La Palabra Del Dia: "despacio"
despacio ( deh-spah'-syoh )
adverb ( slowly )
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. Necesito que hable más despacio. Acabo de empezar a aprender español.
I need you to talk more slowly. I just started learning Spanish.
2. A mi hermano le fastidia cuando la gente que quiere manejar despacio conduce en el canal de velocidad.
It annoys my brother when people who want to drive slow are driving in the fast lane.
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17 Answers
Things are slowly getting better.
Las cosas están mejorando poco a poco.
El dinero viene despacio pero se va muy rapido.
The money comes slowly but it's going very fast.
Si vuela despacio, puede ser peligroso.
If you fly slowly, it can be dangerous.
Por alguna razón u otra, siempre uso la palabra “lentamente” cuando describí la manera en que yo hablo español, pero uso la palabra “despacio” cuando le pido a alguien que hable más despacio en español.
For some reason or another, I always use the word “lentamente” when I describe how I speak Spanish, but use the word “despacio” whenever I ask someone else to speak more slowly in Spanish.
My telephone’s answering system says, "Please leave a message. Speak slowly and clearly."
El sistema de contestación de mi teléfono dice, "Por favor deje un mensaje. Hable despacio y claramente."
Más despacio, por favor.
Slower, please.
Ahora que estoy jubilado, no me importa si tengo que conducir despacio.
Now that I'm retired, I don't care if I have to drive slowly.
La gente del sureste de Estados Unidos tienden a hablar más despacio que la gente de otras regiones del país.
People from the Southeastern United States tend to speak more slowly than people from other parts of the country.
Conduzca más despacio, por favor.
Drive slower, please.
Me parece extraño que "despacio" es adverbio y no es adjetivo.
It seems odd to me that "despacio" is an adverb and not an adjective.
Estos seis renos, también conocido como caribú, estaban vistos despacio flotando abajo el río de Porcupine en Canadá.
These six reindeer, also known as caribou, were seen slowly floating down the Porcupine River in Canada.
I just started having conversations in Spanish, so I need you to speak slowly.
Sólo he empezado mantenido conversaciones en español, por eso necesito que hables despacio.
Mi modo de hablar no es despacio, pero por la mañana, me despierto muuuuy despacio.
My manner of speaking is not slow (adjective here),but in the morning I wake up veeeery slowly. (used as adverb here.)
So It can be both, although I had to use "modo" instead of "manera" because I have never seen or heard "despacia."
Hoy en día tenemos que caminar un poco más despacio cuando visitar con nuestros padres.
Nowadays we have to walk a bit more slowly when we visit with our parents.
Cuando era joven, el tiempo parece pasar muy despacio, pero ahora que soy mayor, el tiempo vuele rápidamente.
When I was young, time seemed to pass very slowly, but now that I am older, time flies by fast.
