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La Palabra Del Dia: "maduro"

La Palabra Del Dia: "maduro"

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maduro ( mah-doo'-roh )

adjective ( mature; ripe )

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1. Tú no eres suficientemente madura como para estar en una relación.

You're not mature enough to be in a relationship.

2. Las bananas están demasiado maduras para comer, pero podemos hacer un pan con ellas.

The bananas are too ripe to eat, but we can make a bread with them. .

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updated May 4, 2015
posted by rac1
Hola querida... new avatar Oooooooooooo :) - Raja-jani, Mar 25, 2015
Hola guapa. - ray76, Mar 25, 2015
Hola amigos :):) - rac1, Mar 25, 2015
Hola chica! Muchas gracias :-)! - Jraider, Mar 25, 2015
Hola amigo..welcome. :) - rac1, Mar 25, 2015
Hola amigos. - ian-hill, Mar 25, 2015
Hi Ian. :) - rac1, Mar 25, 2015

13 Answers

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Cada día que vives en verdad, maduras un poco más.

Each day that you really live, you mature a little bit more.

grapes

updated May 4, 2015
edited by crucesignatus
posted by crucesignatus
"Each day that you live you mature a little bit more " , or,- "You mature a little bit more each day of your life ." - ray76, Mar 25, 2015
Good post mate , hope that you do not mind my small suggestions, - ray76, Mar 25, 2015
Some more than others. :) - rac1, Mar 25, 2015
Yes amby, some days I de-mature ;-)!!!!! - Jraider, Mar 25, 2015
thank you very much, ray76, rac1 and Jraider - crucesignatus, Mar 25, 2015
Like good wine, in oak, I'm geting very ripe for consumption, soon they will have to sell me of cheap, before I deteriorate. - annierats, Mar 25, 2015
@annierats, jeje; the best wine is the "añejo" wine :) - crucesignatus, Mar 25, 2015
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Conditions are ripe for a tornado today.

Hoy están dadas las condiciones para un tornado.

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updated Mar 26, 2015
edited by Ranman
posted by Ranman
The weather is one of my passions. - rac1, Mar 25, 2015
It's getting to be that time of year. - Jraider, Mar 25, 2015
I never heard 'maduro' on this context, anyway..'hoy las condiciones están maduras para...' (I'd say 'hoy están dadas las condiciones para...) :) - Pablo064, Mar 25, 2015
Thanks tiempo: ) It's probably not used that way in Spanish and I was thinking backwards.: ) - Ranman, Mar 25, 2015
Great post, either which way. - annierats, Mar 25, 2015
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Las puertas del castillo son grandes y fuertas siendo hechas de madera madura...

The castle gates are big and strong, being made of mature wood...

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updated Mar 26, 2015
posted by Faldaesque
Beautiful too. - rac1, Mar 25, 2015
Fortificado !!!! - Jraider, Mar 25, 2015
I like the alliteration. - Jubilado, Mar 26, 2015
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¿Cómo es una mujer madura?

What is a mature woman like?

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updated Mar 26, 2015
posted by Daniela2041
Great post!! - rac1, Mar 25, 2015
Nice, Daniela. - annierats, Mar 25, 2015
Bien hecho Daniela :-)! - Jraider, Mar 25, 2015
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A Natalia le gustan los hombres maduros. Ella dice que ellos aman más.

Natalia likes mature/older men. She says that they love more.

updated Mar 26, 2015
edited by Raja-jani
posted by Raja-jani
A Natalie.. - annierats, Mar 25, 2015
To each his or her own, eh? - rac1, Mar 25, 2015
They probably have bigger wallets too :-)! - Jraider, Mar 25, 2015
A Natalia le.... :) - Pablo064, Mar 25, 2015
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Los murciélagos frugívoros saben cuando el fruto en mi jardin

está maduro delante antes que yo

Fruit bats know when the fruit is ripe in my garden before I do

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updated Mar 25, 2015
edited by ray76
posted by ray76
They're watching you, Raymon. :) - rac1, Mar 25, 2015
They seem to be imposing creatues ;-((!!!!! - Jraider, Mar 25, 2015
...jardín está maduro antes que yo... :) - Pablo064, Mar 25, 2015
Thanks time , I did wrestle with that ending and actually had your better one but crossed it out , bad choice. - ray76, Mar 25, 2015
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Pinocho pudo convertirse en un niño verdadero sólo cuando ya era maduro y quiso sacrificarse por los demás.

