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La Palabra Del Dia: "joven"

La Palabra Del Dia: "joven"

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joven ( hoh'-vehn )

adjective ( young )

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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. Sus padres le dijeron que era demasiado joven como para irse sola a Europa.

Her parents told her she was too young to go to Europe alone.

2. Gordiano III fue el emperador romano más joven que reinó solo.

Gordian III was the youngest Roman emperor to rule alone.

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updated Jan 9, 2015
posted by rac1
The comedians are really great help in the life of the people. My favourite one is Chaplin - porcupine7, Jan 6, 2015
I love comedy. :) - rac1, Jan 6, 2015
Hola amigas xx - ian-hill, Jan 6, 2015
Hola querida. Gracias :-)! - Jraider, Jan 6, 2015
Hola Ian. xo - rac1, Jan 6, 2015
Hola JR. De nada. :):) - rac1, Jan 6, 2015
Hola Annie, great photo of a "young" baby" expressing fun and humor. - bandit51jd, Jan 6, 2015
Hola amiga, muchas gracias. :):) - rac1, Jan 6, 2015

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Me temo que la tecnología moderna está envenenando las mentes de nuestras jóvenes.

I fear that modern technology is poisoning the minds of our young people.

updated Jan 9, 2015
posted by Jraider
You're right. It also kills! - Raja-jani, Jan 6, 2015
You are absolutely right .. I just hate it .. - Joydeep_Singh, Jan 6, 2015
Al parecer la capacidad de publicar todos sus caprichos es una "habilidad". - jrschenk, Jan 6, 2015
Well, I think it's all in how you are raised. - rac1, Jan 6, 2015
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Esfuérzate para permanecer joven manteniendo tu espíritu juvenil.

Exert yourself to remain young by maintaining your youthful spirit.

updated Jan 8, 2015
edited by porcupine7
posted by porcupine7
Yep! You have to stay active. :) - rac1, Jan 6, 2015
A picture of me on my roller blades and rucksack, spot on! - annierats, Jan 6, 2015
Good Porcu - Joydeep_Singh, Jan 6, 2015
Good advice :-)! - Jraider, Jan 6, 2015
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Today in Spain, children, young people, old people... all of us follow the tradition of eating "roscón de reyes". It is traditionally eaten on January 6, to celebrate the Kings' Day. The "roscón" usually has a little figure and a fava bean hidden inside, and whoever finds the bean has to pay for the "roscón".

Hoy en España, niños, jóvenes, mayores... todos seguimos la tradición de comer roscón de reyes. Tradicionalmente se come el 6 de enero para celebrar el día de los Reyes Magos. El roscón normalmente lleva una figurita y un haba escondida dentro, y quien encuentra el haba tiene que pagar el roscón.

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updated Jan 8, 2015
edited by Cordobesa
posted by Cordobesa
Very interesting. Here in New Orleans, we have what is called, "king cake" around Mardi Gras. There is a baby hidden in the cake and if you get that piece, you have to buy the next king cake. :) - rac1, Jan 6, 2015
¡Qué interesante, Rac! Es una tradición similar, entonces. :)) - Cordobesa, Jan 6, 2015
Dos sugerencias…“The “roscón” usually has…” (el sujeto es singular), también creo que “follow” sería una mejor traducción de seguir que “continue” en este caso. :) - bosquederoble, Jan 6, 2015
¡¡Gracias, Bosque!! Voy a corregirlo ahora mismo. :)) - Cordobesa, Jan 6, 2015
Ah, una adicional, "pay for the "roscón"". :) - bosquederoble, Jan 6, 2015
Uy, ¡es verdad, "pay for"! Gracias de nuevo, Bosque. No puedo comer roscón y escribir en inglés a la vez. :)) - Cordobesa, Jan 6, 2015
Guao Cordo .. que delicia ... quiero comerlo ahorita mismo ... por favor mandame un trozo ... pero sin haba .. jeje .. te quiero :)' - Joydeep_Singh, Jan 6, 2015
I thought that this was for the Three Kings. Thanks for an interesting post Cordo :-)! - Jraider, Jan 6, 2015
¡Hola, Jr! ¡Gracias! - ¡Gracias Jimmy, ahora mismo te mando un trozo sin haba! :) - Cordobesa, Jan 6, 2015
Gracias querida, acabo de recibirlo .. y tu trozo sabe un beso .. riquisimo :) - Joydeep_Singh, Jan 6, 2015
Gracias, Cordobesa, mi vecina me dió algo muy duro y lo llevé a Inglaterra donde no tenía exito.. Ya sé lo que es. - annierats, Jan 6, 2015
Jajaja, pero Annie, hay que comerse el roscón pronto, porque si no, se pone duro y ya no está tan bueno. :)) - Cordobesa, Jan 6, 2015
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Los conductores masculinos// varones ( gracias a Cordobesa) jóvenes tienen que pagar más por los seguros de coche porque son clasificados como un mayor riesgo de accidentes.

