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La Palabra Del Dia: "mundial"

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mundial ( moon-dyahl' )

adjective ( worldwide, world )

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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. Los economistas están en desacuerdo sobre si la crisis mundial económica continuará.

Economists are in disagreement about whether the worldwide economic crisis will continue.

2. La próxima Copa Mundial se jugará en Catar.

The next World Cup will be played in Qatar.
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updated May 26, 2015
posted by rac1
Qué lindo ! Gracias Rac - porcupine7, May 19, 2015
¡Feliz martes panda para todos! lol :) - crucesignatus, May 19, 2015
Thanks Porcu. :) - rac1, May 19, 2015
Gracias Cru. jejeje - rac1, May 19, 2015
Hey, Ambette ♥♥♥ - Sassette, May 19, 2015
Hi, Missy. ♥♥♥ - rac1, May 19, 2015
Hola cutie! Gracias :-)! - Jraider, May 19, 2015
De nada, JR. :) - rac1, May 19, 2015
I'll vote later, terribly busy doing totally useless things, but such is life. - annierats, May 19, 2015
I'm sure they're not useless. jeje - rac1, May 19, 2015

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El día mundial de la salud intenta llamar la atención a la importancia de la salud a escala mundial.

World Health Day tries to draw attention to the importance of health worldwide.

updated May 26, 2015
posted by porcupine7
Very good, Porcu. ♥ - rac1, May 19, 2015
well put, Porcu. - Sassette, May 19, 2015
hehe my birthday :D - Pablo064, May 19, 2015
Bien hecho porcu :-)! - Jraider, May 19, 2015
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Caminar por el mundo es importante para aprender que no solo eres un producto de tu propio país. Eres al mismo tiempo más pequeño y más grande que eso. Cuando te rodeas con personas que no hablan tu lengua nativa pero puedes entenderlas sin embargo, entonces tu mundo se hace más pequeño y más grande. Cuando al fin puedes hacerlas reir, eres un hombre mundial veradero.

To walk the Earth is important for learning that you are not merely a product of your own country. You're simultaneously less than this yet more. When you surround yourself with folk who do not speak your mother tongue, yet you can understand them nonetheless, then your world becomes smaller and bigger. When at last you can make them laugh, then you're truly a man of the world.

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updated May 20, 2015
edited by Faldaesque
posted by Faldaesque
Well said Falda...great post. - osas-baby, May 19, 2015
Beautiful post!! - rac1, May 19, 2015
Really nice post! Just a little typo with "propRio" That, of course, takes nothing away from an excellent post. Way to go! - Sassette, May 19, 2015
Thanks. I'll edit... ;-) - Faldaesque, May 19, 2015
Excelente. - jrschenk, May 19, 2015
the only one detail 'eres verdaderamente un hombre mundial'..amazing sentence! - Pablo064, May 19, 2015
Interesting thoughts Falda :-)! - Jraider, May 19, 2015
Estoy de acuerdo con tiempo, aunque también tendría sentido de la forma en que lo expresas, salvo la disgrafía en "veradero" que debe ser: "verDadero". :) - crucesignatus, May 19, 2015
Excelente reflexión friend Falda. :) - crucesignatus, May 19, 2015
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La canción de ZZ Top, "soy malo, estoy en toda la nación" atrajo la atención mundial.
The ZZ Top song, "I'm bad, I'm Nationwide" attracted worldwide attention.

ZZ Top

I'm Bad, I'm Nationwide

updated May 20, 2015
posted by jrschenk
just grow a long beard and flip on some shades and we will all call you "ZZ" :) - Sassette, May 19, 2015
The Z!!! - rac1, May 19, 2015
That little ole' band from Texas :-)! - Jraider, May 19, 2015
And I love knowing that it's pronounced Tay-Has. ;) - jrschenk, May 19, 2015
Buen blues! - LuisCache, May 19, 2015
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El mundo es como un libro y aquellos que no viajan, leen sólo una página.

The world is like a book and those who do not travel, read only a page.

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updated May 20, 2015
posted by osas-baby
Liike Sir Ian, I hope to read many pages.. - osas-baby, May 19, 2015
Well said, indeed! - rac1, May 19, 2015
Sucinto y bien dicho. - jrschenk, May 19, 2015
Sí mi hermana. I have to catch up on my bucket list for travelling :-)! - Jraider, May 19, 2015
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¿Crees que será la tercera guerra mundial? No lo creo.

