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La Palabra Del Dia: "pálido"

La Palabra Del Dia: "pálido"

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pálido ( pah'-lee-doh )

adjective ( pale )

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Examples:

1. ¡Estoy tan pálida! Tengo que ir a tomar sol a la playa.

I'm so pale! I have to go to the beach to catch some sun.

2. ¿Estás bien? Te ves muy pálido.

Are you well? You look very pale. .

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updated Jun 9, 2015
posted by rac1
Hola princesa xx - ian-hill, Jun 6, 2015
Hola, Amber♥♥ - Daniela2041, Jun 6, 2015
Hola mis amigos. ♥♥ xo - rac1, Jun 6, 2015

17 Answers

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Después de un mes en el sol de España, voy a tener un buen bronceado. Cuando vuelva al sud de Australia, mis amigos y mi familia van a parecer bastante pálidos porque es el invierno allí, y bastante frio.

After a month in the Spanish sun I will have a good suntan. When I return to southern Australia , my friends and family will look quite pale, because it is winter there and quite cold.

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updated Jun 9, 2015
edited by jennysk
posted by jennysk
I'm glad the weather has cooperated. :) - rac1, Jun 6, 2015
;) - jrschenk, Jun 6, 2015
You got carried away a bit... el invierno :) - Raja-jani, Jun 6, 2015
Eac, |It is summer here! - annierats, Jun 6, 2015
;) - Pablo064, Jun 6, 2015
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¡Gracias por Span¡shD!ct! Todos otros sitios web son pálidos en comparison comparación.

Thanks for Span¡shD!ct! All other websites pale in comparison.

Paula era tan pálida como una paloma sobre un palacio blanco.
Paula was as pale as a dove on a white palace.

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updated Jun 7, 2015
edited by DilKen
posted by DilKen
He doesn't get a break. - rac1, Jun 6, 2015
Very clever, Ken. ;) - jrschenk, Jun 6, 2015
Thanks Jr, but I have no idea whether this would be said this way in Spanish:) - DilKen, Jun 6, 2015
comparación... probably you were beaten by the auto-correct :) - Raja-jani, Jun 6, 2015
Raj: no I just "winged it" and thought comparison wss the same in both languages. Normally -ción is for -tion word in Englsih, but not this time:( - DilKen, Jun 6, 2015
mmh 'Gracias a SD todos los otros sitios web ..' you can say either 'Paula 'era pálida como' una paloma sobre un palacio blanco. or 'Paula 'estaba' tan pálida como una paloma sobre un palacio blanco.' :) - Pablo064, Jun 6, 2015
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No importa de qué tono de la piel, ya sea palída o no, debe protegerla con protector solar para prevenir el cáncer de piel.

¡Muchas gracias, Tiempo! smile

No matter what your skin tone is, whether pale or not, you should protect it with sunscreen to prevent skin cancer.

updated Jun 6, 2015
edited by sanlee
posted by sanlee
Absolutely, amiga. ♥ - rac1, Jun 6, 2015
Yes! See Falda-Escocesa's entry here... even William Wallace (a blue person) had the good sense to put sunscreen on part of his face. - jrschenk, Jun 6, 2015
I did see that :) - sanlee, Jun 6, 2015
:) - Daniela2041, Jun 6, 2015
As a foot note here - William Wallce may have used sunscreen but he never put blue on his face. That practice went out of fashion before he appeared in history. - ian-hill, Jun 6, 2015
''no importa 'de' qué tono 'sea' su piel..sea pálida o no..(no 'ya')..(I used 'su' because you used 'debe') - Pablo064, Jun 6, 2015
Muchas gracias Tiempo! - sanlee, Jun 6, 2015
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El color natural de la gente escocesa es más gris que pálido, quizás como el color de la primera capa sobre un coche antes de ser pintado. Tengo que pasar una semana en la playa para hacerme blanco. Según una leyenda antigua, los escoceses son descendientes de una tribu perdida de pitufos. Ver en esta pictura: Mel Gibson (escoces honorario, relacionado por alcohol) tiene rayas de pintura blanca sobre la piel azul de su rostro:

The natural colour of the Scots folk is greyer than pale, perhaps like car undercoat before painting. I have to spend a week on the beach in order to turn white. According to an ancient legend, the Scots are descended from a lost tribe of smurfs. See in this picture: Mel Gibson (honorary Scot, related through booze) has stripes of white paint on the blue skin of his face:

¡ Es verdad ! It's true !

