero no diría quien es.
I know someone who bumps into things often, but I would not tell who that is.
En la oscuridad de la noche tropecé tantas veces con el banco pequeño para los osos de peluche de mi esposa (el que ella había colocado en el pasillo entre nuestra recámara y la cocina) tantas veces que mi esposa, harta de oír mis gritos y el sonido del banco volando por el pasillo, lo trasladó a otra ubicación.
In the darkness of the night I ran into the little bench for my wife’s stuffed bears, which she had placed in the hallway between our bedroom and the kitchen, so many times that my wife, fed up with hearing my screams and the sound of the bench flying across the hallway, moved it to another location.
Me tropecé con tu madre, - dame un trago fuerte.
I bumped into your mother, - give me a stiff drink.
Hemos tropezado con serias dificultades.
We’ve come up against serious difficulties.
Just something silly we made up, based on some lessons from Rosetta stone a long time ago. ( I couldn't resist using it twice as it just happend to have both words in it)
"El caballo saltó sobre la mesa,tropezó con la cesta de tomates y los desparramó.'
'The horse jumped over the table,and tripped on the basket of tomatoes and scatterd them.
Los pedañitos entre dos habitaciones muy a menudo tropiezan a los viejos entonces hay que advertirlos. (Yo sé porque me pasó.)
The little steps between two rooms very often trip old people so you have to warn them. (I know because it happened to me.)
Tarda solamente un momento de tropezar sobre algo, pero eso puede resultar en lesiones graves y mucho tiempo como un inválido. ¡Asi que, ten cuidado!
It takes only a moment to trip over something, but it can result in serious injury and a long time as an invalid. So be careful!
