La Palabra Del Dia: "poder"
poder ( poh-dehr' )
noun ( power )
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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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1. Por décadas, una junta militar tenía todo el poder en Birmania, también llamada Myanmar.
For decades, a military junta had all of the power in Burma, also called Myanmar.
2. El poder corrompe y el poder absoluto corrompe absolutamente.
Power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely.
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El poder te puede elevar a ciertas alturas según tu sentido común. Unos lo tienen y otros no.
Power can lift you to certain heights according to your common sense. Some have it and some don´t.
Me gusta la gente que puede hacerme reír a más no poder. Esas personas son muy especiales, como las piedras preciosas.
I like people who can make me laugh until I can't laugh anymore. Those people are very special, like precious stones.
El poder persuasivo de cachorros es bien conocido.
The persuasive power of puppies is well known.
Mire a los ojos (look into my eyes).
Algunos supervisores abusan del poder que tienen sobre sus empleados.
Some supervisors abuse the power that they have over their employees.
No importa lo fuerte que seas, si te quedas sin batería no vas a tener el poder para hablar con tus amigos.
It doesn't matter how strong you may be, if run out of batterypower you won't be able to talk to your friends.
Información es poder. Si nos negamos la información nos entregamos al poder .
Information is power. If we refuse the information we give ourselves over to the power.
Esta antigua moneda mexicana de 25 centavos representa los tres poderes de la Unión: el poder ejecutivo (la espada), el poder legislativo (el pergamino) y el poder judicial (la balanza).
This old Mexican quarter coin represents the separation of powers of the federal government in three branches: the executive (the sword), the legislative (the parchment) and the judicial (the balance).
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Puedo escoger el día que me venga mejor.
I can choose the day that suits me best.
Note that "can" is not a verb - it is a Modal.
A more accurate translation is -
"I am able to choose the day that suits me best."
No puedo tocar el ukulele todavía, pero estoy tratando de aprender.
No tengo el poder de tocar el ukulele todavía pero estoy tratando de aprender (como un sustantivo)
I can't play the ukulele yet, but I am trying to learn.
I don't have the power to play the ukulele yet, but I'm trying to learn.
Me dan miedo esos dirigentes, que borrachos de poder practican la tortura y el asesinato con sus conciudadanos.
I´m afraid about those goverments that are drunk with power and practise the torture and the assassination with their fellow ctizens.
El estrés de situaciones malas en las que no sentimos que tenemos el poder para cambiar nada es uno de los tipos de estrés más mortíferos, pero todavía tenemos el poder para contralar controlar cómo reaccionamos ante estas situaciones.
The stress from bad situations in which we don't feel that we have to the power to change anything is one of the most deadly types of stress, but we still have the power to control how we react to these situations.
! Da me todo el poder ¡ Lo que piensan en verdad los politicos...
Give me all the power !! Which is what politicians really think...
Por el poder de grey skull, yo tengo el poderrrr..
By thepower of grey skull, I have the powerrrrr...
Hay poder cuando todos trabajan juntos. There is power when everybody works together.
José no puede levantar algo más pesado que 25 libras.
Jose cannot lift anything heavier than 25 pounds.
(That’s why they say ‘No way, Jose!’)