Do you think there will be the third world war? I don’t think so.

updated May 20, 2015
posted by Raja-jani
No. - osas-baby, May 19, 2015
Not like the others. - rac1, May 19, 2015
so many seem to assume there will be a war to end all wars (WWIII?) Why make such a dire assumption about the future? So I say no, not necessarily. - Sassette, May 19, 2015
'there will be' is 'habrá'---¿Crees que habrá 'una' tercera guerra..? - Pablo064, May 19, 2015
I hope that Page and rac are right :-)! - Jraider, May 19, 2015
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Creo que uno de los hombres más guapos de este mundo fue el campeón de boxeo mundial Mohammad Ali.

I think that one of the most handsome men in this world was the world boxing champion, Mohammad Ali.

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updated May 20, 2015
posted by Daniela2041
As he used to say: Ain't I pretty?" :-)! - Jraider, May 19, 2015
Evidently he thought so too. lol ♥ - rac1, May 19, 2015
I'm old, I still remember when he went by Cassius Clay. - jrschenk, May 19, 2015
The greatest.★ - osas-baby, May 19, 2015
If the timing had worked out better I could see you and Ali on a romantic date: both in the ring knocking each other silly :-) - Sassette, May 19, 2015
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Alán is a traveler that who shows to the whole world the places that he visits in a way reasonable and entertaining way.

Alán es un viajero que muestra a todo el mundo los lugares que visita de una manera razonable y amena.

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Para ver sus videos haz click en el enlace de su página web (¡Es en Castellano!). smile

http://www.alanxelmundo.com/

updated May 20, 2015
edited by crucesignatus
posted by crucesignatus
......"that shows the whole world places"... ...."in a reasonable and entertaining way" :) - rac1, May 19, 2015
you can tell that rac1 has really worked on her English :) - Sassette, May 19, 2015
Thank you so much Amber! :) - crucesignatus, May 19, 2015
jeje, podría haber hecho un post sobre el próximo mundial Rusia 2018... :) - crucesignatus, May 19, 2015
My fav is Anthony Bourdain :-)! - Jraider, May 19, 2015
Cruce: Use "who" for "que" when you are talking about a person. SD dictionary example: El hombre que le salvó la vida a mi bebé está aquí.The man who saved my baby's life is here. - DilKen, May 19, 2015
@Jraider, interesante amigo, será una razón más para aprender inglés. :) - crucesignatus, May 19, 2015
@Ken, gracias friend. :) - crucesignatus, May 19, 2015
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Qué haríamos sin la Web Mundial?

What would we do without the World Wide Web?

updated May 20, 2015
posted by Jraider
Hola mi Hermano, you were missed. - osas-baby, May 19, 2015
Get more rest and exercise for sure. :) - rac1, May 19, 2015
Puede haber notado que en generaciones pasadas, la gente tenía más niños. - jrschenk, May 19, 2015
We used to just watch TV :-)! - Jraider, May 19, 2015
Read newspapers? - jennysk, May 20, 2015
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El XVI La edición número 16 del Campeonato Mundial de Natación (el año 2015) tendrá lugar en Kazán, Rusia, desde el 24 de julio hasta el 9 de agosto de 2015. No creo que yo no vaya a ir.

¡Muchas gracias, Tiempo! smile

The 16th World Aquatics Championships ( 2015) will take place in Kazan, Russia, from July 24 to August 9, 2015. I don't think I am going to go.

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updated May 20, 2015
edited by sanlee
posted by sanlee
love that logo. I'm a swimmer but wouldn't qualify to compete :) - Sassette, May 19, 2015
It would be fun, though. :) - rac1, May 19, 2015
Me either, but as you get older, there are fewer of us left, but that is only for local and regional meets. - sanlee, May 19, 2015
Two ways: 'El decimosexto' Campeonato Mundial de Natación' or ''La edición numero 16' del Campeonato...' - Pablo064, May 19, 2015
you can also say..'del' 24 de julio 'al' 9 de agosto (just so you know ;)) 'creo que no voy a ir' and with subjunctive 'no creo que 'vaya' a ir' (I think that there was a thread with 'no creo que' recently) - Pablo064, May 19, 2015
Muchas gracias, Tiempo! - sanlee, May 19, 2015
Nice logo. - LuisCache, May 19, 2015
¡Muchas gracias, Luis! - sanlee, May 19, 2015
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El calentamiento global es un problema mundial.

