La Palabra Del Dia: "madera"
madera ( mah-dehr'-ah )
noun ( wood )
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1. Prefiero pisos de madera que alfombra.
I prefer wood floors to carpeting.
2. La teca es un tipo de madera que ha aumentado en popularidad recientemente.
Teak is a type of wood that has gained popularity recently.
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Tengo una mesa de vestir de madera de caoba que mi abuelo, un carpintero, hizo en el principio hizo al principio del siglo XX, que nos dio como un regalo de boda hace más de 35 años.
¡Muchas gracias, Tiempo y Ken!
I have a mahogany wood dressing table that my grandfather, a carpenter, made in the beginning of the 20th century that he gave us as a wedding present over 35 years ago.
Pregunta: ¿Cuánta madera podría lanzar una marmota si una marmota pudiese podría llanzar madera?
Question: How much wood could a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?
Respuesta: Una marmota lanzaría tanta madera como que una marmota podría lanzar si una marmota pudiese podría lanzar madera.
Answer: A woodchuck would chuck as much wood as a woodchuck could chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood.
Seaching on the internet, I found a similar saying with alliteration in Spanish:
¿Cuánta madera roería un roedor si los roedores royeran madera?
How much wood would a rodent gnaw if rodents gnawed wood?
Cuando quemamos cedro en nuestra estufa de madera que se llena la casa con un aroma maravilloso.
When we burn cedar in our woodstove it fills the house with a wonderful aroma.
Tengo un amigo de Argentina, Alejandro, tiene un tiempo difícil pronunciando el sonido de "O" en palabras como "wood" (madera), "would" (habría), "could" (podría), and "should" (debería).
I have a friend from Argentina, Alejandro, he has a hard time pronouncing the "O" sound in words like wood, would, could, and should.
Lo habría hecho, lo podría haber hecho, lo debería haber hecho.
I would have done it, I could have done it, I should have done it (Slang: woulda, coulda, shoulda).
Si lo hubiera hecho, lo hubiera hecho con la madera.
If I had done it, I would have done it with wood.
El verano pasado compramos dos cuerdos de leña. (Una cuerda de leña (en ingles conocida como “Cord”) es la medida que se utiliza para vender leña y equivale a 128 pies cúbicos.)
Last summer we bought two cords of wood. (A cord of wood is the measurement used to sell wood and is equivalent to 128 cubic feet.)
Sorry I did not use "madera", but I did use wood.
¿Tiene esta mujer una pierna de madera? No. Solo es en tatuaje muy realista.
Does this woman have a wooden leg? No. It's only a tatoo.
Es muy difícil para hervir el agua en un cubo de madera , pero no imposible.
It is very difficult to boil water in a wooden bucket, but not impossible.
Siempre he disfrutado haciendo cosas de madera, pero en este momento estoy en un lugar donde no puedo colgar nuevas fotos personales, y por eso, aunque no es la foto perfecta para mostrar esto, voy a reciclar la foto que colgué hace unos pocos días, y contarles que hice los dos bancos que pueden verse en la parte del patio más cercano y la mesita que rodean, y también la estantería jardinera que puede verse en la parte derecha del patio.
I have always enjoyed making things from wood, but right now I am somewhere that I can’t post new personal photos, and so, even though it is not the perfect photo to show this, I am going to recycle a photo that I posted a few days ago, and point out that I made the two benches that can be seen in the closest part of the patio and the table that they surround, and also the potting bench/shelves that can be seen to the right on the patio.
La madera es fuerte en este ser.
The wood is strong in this one.
See what I did there lol
Un trono es sólo un taburete de madera forrado de seda.
The throne is no more than a humble stool made of wood, lined with a deceptive film of satin.
Si necesitara tocar madera me resultaría fácil, vivo en una casita finlandesa hecha de madera en plena Andalucía. Lo normal.
f I were to need to touch wood it would be easy for me, I live in a Finnish wood-cabin in the middle of Andalucía. As one does.
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La palabra "would" en inglés es un homófono con "wood" (que significa "maderacolor>" en español) porque la letra "L" es muda. No hay una palabra española para la palabra inglesa "would" porque, en español usamos el tiempo condicional de los verbos en su lugar.
The word "would"in English is a homophone with "wood" (which means "madera" in Spanish) because the letter L is silent. They is no Spanish word for the English word "would" because in Spanish, we use the conditional tense of verbs instead.
Cuando era niña mi deseo más grande fue una casa de muñecas de madera. Por desgracia nunca la tuve, pero le compré una a mi nieta.
When I was a child my biggest desire was a wooden doll house. Unfortunately I never got it, but I bought one for my granddaughter.
Prefiero la madera pero tengo que estar contento contentarme con el plástico.
I prefer wood but I have to be content with plastic.
The golden cover of the woodcarving of the Sanctuary of Sacred Heart of Jesus sparkles to the beams of the natural light.
El pan de oro de la madera tallada del Santuario del Sagrado Corazón de Jesús reluce a los rayos de la luz natural.
Disculpen por no haber avisado que esa no era mi oración, acabo de corregirlo.
