La Palabra Del Dia: "testigo"
testigo ( teh-stee'-goh )
noun ( witness )
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Examples:
1. La defensa llamó al psiquiatra como su testigo estrella.
The defense called the psychiatrist as its star witness.
2. Mi esposo y yo nos casamos con sólo mi mejor amiga y su hermano como testigos.
My husband and I got married with only my best friend and his brother as witnesses.
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Demasiados niños en el mundo son forzados a ser testigos de cosas e incluso participantes en cosas en que ningún niño debería tener que participar.
Too many children in the world are forced to be witnesses to things and even participants in things in which no child should ever have to participate.
Se puede decir que un astrónomo es un testigo de estrellas.
You could say that an astonomer is a star witness.
Mi Leo es un testigo del hecho que soy el mejor papá del mundo..
My Leo is the witness to the fact that I am the best father of the world..
Espero nunca ser testigo en un juicio porque tengo muy mala memória de las caras y peor de los coches. Si la policía me preguntara como se veía el ladron les diría algo como: Era un joven con el pelo rubio, o quizas negro, vestido de vaqueros y salió en un coche rojo..o azul.. Este no será una prueba de testigos muy adecuada.
I hope never to be called to court as a witness because my memory for faces is very poor and as for cars, even worse. If the police ask me how the criminal looked I'll say something like: Oh, it was a young man with fair hair , , or maybe he had dark hair, he was dressed in jeans and left in a red car.. or was it blue? This will not be a useful statement from a witness.
I was excused from jury duty because one of the witnesses for the prosecution was a good friend.
Yo estuve excusado de servir como jurado porque uno de los testigos de la acusación era un buen amigo.
Un testigo en un juicio tiene que prestar juramento solemne de decir la verdad.
A witness in a trial has to take a solemn oath that they will tell the truth.
Hoy, voy a ver un castillo que ha sido testigo de innumerables batallas en Curazao.
Today, I am going to see a castle that has witnessed countless battles in Curacao.
The world has witnessed many upheavals and survived.
El mundo ha sido testigo de muchos trastornos y sobrevivió.
Hoy, el testimonio de una mujer tiene el mismo valor que del hombre. Sin embargo, en los siglos pasados, no había confianza en las palabras de una mujer y la sociedad no aceptaba a una mujer como una testigo clave. María Magdalena revirtió ese estado después de que había sido la testigo privilegiada de la Resurrección de Jesús
Today, a woman’s testimony has the same value as man’s. However, in past centuries, there was no trust in woman’s words and the society did not accept a woman as a key witness. But Maria Magdalena reversed that status... She was the prime witness of the Christ Resurrection.
Christ's Appearance to Mary Magdalene after the Resurrectio. Alexander Ivanov (1806 - 1858)
Para mi El testigo de Cargo fue una película fantastica con actores fantasticos
For me the Witness for the Prosecution used to be a fantastic film with fantastic actors.
Estoy acá hoy como testigo de que con el tiempo se puede mejorarse. Estaba enfermo 9 días.
I am here today as a witness that eventually you can get better. I was sick for 9 days.
Un día un hombre me dijo que era testigo. Le pregunté ¿Qué tipo de caso? ¿Criminal, Civil? Me respondió que era Testigo de Jehová.
One day a man told me that he was a witness. I asked him, What kind of case? Criminal, Civil? He responded that he was a Jehovah's Witness.
Si quieres ganar tu caso entonces traiga un testigo tan dulce como este 
If you want to win your case then bring a witness as sweet as this one
Habrá un testigo a todas las naciones y entonces el fin del malvado vendrá. -- Mateo 24:14
There will be a witness to all the nations, and then the end of evil will come. -- Matthew 24:14
Cuando fui en colegio de abogados, nos enseñaron no hacer demasiadas preguntas. Una vez, un abogado estaba defendiendo un cliente acusado de morder la lengua de otro hombre. El interrogatorio del abogado de una testiga para otro hombre fue como esto:
Ab: “Señora Ruiz, ¿usted ha dicho que vio mi cliente morder la lengua de la víctimo?” Sra Ruiz: “Asi es.” Ab: “Señora, ¿a qué distancia era cuando vio a mi cliente hacer esto?” Sra: “Quizas diez o doce metros.” Ab: “Señora, usa anteojos para ver lejos, verdad?” Sra: “Si, Señor.” Ab: “¿Llevaba sus anteojos esa noche?” Sra: “No, no estaba.” Ab: “Señora, sin sus anteojos, ¿qué tan lejos puedes ver? Sra: “Quizas uno u dos metros.”
Ahora, un buen abogado habría sentado. Pero este abogado tonto quería hacerle una pregunta más.
Ab: “Pues, Señora, ¿cómo sabe que era mi cliente, sin sus anteojos, de esta distancia?” Sra: “Porque él vino a mí y escupio la lengua a mis pies.”
¡Culpable!
When I was in law school, we were taught not to ask too many questions. Once there was a lawyer defending a client accused of biting off the tongue of another man. The lawyer's questioning of a witness for the other man went like this:
Lawyer: "Mrs. Ruiz, you said that you saw my client bite off the tongue of the victim?" Mrs. Ruiz: "That's right." Lawyer:"Madam, how far away were you when you saw my client do this?" Mrs. Ruiz: "Maybe ten or twelve meters." Lawyer: "Madam, you wear glasses to see far, right?" Mrs. Ruiz: "Yes, sir." Lawyer: "Were you wearing your glasses that night?" Mrs. Ruiz: "No, I was not." Lawyer: "Madam, without your glasses, how far can you see?" Mrs. Ruiz: "Maybe one or two meters."
Now, a good lawyer would have sat down. But this foolish lawyer wanted to ask one more question.
Lawyer: "Well, Madam, how do you know it was my client, without your glasses, from that distance?" Mrs. Ruiz: Because he came over to me and spit out the tongue at my feet." Guilty!!