Global warming is a worldwide problem.

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Melting of the glaciers (in Duo)

Here is a translation some of the members here did about the melting of the glacier.

updated May 20, 2015
edited by quantifier
posted by quantifier
Well done, Quantifier! :) - Waidh, May 19, 2015
Very good illustration. - rac1, May 19, 2015
Excellent. This was translated by several of our members, including Ana, Josep, Quantifier and me. - sanlee, May 19, 2015
Muy bien Q :-)! - Jraider, May 19, 2015
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Se predijo que una crisis de escala mundial sucedería si el problema de Y2k no arreglara se arreglaba, y se gastaron miles de millones de dólares para arreglarlo. Llené mi baño bañadera con agua para usar en el inodoro por si en caso de que el agua fallara, pero no hice nada más para prepararme, y nada que yo podía pudiese detectar sucedió, y todavía no estoy seguro de lo que hubiera suceder habría sucedido si no lo hubiesen arreglado.

It was predicted that a crisis of world-wide scale would happen if the Y2k problem was not fixed, and billions of dollars were spent to fix it. I filled my bathtub with water to use in the toilet in case the water failed, but didn’t do anything else to get ready, and nothing that I was able to detect happened, and I still am not sure what would have happened if they had not fixed it.

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updated May 20, 2015
edited by bosquederoble
posted by bosquederoble
Tiempo- I apologize in advance if I tried something too complicated for my current abilities. :) - bosquederoble, May 19, 2015
The only thing we have to fear, is fear itself :-)! - Jraider, May 19, 2015
If there even was such a problem. - rac1, May 19, 2015
...y2k no se arreglaba..llené mi 'bañadera' con...either 'por' si el agua 'fallaba' or 'en caso de que' el agua 'fallara'...que yo pudiese detectar pasó/sucedió..de lo que habría sucedido si no...' - Pablo064, May 19, 2015
I had to resort to the English version to understand it, with so many assumptions it was difficult even for my jeje good job! - Pablo064, May 19, 2015
I'm glad you didn't fill your bathtub with water to use as a toilet :-) - Sassette, May 19, 2015
I don't understand it, what is fearo yK2? H2O is water.. What does the Y stand for? - annierats, May 19, 2015
I wonder if it should be "hubieseN arreglado." - Sassette, May 19, 2015
Thank you Tiempo and Page. :) - bosquederoble, May 19, 2015
Three of the mistakes were stupid. :( - bosquederoble, May 19, 2015
we all make stupid mistakes! I mean we are all learning a new language here, it's going to happen...even to someone like you who is advanced compared to where I'm at. - Sassette, May 19, 2015
Y2k is the abbreviation for Year 2000. 2k=2000, Y for year. :) - bosquederoble, May 19, 2015
From what I can tell it is legitimately used in Spanish as well despite the Y for year not being an A. :) - bosquederoble, May 19, 2015
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Hoy en día falta hombres sabios que tengan mundo. Todo el mundo cree que lo necesario para conocer el mundo es viajar por él, pero de verdad, los viajeros solo encuentran aeropuertos, puertos y autobúses desde que envian selfies y pegan fotos en sus cuentas de Facebook que ahora es el método mundíal para comunicar de que estás de viaje en otro mundo, o al menos que tienes siete horas de esperanza en el aeropuerto de Yundum y que te aburres.

