La Palabra Del Dia: "trabajar"

Question

trabajar ( trah-bah-hahr' )

verb ( to work )

We are currently looking for a corrector for the Spanish sentences. If you are interested, please send me a pm. In the meantime, please help each other as you are able.

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.

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Examples:

1. Mañana no tenemos que trabajar. Es un día de fiesta.

We don't have to work tomorrow. It's a holiday.

2. Un equipo de más de tres mil obreros trabajaron por un año y cuarenta y cinco días para completar el edificio Empire State.

A team of more than three thousand workers worked for one year and forty-five days to complete the Empire State Building.

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Hola bonita xx - ian-hill, Jan 23, 2015

Hola a todos miembros ,estar bién todos. - ray76, Jan 24, 2015

Hola Ray y Ian. xoxo - rac1, Jan 24, 2015

Answer 1

¡Me encanta mi trabajo!

I love my work!

Wow! - LuisCache, Jan 23, 2015

I've always thought it would be awesome to pilot one of those. :) - rac1, Jan 23, 2015

Así que voy a apostar que tu eres bueno en hacer tu trabajo. - jrschenk, Jan 24, 2015

If someone shares something about themselves and it's impressive it get's my vote. I'm assuming that's you and you're a fighter pilot so you got my vote - Sassette, Jan 24, 2015

Actually, I was speaking on behalf of the pilot, who does look a little like me,even if she is Asian. - Daniela2041, Jan 24, 2015

So, TipoGuy, if you want to "unvote" me It's OK, I don't want to get votes under false pretenses. - Daniela2041, Jan 24, 2015

Answer 2

I strive to work on my Spanish a little bit every day.

M?e? ?e?s?f?u?e?r?z?o? ?p?o?r? ?t?r?a?b?a?j?a?r?m?e? ?u?n? ?p?o?q?u?i?t?o? ?e?l? ?e?s?p?a?ñ?o?l? ?c?a?d?a? ?d?í?a?.?

Me esfuerzo para trabajar en mi español un poquito cada día.

He has the right idea. :) - rac1, Jan 23, 2015

Me esfuerzo para trabajar en mi español un poquito cada dìa.. - Pablo064, Jan 23, 2015

A mi también! :) - Findy, Jan 23, 2015

Vale, gracias :) - Manity, Jan 24, 2015

A mi también! :) - jrschenk, Jan 24, 2015

Answer 3

Quiero un trabajo donde se tiene que trabajar usando muchas idiomas!

I want a job where you have to use a lot of languages

How many do you know? - rac1, Jan 23, 2015

donde se 'tenga' que trabajar - Pablo064, Jan 23, 2015

porque se necesita usar el subjuntivo aquí!? :) si puedes explicarlo por favor! quizás en inglés? :) - 002e4271, Jan 23, 2015

Por supuesto "Por qué" perdón - 002e4271, Jan 23, 2015

Rac1 i speak 2 languages fluently - 002e4271, Jan 23, 2015

mm you want that work, you do not have that work 'tengo un trabajo donde se tiene...' "( anyway it would be 'donde tengas que...' and 'muchOs' :) - Pablo064, Jan 23, 2015

Vale :) i forgot that idiomas is masculine - 002e4271, Jan 23, 2015

@SR does that include Irish Gaelic ? - ray76, Jan 24, 2015

Does "gallego" mean Gaelic? I don't understand gallego Spaniards, or Gaelic-speaking Irishmen either for that matter. - Daniela2041, Jan 24, 2015

Answer 4

Si usteds ustedes trabajan con esfuerzo se endemnizarán - ¿con dinero? No, con estar ocupados.

If you work hard you will be compensated - with money? No, with being busy.

Lol...I totally agree. Good to see you. Hope all is well. :) - rac1, Jan 23, 2015

No me permitan hacer trabajo descuidado, amigos. Miren que escribí primero. - Jubilado, Jan 24, 2015

I noticed you missing, like rac1 did. Not that it's realistic that you'll contribute every day. I know I can't do this all the time. Wonder where joydeep singh is? He's been missing for a while. - Sassette, Jan 24, 2015

Answer 5

Lo que más me gusta lo más acerca de los viernes es que no tengo que trabajar los sábados y los domingos, pero lo que me gusta aún más acerca de hoy es que mañana vuelo a Maui- y tendré que caminar sólo una distancia corta para llegar al océano- nos quedamos en un edificio cerca de la esquina superior izquierda de la caja blanca en la foto.

What I like most about Fridays is that I do not have to work on Saturdays and Sundays, but what I like even more about today is that tomorrow I fly to Maui- and will only have to walk a short distance to get to the ocean- we are staying in a building near the upper left corner of the white box in the photo.

