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La Palabra Del Dia: "libre"

La Palabra Del Dia: "libre"

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libre ( lee'-breh )

adjective ( free; unoccupied, vacant )

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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. Después de pasar catorce años en la cárcel, Edmond Dantès finalmente estaba libre.

After spending fourteen years in jail, Edmond Dantès was finally free.

2. ¿Está libre este asiento?

Is this seat available?

Tener un hermoso día.

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updated Feb 5, 2015
posted by rac1
Yay! Another word I can get mixed up with libro and libra. hehe - Findy, Jan 27, 2015
Hola amigas xx - ian-hill, Jan 27, 2015
Hola amigos. xo - rac1, Jan 27, 2015
I think it's going to be a horsey day. Gracias guapita :-)! - Jraider, Jan 27, 2015
Hola y de nada JR. :) - rac1, Jan 27, 2015
I've been trying to get away to ride, but the weather isn't cooperating! - bandit51jd, Jan 27, 2015
Sorry about that, Bandita. - rac1, Jan 27, 2015
Hola amiga. - ray76, Jan 28, 2015

17 Answers

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Aunque no me crean, recuerdo muy bien a la primera película que ví en mi vida. Fuimos a la sala de una gran escuela cerca de nuestra casa para ver ese miralgo,una película en blanco y negro, llamada Crin blanca, el caballo salvaje. Es una historia que trata de la libertad, la película fue rodada en 1953, y yo era muy niña cuando la ví, pero me conmovió mucho, y se ha hecho una película clássica sobre el deseo de un muchacho francés y su caballo de mantenerse libres, cueste lo que cueste.

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Although you might not believe me I remember very well the first film I saw in my life. We went to the of a big school near our home, in order to see this miracle, a film in black and white, called White Mane, the Wild Horse. It's a story about freedom, it was filmed in 1953, and I was a very young girl when I saw it, but it moved me greatly and it has become a classic film dealing with the desire of a young French boy and his horse to stay free whatever it might cost them.

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updated Feb 5, 2015
edited by annierats
posted by annierats
God, writing this has exhusted me. - annierats, Jan 27, 2015
Haha and I was like "¿De dónde saca eso?!" Great job :) - Manity, Jan 27, 2015
I haven't had time to see the u-tube old film yet, I need peace and quiet for this trip down memory lane. - annierats, Jan 27, 2015
Sounds like a beautiful story. :) - rac1, Jan 27, 2015
Rac, you will cry, French film, Spanish subtitles, set in the Camargue, in France. - annierats, Jan 27, 2015
Ta histoire est bien ecrite (pardón cuando veo la palabra francés comienzo pensar en francés: Tu cuento es escrito bien) - Jubilado, Jan 27, 2015
Good job annie....and then you were drawn to horses :-)! - Jraider, Jan 27, 2015
llamadA..que 'se' trata If you are going to explain the script of the film 'que se trata de un chico que va Francia..' & 'que trata' if you just will tell the concept of the film 'que trata de la libertad/que trata sobre la libertad' a detail :) - Pablo064, Jan 27, 2015
This is the second answer without using "libre", the word of the day. This has nothing to do with my decision to vote but I didn't realize that we didn't have to use the word of the day, technically anyway. I am confused. - Sassette, Jan 28, 2015
Gracias, tiempo. Y sí, TipaGal, he usado ' mantenerse libre'. - annierats, Jan 28, 2015
Muchas gracias por las correcciones, Tiempo me ayudan mucho. - annierats, Jan 28, 2015
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La casa estaba libre por muchos años porque no se quedó ningúna familia.

The house was vacant for many years because no family was left.

