La Palabra Del Dia: "clavar"
clavar ( klah-vahr' )
verb ( to nail, to hammer, to drive; to stick, to stab )
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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. El arrendador no nos permite clavar nada a las paredes.
The landlord doesn't allow us to nail anything into the walls.
2. A la víctima le clavaron con un cuchillo antes de quitarle la cartera.
They stabbed the victim with a knife before they took his wallet.
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12 Answers
Voy a clavar el cuadro en la pared.
I’m going to put the picture up.
En esa cafetería nos clavaron.
We were ripped off in that cafe.
Monica solía clavar la mirada en ex-presidente Clinton.
Monica used to fix her gaze on ex-President Clinton.
Se dice que para un hombre con un martillo, todo parece un clavo, pero la mayoría de los hombres que conozco tiene un martillo y un destornillador, y por eso cuando está haciendo una tarea, tiene que decidir si debería clavarla o atornillarla.
It is said that for a man with a hammer, everything looks like a nail, but the majority of the men that I know have a hammer and a screwdriver, and so when they are working on a project, they have to decide whether they should nail it or screw it.
El gato clavó las garras en la telaraña lo destruyendo.
The cat nailed its claws on the cobweb, destroying it.
Mi sobrina se clavó con una espina de pez león mientras nadando en el Atlántico.
My niece was stabbed with a lionfish spine while swimming in the Atlantic.
Me clava un dolor fuerte en la espalda durante la noche y por eso tomo una infusión de clavo rojo antes de acostarme.
I get struck a by a sharp pain in the back during the night and to counteract this I drink a herbal tea of red clover before going to bed.
Había escrito mi oración anoche, pero no tenía el tiempo hasta ahora para ponerla y 1Rajaji me ha ganado en derrotado con la idea que expresa este usado: Cuando quiero mantener el equilibrio en un pie, clavo mi mirada en un punto en el piso más o menos dos metros delante.
I had written my sentence last night, but I didn’t have time until now to post it and 1Rajaji beat me on the idea this usage expresses: When I want to balance on one foot I fix my gaze on a point on the floor about 2 meters ahead.
Allí es más de uno método clavar un clavo.
There is more than one way to hammer a nail. 
A los papás les gusta enseñar a sus hijos como clavar para que puedan aprender fijar las cosas sin peligro.
Dads like to teach their sons how to nail so that they can learn to fix things safely.
Creo que todos han dado en el clavo--or did somebody already say that and I missed it.
"Estoy clavado. Estoy herido amor! Estoy ahogado en un baaaaaaar" - Mana song (Estoy Clavado en un Bar)
Great song!!
Para talar un árbol, al primer un pedazo se corta de un lado del tronco y entonces una cuña se clava en ese lugar en el tronco. Por eso, la dirección en que el árbol va a caer se controla.
To fell a tree, at first a piece is cut out of one side of the trunk and then a wedge is hammered in that spot in the trunk. By this, the direction in which the tree will fall is controlled.