You are really going to enjoy that. Take some pics. :) - rac1, Jan 23, 2015

'Lo que más me gusta acerca de los viernes...' - Pablo064, Jan 23, 2015

Gracias, he cometido este error antes. :( - bosquederoble, Jan 23, 2015

Ooooh!!! Have fun, Bosque! - Findy, Jan 23, 2015

I expect to find some fish to swim with among the rocks you can see to the right. - bosquederoble, Jan 24, 2015

just make sure you're prepared should there be a tsunami ;-) - Sassette, Jan 24, 2015

Well at least you can see from the picture that we are a bit up the hill, so unless it is a big one.... - bosquederoble, Jan 24, 2015

Answer 6

¿De qué trabaja Jay Cutler? Él es el mariscal de campo para los Osos de Chicago. Los Bears le pagó a Cutler el salarío anual las mayor en el NFL esta temporada a pese pesar de que Cutler está es un pésimo mariscal de campo pésimo. Como un hincha de los Bears, estoy muy frustrado.

What does Jay Cutler do for a living? He is quarterback for the Chicago Bears. The Bears paid Cutler the highest base salary in the NFL this season despite being a lousy quarterback. As a fan of the Bears, I am very frustrated.

"a pesar de que Cutler es un pésimo mariscal de campo". Saludos! - LuisCache, Jan 23, 2015

Maybe he just had a bad year. - rac1, Jan 23, 2015

Do the " fullbacks" get paid more than the " quarter " ones ? And what about the "half ones" ? This is all gibberish to me sport. ;) ;) - ray76, Jan 24, 2015

Thanks LuisCache for corrections. Good question, rac1. Cutler has been QB for many years, not deserving of such a lucrative contract that he signed before this season. He's been at best mediocre at times; this season, awful. - Sassette, Jan 24, 2015

@ray76. stick with tennis :-) - Sassette, Jan 24, 2015

Answer 7

Tengo que trabajar duro para hacer que las cosas funcionen bien.

I need to work hard to make things work right.

Absolutely! - rac1, Jan 23, 2015

The bulb is lit :) - Raja-jani, Jan 23, 2015

Answer 8

Para trabajar convenientemente, una mujer moderna necesita por lo menos ocho manos.

To work properly, a modern woman needs at least eight hands.

Good depiction. :) - rac1, Jan 23, 2015

para trabajar apropiadamente/correctamente... - Pablo064, Jan 23, 2015

Es verdad! - Findy, Jan 23, 2015

Answer 9

Es difícil a obtener un nuevo trabajo si tienes un edad mayor.

It's difficult to get a new job if you are older.

And hopeless if you are older than the prospective employer. - ray76, Jan 24, 2015

Sad, but true. - rac1, Jan 24, 2015

Answer 10

Mi trabajo, es tan aburrido, tengo que probar hamacas. para la fuerza

My job is so boring , I have to test hammocks for strength.

I miss my hammock. - rac1, Jan 24, 2015

You can have my old one , I wear them out frequently , I have " frequent layer points" . - ray76, Jan 24, 2015

Answer 11

He estado trabajando todo el día.

I’ve been working all day.

Trabaja en una compañía inglesa.

He works for an English company.

Nunca he trabajado de profesora.

I’ve never worked as a teacher.

Yes, you have...lol - rac1, Jan 24, 2015

True :) xx - ian-hill, Jan 24, 2015

Answer 12

Quien no se lo trabaja no consigue nada.

You won't get anything if you don’t work for it.

That's what I've been taught. :) - rac1, Jan 23, 2015

Unless that is if you are a politician . - ray76, Jan 24, 2015

Answer 13

The mariachi band works by the hour.

La orquesta de mariachi trabaja por horas.

I thought that it was ' by the ear" Trabaja por oídos. - ray76, Jan 24, 2015

Are these the ones that sing at your table? - rac1, Jan 24, 2015

Ray, Ray. Rac1, you can hire them on the corner to play at any party - at any table... for a price. - katydew, Jan 26, 2015

Answer 14

No tengo que trabajar mañana.

I don't have to work tomorrow.

Lovely feeling, right? :) - Manity, Jan 24, 2015

Yippy, at least not at your job, right? - rac1, Jan 24, 2015

Right! ; ) - jphip, Jan 24, 2015

Answer 15

Las mujeres trabajaban durante la Revolución Industrial No es que no trabajaban antes; pero sus papeles cambiaron.

Women worked during the Industrial Revolution. It isn't that they didn't work before; but their roles changed.

Looks like hard work. - rac1, Jan 24, 2015