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updated Jan 29, 2015
edited by Jubilado
posted by Jubilado
That would be beautiful with some renovation. :) - rac1, Jan 27, 2015
What a beautiful house! I'd love to see it fixed up, like rac says. - Findy, Jan 27, 2015
I have been looking at this house in my city for 60 years. It never gets renovated. I only hope that some day it will. - Jubilado, Jan 27, 2015
Spooky!!!! - Jraider, Jan 27, 2015
la casa estuvo libre, no se quedó ninguna.. - Pablo064, Jan 27, 2015
I should have written "quedó" when I posted. Going to keep "estaba" unless a native speaker thinks "estuvo" is better. - Jubilado, Jan 27, 2015
didn't realize libre meant vacant too. Thanks. - Sassette, Jan 28, 2015
Tiempo is a native speaker (from Argentina) and my guess is that for many years provides the feeling of no longer unless you bring it to the present with has been. Unless you follow esta a with something that intervenes. :) - bosquederoble, Jan 28, 2015
Estaba libre cuando algo sucedió- I do not why it came out esta a and not estaba above- autocorrect. - bosquederoble, Jan 28, 2015
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"¡Libre último! Libre último! ¡Libre al fin, libre al fin! Gracias a Dios Todopoderoso, yo soy libre último!" libre al fin!

From a translation of the complete speech AnnRon found online:

Libre al Fin, Libre al Fin; Gracias Dios Omnipotente, somos libres al fin.

Thanks, Ann!

"Free at last! Free at last! Thank God Almighty, I'm free at last!" ~Dr. Martin Luther King

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updated Jan 28, 2015
edited by Findy
posted by Findy
"Libre al fin" I think. There might be a set phrase for his speech. - Manity, Jan 27, 2015
¡Qué gran hombre de nuestra sociedad! - Jubilado, Jan 27, 2015
Very good illustration! - rac1, Jan 27, 2015
Yes, Manity, I was thinking that, but I don't know what it is - but I like your phrase there. I've just now tried to search for a Spanish translation on the internet, but don't see one. - Findy, Jan 27, 2015
Libré último means "free last." Libre al fin translates as Free at last, so I'll go with that. Thank you, Manity! - Findy, Jan 27, 2015
....and the struggle continues! - Jraider, Jan 27, 2015
Salute! :) - Raja-jani, Jan 27, 2015
Look here: http://english-zone.com/holidays/mlk-dreamsp.html . - AnnRon, Jan 28, 2015
Ah, thanks for the link, Ann! Libre al Fin, Libre al Fin; Gracias Dios Omnipotente, somos libres al fin. - Findy, Jan 28, 2015
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Espero que algún día pueda disfrutar de una Cuba Libre en Havana, Cuba.

I hope that someday I can enjoy a Cuba Libre in Havana,Cuba.

updated Jan 28, 2015
edited by Jraider
posted by Jraider
Me too! :) By the way, typo 'puedo'. - Raja-jani, Jan 27, 2015
Let's go Raj. Gracias :-)! - Jraider, Jan 27, 2015
¡Sí, Cuba Libre---con dictadura! - Daniela2041, Jan 27, 2015
That would be great. :) - rac1, Jan 27, 2015
I don't know if your got my pun. Cuba Libre means a Free Cuba, and I said ,Yeah a Free Cuba with a dictatorship! - Daniela2041, Jan 27, 2015
I'm confused. I googled Cubre Libre and came up with Cuba Libre, which is Rum and Coke with or without the lime in it. - Sassette, Jan 28, 2015
Pueda was correct, it needs to be in the subjunctive because of the use of esperar. - Manity, Jan 28, 2015
Well done, Jraider and I hope you'll do that one day :) - Manity, Jan 28, 2015
Cheers, Jraider! - annierats, Jan 28, 2015
@ Daniela...yes I got your nuance. Gracias :-)! - Jraider, Jan 28, 2015
@ TipaGal...it is Cuba, I made a bad typo :-(((! Gracias :-)! - Jraider, Jan 28, 2015
Gracias Manity :-)! - Jraider, Jan 28, 2015
6
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El Palacio de la Independencia". Aquí es dónde empezó la libertad para los estadounidenses.

