La Palabra Del Dia: "pared"
pared ( pah-rehd' )
noun ( wall )
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1. Queremos tumbar esta pared para conectar la cocina y el comedor.
We want to knock down this wall to connect the kitchen and the dining room.
2. Finalmente colgué los cuadros en las paredes de mi casa nueva.
I finally hung up the picture frames on the walls of my new house. .
Notes
"Pared" is usually used to refer to the walls of a building. For larger, free-standing structures (like the Berlin Wall or China's Great Wall), words like "muro" or "muralla" are used.
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Las colosales muros de Saqsaywaman son realmente impresionantes.
The colossal walls of Saqsaywaman are really awesome.
"muro" is a Spanish synonym for "pared"
Las células de plantas tienen paredes celulares.
Plants cells have cell walls.
¡Muchas gracias Jraider y Rac!
¿Qué le dijo una pared a otra?
Encuéntreme en la esquina.
What did one wall say to the other?
Meet me at the corner.
Cuando estamos en una situación dificultosa, se dice que estamos entre la espada y la pared.
When we are in a situation fraught with difficulty it is said that we are between the sword and the wall. (Enlgish modismo: "between a rock and a hard place.")
¡Sofia subía por las paredes del aburrimiento toda (o durante?) la semana pasada, porque estaba lloviendo sin parar y sus padres no la permitieron visitar a sus amigos en la ciudad vecina*!
o ¿se puede decir, 'en la ciudad más cercana'*?
Sofía was 'climbing the walls' from boredom all last week because it was raining non stop and her parents did not allow her to visit her friends in the neighbouring town!
Corrijan mi español si es necesario, por favor
El hombre rompió la pared de hielo.
The man broke the wall of ice.
Las paredes de piedra resultan muy decorativas como demuestran las casas rústicas , pero en una recamara no tienen la calidez necesaria.
The stone walls turn out to be very decorative as the rustic houses demonstrate it , but in a bedroom they do not have the necessary warmth.
Jai Alai, un deporte muy peligroso y rapido, se juega en una cancha con tres paredes.
Jai Alai, a very dangerous and fast sport, is played on a court with three walls.
Tienes Hay que construir una pared de un ladrillo a la vez.
You have to build a wall one brick at a time.
Las paredes son tan delgadas en algunos hoteles que puedes oír la conversación en una habitación vecina.
The walls are so thin in some hotels that you can hear the conversation in a neighboring room.
Topar con pared
--¿Disculpe, la entrada del estacionamiento?
--Siga todo derecho hasta topar con pared y dé vuelta a la derecha.
--Excuse me, where is the entrance to the car park?
--Go straightforward to the end of the street, then turn right.
Hay varios carteles en la pared.
There are several posters on the wall.
David vio la escritura en la pared y dejó su trabajo.
David saw the writing on the wall and left his work.
Cuando esté en España , voy a querdarme una noche en Ávila donde están las maravillosas grandes paredes alrededor de la ciudad antigua.
When I am in Spain I am going to stay one night in Ávila where there are wonderful big walls around the old city.
Parece que las paredes de la habitación en la que mi hermana y mi cuñado se queden están no son lo suficientemente gruesas para bloquear los sonidos de la sierra eléctrica que los obreros usan para cortar baldosas en el hotel que construyen están construyendo al lado de éste, y por eso mañana van a cambiar su habitación por una que no está esté cerca de la construcción.
It seems that the walls of the room in which my sister and brother-in-law are staying are not sufficiently thick to block the sounds of the electric saw that the workers are using to cut tiles in the hotel that they are building next to this one, and so tomorrow they are going to change their room for one that is not near the construction.