Young male drivers have to pay more for their car-insurance because they are classified as a high risk factor.

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updated Jan 6, 2015
edited by annierats
posted by annierats
And for good reason, most of the time. :) - rac1, Jan 6, 2015
alto riesgo .. i think - Joydeep_Singh, Jan 6, 2015
but I just checked the dictionary .. both are correct (alto and mayor riesgo) - Joydeep_Singh, Jan 6, 2015
"macho" normalmente se usa para los animales, excepto cuando queremos destacar que un hombre es "muy macho" (generalmente, no es un cumplido). :) - Cordobesa, Jan 6, 2015
Not any more Annie - it is now illegal on EU sex discrimination grounds. We mere males are becomming more equal. :)) - ian-hill, Jan 6, 2015
This seriously is a discrimination of the highest order .. how can they generalize like that ... there are many sensible machos too .. like me and Leo .. I have never heard of any such thing in my country .. in which country is this or was this practiced - Joydeep_Singh, Jan 6, 2015
besides the vehicle may not necessarily be driven by the owner .. for example .. my car is registered on the name of my mother but she doesn't even know how to drive and I am the one who drives that car .. so it is highly illogical too - Joydeep_Singh, Jan 6, 2015
It's all about the statistics, Jimmy. Insurance companies are nothing but legal bookies setting odds on the probability of accidents. - Winkfish, Jan 6, 2015
Gracias, Cordobesa, voy a cambiarlo para ' masculinos'. - annierats, Jan 6, 2015
@ Jimmy: Sadly it is very true in Europe and frankly, seeing how many accidents they cause it isno wonder they have to pay more. - annierats, Jan 6, 2015
ian: Don't you have son? - annierats, Jan 6, 2015
I always vote for you, Annie. - Daniela2041, Jan 6, 2015
And they talk about "women drivers!" ¡Phhttttttttt!! (This is phonetics for the "raspberries") - Daniela2041, Jan 6, 2015
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Ahora mismo, hay un generación del sándwich en los EE.UU quienes son padres o abuelos y cuidadores a sus padres ancianos muchas veces al mismo tiempo de criar a sus hijos o a sus nietos haciendo sus vidas llenan de los viejos y de los jóvenes.

Right now there is a "sandwich generation" in the U.S. who are parents or grandparents and caretakers of their elderly parents many times at the same time raising their children or grandchildren making their lives full of the old and the young.

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updated Jan 8, 2015
posted by sanlee
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Llegué a los Estados Unidos cuando era muy joven, aunque el aterrisaje fue un poco menos severo.