Nowadays there is a lack of wise men with experience of the world. Everybody thinks that in order to get to know the world you have to travel all around it, but really, travellers only find airports, harbours and buses , from which they send selfies and put up photos on their Facebook accounts, which, these days, is the worldwide method of communicating with others that you're travelling in another world, or, at least, that you have to spend seven hours waiting in the airport of Yundum and you're bored.

updated May 20, 2015
edited by annierats
posted by annierats
Tiempo, should I have subjunctive after the 'para que?' - annierats, May 19, 2015
Correcciones: ...sabios que T E N G A N mundo... ...E L mundo es viajAr por él; pero... ...autobuses desde donde envían selfies... - crucesignatus, May 19, 2015
...Facebook, que... ...para comunicA R -- Q U E estás de viaje... ...o A L menos... ...horas E S P E R A N D O en el aeropuerto D E Yundum y que te abuR R E S. :) - crucesignatus, May 19, 2015
I think to really know, one would need to spend more time in each place. :) - rac1, May 19, 2015
Annie you always forget the 'L' in 'aL menos' lol 100% agree with cruces! :D - Pablo064, May 19, 2015
Tiempo, I always make the same effing mistakes, it is dispiriting. Gracias a ambos. - annierats, May 19, 2015
And besides, where on Earth is Yundum? - annierats, May 19, 2015
SD is an example of the way the world has come to us instead of us going to it. - Jraider, May 19, 2015
No te desanimes Annie, tu párrafo es bueno, jeje ya me imagino escribiendo un párrafo en Inglés, ¡tal vez tenga el doble de errores o más que tú Annie! :) - crucesignatus, May 19, 2015
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Using future subjunctive of exceder: (I have read that this form is rarely used)
No creo que la población mundial excediere diez mil millones billones de personas para 2050.

Using present subjunctive of exceder:
No creo que la población mundial exceda diez mil millones billones de personas para 2050.

Using present subjunctive of ir + a = informal future
No creo que la población mundial vaya a exceder diez mil millones billones de personas para 2050.

I do not think that the world population will exceed ten billion people by 2050.
I do not think that the world population will exceed ten billion people by 2050.
I do not think that the world population is going to exceed ten billion people by 2050.

Wikipedia Article on Population Growth

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updated May 20, 2015
edited by DilKen
posted by DilKen
Interesting. :) - rac1, May 19, 2015
that's correct. As I pay more attention to the use of the subjunctive I notice that the future subjunctive is not used, I don't know why that would be, it just is I guess. - Sassette, May 19, 2015
You are right, Ken, the future subjunctive is rarely used nowadays. It is more used in legal writings, such as laws or contracts. - LuisCache, May 19, 2015
Normally one billion in English is not equivalent to "un billón" in Spanish, but to "mil millones": 1,000,000,000 (nine ceros). - LuisCache, May 19, 2015
In Spanish, one billion is 1,000,000,000,000, or un millón de millones (twelve ceros). - LuisCache, May 19, 2015
Thanks Luis. I will fix it. Is it correct to leave the "de"? - DilKen, May 19, 2015
The future subjunctive is also used in the Reina-Valera version of the Bible. Both the old version and the 1960 Versión Revisada. - Daniela2041, May 19, 2015
Sí, "diez mil millones de personas". Saludos! - LuisCache, May 19, 2015
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La Naciones Unidos fue fundada para traer la paz y para los miembros trabajar juntos en los problemas mundial. Ha tenido muchos éxitos, pero por supuesto hay muchas dificultades porque muchos paises y hasta individuales quieren utilizarla para sus propios fines.

The United Nations was founded to bring peace and for the members to work together on world problems. It has had many successes, but of course there are many difficulties because many countries and even individuals want to use it for their own ends.

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updated May 20, 2015
edited by jennysk
posted by jennysk
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The champion of the world / El campeón mundial

Julio César Chávez fue seis veces campeón mundial en tres divisiones diferentes, superpluma, ligero y superligero, por el Consejo Mundial de Boxeo, la Asociación Mundial de Boxeo y la Federación Internacional de Boxeo. Durante muchos años fue considerado el mejor boxeador libra por libra.

Julio César Chávez was six times world champion in three different weight divisions, Super Featherweight, Lightweight and Light welterweight, from the World Boxing Council (WBC), the World Boxing Association (WBA) and the International Boxing Federation (IBF). For several years he was considered as the best pound-for-pound fighter.

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updated May 20, 2015
edited by LuisCache
posted by LuisCache
I imagine Daniela is asking herself, "Yah, but could he float like a butterfly or sting like a bee? (Mohammad Ali). - jrschenk, May 19, 2015
Yep! :) - rac1, May 19, 2015
Nop, he couldn't! - LuisCache, May 19, 2015