Pinocchio could turn into a real child only when he was already mature and wanted to sacrifice himself for the others.

updated Mar 26, 2015
edited by porcupine7
posted by porcupine7
The wonders of Disney..:) - rac1, Mar 25, 2015
This was one of Disney's best :-)! - Jraider, Mar 25, 2015
good :) - Pablo064, Mar 25, 2015
¿Pinocho es Pinocchio en español? Aprendí algo nuevo hoy. :) - Daniela2041, Mar 25, 2015
Gracias amigos - porcupine7, Mar 26, 2015
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Aunque muchos de los otros vertebrados tienen la visión tetracromática, la mayoría de los mamíferos tiene la dicromática, pero debido a que tienen que encontrar fruta madura, los monos del mundo viejo, los monos del mundo nuevo, y algunos de los marsupiales han evolucionado separadamente una forma de visión tricromática; sin embargo, estos animales no ven cosas en la misma manera que las aves.

Although many of the other vertebrates have tetrachromatic vision, the majority of the mammals have dichromatic vision, but due to the need to find mature fruit, the New World monkeys, the Old World monkeys, and some of the marsupials have separately evolved a form of trichromatic vision; nonetheless, these animals do not see things in the same way that birds do.

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updated Mar 26, 2015
edited by bosquederoble
posted by bosquederoble
Such a beautiful bird! - rac1, Mar 25, 2015
That is not how we see that bird; added another picture. :) - bosquederoble, Mar 25, 2015
Bosque, how do birds see fish in muddy water? We have been watching them over the last couple of rainy days and I'm amazed that they find things where I cannot se beyond mud-coloured murk. - annierats, Mar 25, 2015
They have a higher receptor density, so better acuity, I don't know if the additional colors they can see help or not, also some birds have the ability to detec light polarization- I wonder if that helps with ripples in the water? But I am not sure. - bosquederoble, Mar 25, 2015
Iinteresting bosque, I have read about the way fish see also :-)! - Jraider, Mar 25, 2015
Wow! - Findy, Mar 25, 2015
stunning bird. muy interesante - languagenut, Mar 25, 2015
no veo errores, está claro en Español - Pablo064, Mar 25, 2015
Gracias, Tiempo. :) - bosquederoble, Mar 25, 2015
Bees and birds of course both see flowers very differently than we do. - bosquederoble, Mar 26, 2015
7
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Hay una canción de Joan Manuel Serrat llamada La mujer que yo quiero, que contiene la maravillosa frase :

La mujer que yo quiero, es fruta jugosa

madurando feliz, dulce y vanidosa.

song

There is a song by Joan Manuel Serrat called '' The woman I love'' which contains the lovely sentence:

The woman whom I love is a juicy fruit,

maturing/ripening happily, sweetly and with vanity.

( well, how do you translate vanidosa here?)

updated Mar 25, 2015
edited by annierats
posted by annierats
Nice song, Annie. :) - rac1, Mar 25, 2015
Women age like fine wine ;-)! - Jraider, Mar 25, 2015
I think that 'por' is okay I don't know but you can say 'hay una canción de Joan..' :) - Pablo064, Mar 25, 2015
Bueno, Tiempo, 'de' it is. - annierats, Mar 25, 2015
I love it, rac. And great comment Jraider! - annierats, Mar 25, 2015
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¿Es verdad que te puedes saber si un melon está maduro por golpeándolo él ?

Is it true that you can find out if a melon is ripe by thumping it?

updated Mar 26, 2015
edited by Jraider
posted by Jraider
You can tell more by the shape and color. :) - rac1, Mar 25, 2015
...que puedes saber...maduro golpeándolo?... :) - Pablo064, Mar 25, 2015
Creo que sí. - annierats, Mar 25, 2015
Good question! - LuisCache, Mar 25, 2015
Muchas gracias tiempo :-)! - Jraider, Mar 25, 2015
I think the only way is to cut into it. Melons stop ripening as soon as they are picked. - ian-hill, Mar 26, 2015
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Somos como las manzanas. Al principio somos pequeños y verde, después más grandes, maduros y más útiles, y finalmente nos hacemos viejo y arrugados y nos caemos del árbol.

We are like apples. At first we are small and green, then larger, mature and more useful, and finally we become old and wrinkled and we fall off the tree.

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updated Mar 27, 2015
edited by jennysk
posted by jennysk
Never thought about it, but you are right. - rac1, Mar 25, 2015
¡Qué buena parábola! - Jubilado, Mar 26, 2015
...al principio...después más grandes...útiles...finalmente nos hacemos viejo.. :) - Pablo064, Mar 26, 2015
5
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Javier es muy maduro para su edad.

Javier is very mature for his age.

El proyecto no está suficientemente maduro.

The plan hasn’t been properly thought through.

updated Mar 26, 2015
posted by ian-hill
Thanks for the examples, Ian. xo - rac1, Mar 25, 2015
De nada princesa xx - ian-hill, Mar 25, 2015
5
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Para la deliciosa sopa, gazpacho, los tomates deben estar maduros.

For the delicious soup, gazpacho, the tomatoes must be ripe.

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updated Mar 26, 2015
posted by languagenut
Looks good! - rac1, Mar 25, 2015