Independence Hall. Here is where liberty began for the Americans.

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updated Jan 28, 2015
edited by Daniela2041
posted by Daniela2041
I can see old Ben looking through that window :-)! - Jraider, Jan 27, 2015
Where, JR? I can't see him. - rac1, Jan 27, 2015
is it technically o.k. to use words that are close in meaning to the word of the day or does it have to be the word precisely, which would be "libre"? - Sassette, Jan 28, 2015
The mods have passed on it. - Daniela2041, Jan 28, 2015
I don't think we have ever made a definitive judgement Dani - I would say the word used should be the one given by the poster. - ian-hill, Jan 28, 2015
Tipa Gal, one is the noun, one is the verb, nothing much to worry about. - annierats, Jan 28, 2015
One is a noun the "given" word is an adjective. - ian-hill, Jan 28, 2015
The word is "libre" for this thread. - rac1, Jan 28, 2015
I really think we need to use it as it's posted so as not to confuse anyone. - rac1, Jan 28, 2015
6
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Anteriormente cuando no era peligro tomar un taxi en la calle, los taxis desocupados se llamaban libre. Ahora sólo deberías tomar "taxi de sitio".

Before when it wasn´t dangerous to take a taxi in the street, unoccupied taxis were called free. Now you should only take "site taxi". (This term doesn´t translate well).

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updated Jan 28, 2015
posted by 005faa61
Were they really free? - rac1, Jan 27, 2015
Not free but available for new passengers - 005faa61, Jan 28, 2015
6
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Porque Spanishdict.com es un sitio de web para toda la familia no somos libres de decir todo que podríamos desear decir.

Because Spanishdict.com is a family friendly website, we are not free to say everything that we might wish to.

updated Jan 28, 2015
posted by bandit51jd
Some use it as an excuse, I think. - rac1, Jan 27, 2015
Free speech can tie you down! - Jubilado, Jan 28, 2015
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A que más de uno ya ha dicho "soy libre de escoger mi propio destino"

You bet there are those who've already said "I'm free to choose my own destiny"

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updated Jan 28, 2015
posted by diagonx
Great cartoon :-)! - Jraider, Jan 27, 2015
Sadly, some can't. - rac1, Jan 27, 2015
I bet ...... - 005faa61, Jan 28, 2015
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Es una idea maravillosa ; Internet libre para todos, pero hay lugares donde todo lo contrario sucede.

It is a wonderful idea; free Internet for all, but there are places where the opposite happens.

updated Jan 28, 2015
posted by porcupine7
No internet for anybody! - Findy, Jan 27, 2015
I'm sure there is..sad. - rac1, Jan 27, 2015
I hope we never lose it :-)! - Jraider, Jan 27, 2015
5
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Ella se ejercita con pesas libres (o sueltas) cada dos días.

She works out with free weights every other day.!

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updated Jan 28, 2015
edited by AnnRon
posted by AnnRon
You can tell. :) - rac1, Jan 28, 2015
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Tener mucho dinero es tener un tipo de libertad, porque se puede hacer muchas cosas que no pueden los pobres, pero nadie es libre en verdad. Todo el mundo tiene que obedecer las reglas de la natureleza y su propia mortalidad, y usualmente las reglas de su país y su cultura y familia.

To have a lot of money is to have a kind of freedom. because one can do a lot of things which poor people can't, but nobody is truly free. Everyone has to obey the rules of nature, and of their own mortality, and usually the rules of their country and their culture and family.

updated Jan 28, 2015
edited by jennysk
posted by jennysk
good sentences. Comic strip is too small to read. Wonder if you can re-post it at a larger size. - Sassette, Jan 28, 2015
I dont think I can, so I will remove it. - jennysk, Jan 28, 2015
Yes, and those kind of rules are good. :) - rac1, Jan 28, 2015
5
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Soy libre de hacer lo que quiero.