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updated Jun 7, 2015
edited by Faldaesque
posted by Faldaesque
Really? I have never heard that. - rac1, Jun 6, 2015
I love the ideals embodied in this early smurf. ;) - jrschenk, Jun 6, 2015
Aha! I knew those smurfs were really a warlike race! - Noetol, Jun 6, 2015
Somebody should tell Page Two about this! - Daniela2041, Jun 6, 2015
Page Two, we await your comments! - annierats, Jun 6, 2015
..para ponerme.. ;) 'mira en esta foto..'por el alcohol' jaja very ingenious - Pablo064, Jun 6, 2015
Dani is right. Thanks for cheering me up, Falda! - Sassette, Jun 7, 2015
Dani and Annie are right :) - Sassette, Jun 7, 2015
Excellent. - mstivers, Jun 7, 2015
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Después de volver al hogar ayer se puso pálido David cuando vio que su casa había quemado a la tierra.

After returning home yesterday David became pale when he saw his house had burnt to the ground.

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updated Jun 7, 2015
posted by languagenut
Hola amiga. :) - rac1, Jun 6, 2015
I hope he ad read the small print of his insurance.. - annierats, Jun 6, 2015
'Ayer después de volver a su casa, David se puso pálido cuando su casa se había quemado hasta la tierra' :) - Pablo064, Jun 6, 2015
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En la pintura de Da Vinci, Jesús es presentado como tez pálida. Basado en el lugar en que vivió, no creo que eso sea verdad.

In the painting by Da Vinci, Jesus is portrayed as pale. Based on the area where He lived, I don't believe that was true.

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updated Jun 8, 2015
edited by jim5489
posted by jim5489
You're right. He was Jewish, too. :) - rac1, Jun 6, 2015
Besides, after converting all the water into wine he got a pink nose! A little known fact - annierats, Jun 6, 2015
..sea la verdad..(que eso sea verdad is better) ;) - Pablo064, Jun 6, 2015
King David, an ancestor of Jesus (according to Mary's line) was described as haveing a "ruddy" complexionl. He was probab like so many freckled faced red headed Jews you see even these days. - Daniela2041, Jun 7, 2015
California joke: If Jesus was Jewish, why did he have a Mexican name? - mstivers, Jun 7, 2015
I get your joke, but His name is really "Yeshua". The Greeks changed that to "iesus" and by time it came into English, It had attained the "j" sound. Spanish messes that name up even more. - Daniela2041, Jun 7, 2015
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Los inígenas de los EEUU les llamaban "caras pálidas" a los europeos que invadieron su tierra.

The Indigenous people (Indians) of the USA called the Europeans who invaded their land "palefaces"

(The photo is done in fun--I have no intention of insulting anybody here.)

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updated Jun 7, 2015
posted by Daniela2041
Makes me think of that "homeland security/fighting terrorism since 1492" picture. - jim5489, Jun 6, 2015
Even though it is true. ♥ - rac1, Jun 6, 2015
For most of us in the U.S., our ancestors had nothing to do with the displacement of native Americans. Our ancestors were in Europe (or Mexico:) when this occurred. - DilKen, Jun 6, 2015
Daniela, these people have my sympathy, for what it is worth. - annierats, Jun 6, 2015
Thanks, Annie..what happened was inexcusable. - rac1, Jun 6, 2015
Right on Daniela! - mstivers, Jun 7, 2015
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Se preguntaban por qué Serafina parecía Serafina tan pálida hasta que le conocieran conocieron a su amante.

They were wondering why Seraphina looked so pale until they met her lover.

