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La Palabra Del Dia: "subrayar"

La Palabra Del Dia: "subrayar"

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subrayar ( soo-brah-yahr' )

verb ( to underline; to emphasize, to stress )

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Examples:

1. Mi amiga a cada rato está subrayando los pasajes que le gustan más en los libros que lee.

My friend is always underlining the passages that she likes the most in the books she reads.

2. Tengo que subrayar lo importante que es haber completado el proyecto para la fecha límite.

I have to stress how important it is to have finished the project by the deadline.

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updated Nov 16, 2014
posted by rac1
Hola princesa xx - ian-hill, Nov 13, 2014
Weekend is coming, time is flying - porcupine7, Nov 13, 2014
Hola guapo. xo - rac1, Nov 13, 2014
You are so right, Porcu. :) - rac1, Nov 13, 2014

10 Answers

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A veces, miro un libro de texto que estudié hace muchos años, y leo lo que subrayé en aquel entonces, y me doy cuenta de cuántas cosas sabía una vez que ya no sé.

At times, I look at a textbook that I studied many years ago, and read what I underlined way back then, and I realize how many things that I once knew that I no longer know.

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updated Nov 16, 2014
posted by bosquederoble
You've just forgotten them. :) - rac1, Nov 13, 2014
:) but they do help to scan it all again quickly. - ian-hill, Nov 13, 2014
Some things come back very easily, but I fear that if I wanted to be able to interpret NMR spectra again, it would be like learning it from scratch. - bosquederoble, Nov 13, 2014
Do you remember how to balance the equation for MH4 (Methane) ,, haha - Joydeep_Singh, Nov 13, 2014
This one? CH4 + 2O2 = 2H2O+ CO2 - bosquederoble, Nov 13, 2014
:) - Joydeep_Singh, Nov 13, 2014
Bosque, I voted for chemistry :) - Raja-jani, Nov 13, 2014
: ) - osas-baby, Nov 13, 2014
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I want to underline this sentence, but I don't know how to. smile

Quiero subrayar esta frase, pero no sé cómo.

updated Nov 14, 2014
posted by ian-hill
There must be a way. - rac1, Nov 13, 2014
utilice el lapiz en la pantalla ,, haha - Joydeep_Singh, Nov 13, 2014
Lol Jimmy.. - rac1, Nov 13, 2014
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Otra vez el jefe subrayó que las computadoras en la oficina son para trabajar, no para media social.

Once again the boss emphasised that the office computers are for work, not for social media.

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updated Nov 14, 2014
edited by jennysk
posted by jennysk
People are so hung up on FB. - rac1, Nov 14, 2014
I don't even have Facebook, but I have been known to hijack my wife's if I really have to vote for something. - bosquederoble, Nov 14, 2014
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En su alegato final, el abogado defensor subrayó al jurado que no había posibilidad de que su cliente pudiese haber estado consciente de que el demandante sufría de una condición médica preexistente.

In his closing argument, the defense attorney stressed to the jury that his client could not have possibly been aware that the plaintiff suffered from a pre-existing medical condition.

updated Nov 14, 2014
edited by sinmeta
posted by sinmeta
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To underline in HTML, type a "u" enclosed in angle brackets, then type your text, then type a backslash followed by a "u," both enclosed in angle brackets.

Para subrayar en HTML, escriba una letra "u" entre corchetes angulares, a continuación, escriba su texto, a continuación, escriba una barra invertida seguida de una letra "u", tanto entre corchetes angulares.

updated Nov 14, 2014
edited by AnnRon
posted by AnnRon
Very nice ,,, but Ann, what is a forward slash called ?? - Joydeep_Singh, Nov 14, 2014
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La ropa étnica subraya la belleza de mujeres indias.

Ethnic wear emphasizes and enhances the beauty of Indian women.

updated Nov 14, 2014
posted by Joydeep_Singh
: ) - osas-baby, Nov 13, 2014
Beautiful too. - rac1, Nov 13, 2014
4
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Para los escritores del manuscritos en el pasado, un subrayado solo significaba cursiva, y el subrayado doble significaba negrita.

For manuscript writers in the past, a single underline meant italic, and the double underline meant bold print.

updated Nov 13, 2014
edited by Raja-jani
posted by Raja-jani
I didn't know that. - rac1, Nov 13, 2014
Things change. Probably you don't know about gramophone, 8-track, VCR, etc. - Raja-jani, Nov 13, 2014
I once had an 8-track player, luckily I stayed mostly with vinyl before the days of CD. - bosquederoble, Nov 13, 2014
We don't have VCRs anymore. they went out long ago with the advent of CD players and DVD players and now Blue rays are capturing the market .. haha - Joydeep_Singh, Nov 13, 2014
Really? Cassetes can still be found in some parts unknown.....: -) - osas-baby, Nov 13, 2014
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Quisiese subrayar las letras con esmero sino que lo hizo a través de las letras con una línea garabateada.

He wanted to underline the letters neatly but instead he did so through the letters with a squiggly line.

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updated Nov 13, 2014
posted by bandit51jd
: ) - osas-baby, Nov 13, 2014
Looks like something I would do. - rac1, Nov 13, 2014
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Lo entiendo que estudias subrayando las ideas principales pero cuando subrayas un libro bonito puedes arruinarlo.

I understand that you study underlining the main ideas, but when you underline a nice book you can ruin it.

updated Nov 13, 2014
edited by porcupine7
posted by porcupine7
That's true....The comma goes before the word, "but".....:):) - rac1, Nov 13, 2014
Very true Porcu :) - Joydeep_Singh, Nov 13, 2014
I was told that the margins were there to have room to write comments :) - ian-hill, Nov 13, 2014
Thanks Rac - porcupine7, Nov 13, 2014
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Te he subrayo tantas veces que mi Leo no es un perro sino un Leon que no se desarrolló bien y por eso parece como un perro..

I have told you (emphatically) so many times that my Leo is not a dog but rather a Lion who just didn't develop well which is why he kind of looks like a dog ...

ya entiendes ??

Do you understand now ??

updated Nov 13, 2014
posted by Joydeep_Singh
I do. :) - rac1, Nov 13, 2014
Yes I do too, Leo has the soul of a Lion - porcupine7, Nov 13, 2014
Gracias amigas :) - Joydeep_Singh, Nov 13, 2014