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updated Jan 7, 2015
posted by Daniela2041
My first post with a picture! Woo,Woo! - Daniela2041, Jan 6, 2015
Aprendi una otra palabra que tambien significa "landing" hoy, la que es "el desembarco" ... es mismo que ateriziaje ,?? o hay alguna diferencia ?? - Joydeep_Singh, Jan 6, 2015
y .. la foto es muy espantosa .. espero que no te habia pasado eso de verdad .. - Joydeep_Singh, Jan 6, 2015
No, hombre, es una broma. ¿No has visto en mi perfil que soy muy juegetona? Also, el desembarque es lo que sigue el aterrisaje. - Daniela2041, Jan 6, 2015
"desembaco" --sorry. - Daniela2041, Jan 6, 2015
Congrats on the pic posting Dani :-)! - Jraider, Jan 6, 2015
Si querida, recuerdo leerlo en tu perfil que eres muy juegetona y un poco coqueta .. y me gustas asi ..(un poco coqueta) .. espero que nunca cambies .. jeje - Joydeep_Singh, Jan 6, 2015
Y no te pregunte la palabra "el desembarque" sino "el desembarco" son dos palabras distintas .. - Joydeep_Singh, Jan 6, 2015
Segun mi diccionario "el desembarco" significa "landing" pero no hay ningunos ejemplos alla - Joydeep_Singh, Jan 6, 2015
You need to get a new diccionario. Even in the SD translator "aterrisaje" is landing. Aterrizar is to land. Also "Aluniizaje" is moon landing--"alunizar" is to land on the moon. ¡no te metes con la profesora, hombre! - Daniela2041, Jan 6, 2015
I spelled it wrong-- it should be "aterrizaje" - Daniela2041, Jan 6, 2015
"desembacar" means to get off the plane----after it lands, después de aterrizar!!! - Daniela2041, Jan 6, 2015
I already know all of that profesora .... seems you again misunderstood my question ... i just asked the difference between ... aterrizaje and desembarco (not desembarque) and you told about desembarque (which is a different word, not the one i asked abou - Joydeep_Singh, Jan 6, 2015
even SD says the same thing as my dictionary does .. that desembarco means landing .. here , follow this link : http://www.spanishdict.com/translate/desembarco - Joydeep_Singh, Jan 6, 2015
so i don't need to buy a new dictionary, you need to get yourself glasses so you could read my words correctly ... hahahaha .. just kidding mi profesora :) - Joydeep_Singh, Jan 6, 2015
reiterating once more ... i didn't ask about desembarQUE but about desembarCO .. he destacado la diferencia entre los dos para ver mejor - Joydeep_Singh, Jan 6, 2015
Joydeep, desembarco means you've survived the landing and can now, at last walk off, hopefuly on your own two legs! - annierats, Jan 6, 2015
I love you Annie! Según Jimmy yo necesito anteojos, Yo creo qu él necesita perro para ciegos. - Daniela2041, Jan 6, 2015
Yikes! I hope it was better than that. - rac1, Jan 6, 2015
@Joydeep: If you will look carefully when I wrote desembarque, it was a mistake and I said so in the following comment when I corrected myself. Si yo necesito anteojos, tú necesitas un perro para ciegos. Ja! - Daniela2041, Jan 6, 2015
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Investigación enseña que utilizando regularmente más de Las investigaciones demuestran nos ensenan que aprender una lengua ayuda el cerebro seguir siendo al cerebro a mantenerse joven.

Research shows that using more than one language regularly helps the brain to stay young.

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NY Times: The Bilingual Advantage

(Thanks for any corrections/suggestions on grammar.)

updated Jan 7, 2015
edited by Findy
posted by Findy
Well, I worded it so I could use the Word of the Day. Your brain will always be as old as it is, but research shows it'll function better for longer. - Findy, Jan 6, 2015
There's an incentive to keep up with the studies & use of another language! - Findy, Jan 6, 2015
Las investigaciones demuestran / muestran /aprueban / nos ensenan que aprender una lengua ayuda el cerebro que mantener ser joven - Joydeep_Singh, Jan 6, 2015
this is how i would phrase it .. but I am also a learner like you .. so let's wait for some expert to drop by and check - Joydeep_Singh, Jan 6, 2015
Joydeep correction sounds nice! but from "ayuda" to the end, needs to fix... - Josuele, Jan 6, 2015
Yes Findy, you have to exercise it just like a muscle :-)! - Jraider, Jan 6, 2015
Kindly suggest the fix Josuele .. thanks - Joydeep_Singh, Jan 6, 2015
It’s good to know, Findy! I believed that even before reading about this research. :) - Raja-jani, Jan 6, 2015
I changed it from "learning" to "utilizing" a language regularly. There appears to be a difference if you just learned it (to use occasionally) to if you use it regularly. I'll wait for a few more to chime in before I correct it. Thanks to all so far! - Findy, Jan 6, 2015
.. ayuda al celebro mantenerse joven? Josuele, is that better?? - annierats, Jan 6, 2015
This is true. :) - rac1, Jan 6, 2015
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Cuatro pájaros jóvenes estaban mendigando para el alimento. Cuando todos tenían sus bocas abiertas, era el sueño foto del fotografo.

Four young birds were begging for food. When they all had their mouths open wide, it was the photographer's dream shot!

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updated Jan 7, 2015
posted by bandit51jd
Picos, I think. - annierats, Jan 6, 2015
Aww that is so sweet! - rac1, Jan 6, 2015
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Joven

Joven también se usa como sustantivo

You can use it as a noun too

¡Buenas tardes, jóvenes! (Hi, everyone)

¡Joven, me da la cuenta por favor! (May I have the bill, please?)

Disculpe, joven, ¿dónde queda la estación del metro? (Excuse me, where is the subway station?)