I’m free to do as I like.

El cuarto de baño está libre.

The bathroom’s free.

¿Les queda alguna habitación libre?

Do you have any vacancies?

updated Jan 28, 2015
edited by ian-hill
posted by ian-hill
Sí, eres libre a usar el baño y entonces ir a buscar una habitación :-)> - Jubilado, Jan 27, 2015
In the bathroom? jeje - rac1, Jan 27, 2015
It used to cost a quarter in some airports ;-)!!!!!! - Jraider, Jan 27, 2015
Typo in first line 'quiero'. - Raja-jani, Jan 27, 2015
oops! gracias :) - ian-hill, Jan 27, 2015
4
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Odio tener que dejar mi casa libre mientras me voy en mis vacaciones.

I hate to leave my house free while I go on my holidays.

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updated Jan 29, 2015
edited by ray76
posted by ray76
Whatever does the service staff do while you're gone? - Jubilado, Jan 28, 2015
I pack off elderly retainers back to the retirement home. - ray76, Jan 28, 2015
Either cut out ' tener' or add a 'que'. ( Small suggestion) - annierats, Jan 28, 2015
Thanks Annie, I had left out an important word also , so sneaked it in , I had it written in longhand but copied it incorrectly - ray76, Jan 28, 2015
Love your house. :) - rac1, Jan 28, 2015
Nice views, I imagine, from your windows, but perhaps a little draughty? - annierats, Jan 29, 2015
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Algun día, probablemente después de muero muera (o morir), será libre de un trastorno dolorido. Yo será libre ser quién soy, ser amado, y amar a otros personas. ¡Ojála Dios, me da mi liberación!¡Pare la sufrimiento!

Someday, probably after I die, I will be free from a painful disorder. I will be free to be who I am, to be loved, and to love others. Oh God, give me my release! Stop the suffering!

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updated Jan 28, 2015
edited by Sassette
posted by Sassette
Regarding your comment on annierats post, her last sentence uses the word. See "el deseo de un muchacho francés y su caballo de mantenerse libres," And a vote for you to cheer you up. - Jubilado, Jan 28, 2015
I give you a vote to cheer you up too, no need to wish oneself dead. Despues de is followed by the subjunctive, by the way ' después de muera/ después de morir' . Don't worry, keep going. - annierats, Jan 28, 2015
Hang in there. We all love you. :) ♥♥♥ - rac1, Jan 28, 2015
Thanks much for comments. I love all you guys too! - Sassette, Jan 28, 2015
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A todos nos gustaría ser libres de hacer cualquier cosa que queramos, pero vivir en una sociedad exige que obedecemos obedezcamos ciertas reglas, y nos acostumbramos acostumbremos a estas esas reglas, y entregamos ciertas libertades para que a otros no se les permita hacer cualquier cosa que quiera podrían querer hacernos a nosotros.

We would all like to be free to do whatever we want, but living in a society demands that we obey certain rules, and we become used to these rules, and we surrender certain liberties so that others are not allowed to do to whatever they might like to do to us.

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updated Jan 28, 2015
edited by bosquederoble
posted by bosquederoble
Not an easy sentence for me- the picture of course is in direct contrast to what I am saying, serving to illustrate my point by showing the absurdity of that view (that of the picture). - bosquederoble, Jan 27, 2015
Good illustration! - rac1, Jan 27, 2015
que obedezcamos ciertas...y nos acostumbremos a esas reglas...que podrían querer hacernos a nosotros.. - Pablo064, Jan 28, 2015
Can't see it. - AnnRon, Jan 28, 2015
Gracias, Tiempo. I should have got the subjunctive after exigir. I am glad I got the permitir passive se correct, and I knew something was wrong with the last bit but not how to fix it. :) - bosquederoble, Jan 28, 2015
I suspect that I should have got is bad English and maybe should have gotten is better? - bosquederoble, Jan 28, 2015