Había muchos jóvenes en el concierto (There were many young people in the concert)

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updated Jan 7, 2015
edited by LuisCache
posted by LuisCache
Thanks for adding these, Luis. :):) - rac1, Jan 6, 2015
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Las personas de tamaños pequeños generalmente miran más jóvenes de que son en realidad.

Small-sized people generally look younger than they really are.

updated Jan 6, 2015
posted by Raja-jani
I guess our brains associate small with young sometimes. - rac1, Jan 6, 2015
I guess you mean "parecen más jóvenes de lo que son" - Cordobesa, Jan 6, 2015
You're right, Cordobesa. It can be said in so many ways :) - Raja-jani, Jan 6, 2015
Hola Raj :-)! - Jraider, Jan 6, 2015
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Cuando era joven, solía realizar muchas tareas rápidamente, pero hoy en día no hago tantas cosas- es posible que sea parcialmente debido a que tengo menos energía- pero puedo cumplir mis deberes cuando absolutamente tengo que hacerlos- sólo es que hacerlos ya no me parece tan importante y prefiero pasar tiempo en SpanishDict.com.

When I was young, I used to complete a lot of tasks quickly, but nowadays I don’t do as many things- it is possible that it's partially due to my having less energy- but I am able to fulfill my obligations when I absolutely have to do them- it is just that doing them no longer seems as important and I prefer to spend time on SpanishDict.com.

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updated Jan 6, 2015
edited by bosquederoble
posted by bosquederoble
Small typo...."it's" Your time on SD isn't wasted...:) - rac1, Jan 6, 2015
Thanks, according to my wife it is. ;) - bosquederoble, Jan 6, 2015
¡SD es una de los mejores sitios para pasar el tiempo y aprender a la vez! :)) - Cordobesa, Jan 6, 2015
My wife thinks it much more important that I watch sports games, so I can fulfill my social obligations by having appropriate topical conversations with the husbands of her friends. - bosquederoble, Jan 6, 2015
My wife is the same. She thinks I'm addicted to SD, but maybe I am ;-)!!! - Jraider, Jan 6, 2015
osque, maybe we need to publish a guide for spouses of SD addicts.. So they know just to go to bed quietly, or watch the rugby by themselves. - annierats, Jan 6, 2015
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He travelled a lot as a youngster and continues to do so as an elderly gentleman

De joven viajó mucho y continúa haciéndolo como un señor de edad.

Guess who wink

updated Jan 6, 2015
posted by ian-hill
Thanks for reminding me that I could have said "de joven" instead of "cuando era joven", as Jimmy told me the last time I said it. :) - bosquederoble, Jan 6, 2015
hehe .. - Joydeep_Singh, Jan 6, 2015
Ray El Rey? - Jraider, Jan 6, 2015
un señor de cierta edad, creo. O un anciano.. - annierats, Jan 6, 2015
You must be talking about Ray....jeje - rac1, Jan 6, 2015
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En mi mente todavía soy joven, y montar una motocicleta.
In my mind I am still young, and riding a motorcycle.

Magna


En realidad, no tanto.
In reality, not so much.

updated Jan 7, 2015
edited by jrschenk
posted by jrschenk
You are as young or old as you feel, so they say. - rac1, Jan 6, 2015
Kee doing what you love, for one day you may not be able to :-)! - Jraider, Jan 6, 2015
Good advice all... I'm rolling the throttle open! - jrschenk, Jan 6, 2015
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Yo no quiero ser eternamente joven como Peter Pan, al contrario, tengo unas ganas locas de jubilarme.

I do not want to be forever young like Peter Pan, on the contrary, I have a mad desire to retire.

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updated Jan 7, 2015
edited by Josuele
posted by Josuele
Josuele...on the contrary, "I" have a ..... good job :-)! - Jraider, Jan 6, 2015
Jajaja, lo he cogido ;) - Josuele, Jan 6, 2015
The "I" is a capital letter :-)! - Jraider, Jan 6, 2015
Josuele, ten cuidado, it is a bit boring. - annierats, Jan 6, 2015
Will you stay active once you retire? - rac1, Jan 6, 2015
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Hoy en día, los jovenes no tienen respeto por nadie.

Nowadays, young people don't have respect for anybody.

disrespectful baby

updated Jan 6, 2015
posted by Capn_Spanish
There are still a few that have learned respect :-)! - Jraider, Jan 6, 2015
He has a head start. - rac1, Jan 6, 2015