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updated Jun 7, 2015
edited by bosquederoble
posted by bosquederoble
These vampire lovers are everywhere.. - annierats, Jun 6, 2015
He doesn't look too pale. :) - rac1, Jun 6, 2015
Rac, where do you think her blood has gone? - annierats, Jun 6, 2015
:) - Raja-jani, Jun 6, 2015
..qué Serafina parecía tan (this order sound more natural)..que conocieron.. ;) - Pablo064, Jun 6, 2015
Gracias, Tiempo. :) - bosquederoble, Jun 7, 2015
you don't 'le' but I see you like that word jajaj - Pablo064, Jun 7, 2015
No please fix it when I forget when I am using a direct or indirect object. :) - bosquederoble, Jun 7, 2015
Th problem is that evertime I use "a alguien" either I forget the "a" or it makes me use "le". :) - bosquederoble, Jun 7, 2015
Anyway, i will pay more attention going forward, that is what this it for, to point out what we need to focus on. :) - bosquederoble, Jun 7, 2015
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Shakira luce un nuevo aspecto : la cara pálida. Este aspecto hace que Shakira parezca un fantasma.

Shakira is sporting a new look: the pale face. This look makes Shakira look like a ghost.

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updated Jun 7, 2015
posted by Sassette
I am so glad that you saw the Mel Gibson post. - Daniela2041, Jun 7, 2015
Buen photoshop or gimp :p - Pablo064, Jun 7, 2015
I don't like it. lol ♥♥ - rac1, Jun 7, 2015
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When I saw the cost of a first-class ticket, I turned pale.

Cuándo vi el precio de un billete de primera clase, me puse pálida.

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updated Jun 7, 2015
edited by AnnRon
posted by AnnRon
I'm with you on this one :) - Raja-jani, Jun 6, 2015
It is outlandish. - rac1, Jun 6, 2015
or pálida jeje - Pablo064, Jun 6, 2015
Well, yes, in my case: pálida. Gracias, tiempo. - AnnRon, Jun 7, 2015
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Hoy en día en el Reino Unido, unos jóvenes usan bronceado falso para no parecer demasiado pálidos. No necesitarían hacer así si no hiciera tanto frío aquí.

Nowadays in the UK, some young people use fake tan so as not to seem too pale. They wouldn't need to do so if it wasn't so cold here.

updated Jun 7, 2015
edited by kenzoomoo
posted by kenzoomoo
Hi Ken. Welcome to SpanishDict and the thread. :) - rac1, Jun 6, 2015
Bienvenido. Some ofus older people do it too! Probably everybody does it, who wants to look white? - annierats, Jun 6, 2015
Hi Welcome ;) - Pablo064, Jun 6, 2015
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The ghostly pale face of impending doom hovered above their heads.

El rostro pálido fantasmal de la fatalidad inminente se cernía sobre sus cabezas.

updated Jun 7, 2015
edited by ian-hill
posted by ian-hill
Ian: Muy poetica:) - DilKen, Jun 6, 2015
Very....:):) - rac1, Jun 6, 2015
Really? And what happened next? - annierats, Jun 6, 2015
wow :) - Pablo064, Jun 6, 2015
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Estoy seguro de que hay camareros que creen que 15% de propina es pálida.

I am sure that there are waiters who think that 15% tip is meager.

updated Jun 7, 2015
posted by Raja-jani
It's better than no tip at all, but I can understand too. - rac1, Jun 6, 2015
Raj: I think it is strange:) but I think you need to say "el 15%" or "un 15%" in Spanish. - DilKen, Jun 6, 2015
Yes Ken and 'pálido' doesn't work here :I - Pablo064, Jun 6, 2015
Maybe it's a Spain thing. I've heard and seen it used that way. pero no sería "pálida" sería "pálido" para acordar con el/un quince por ciento. - Daniela2041, Jun 7, 2015
I even have an entry in my Larousse Span/Eng dictionary that gives an example of that use, that is, for "meager" - Daniela2041, Jun 7, 2015
Thank you, Dani. I matched palida with propina. Correct? - Raja-jani, Jun 7, 2015
You did, but I think "de propina" is an adjectival phrase describing "un quince porciento" so that's why I used pálidO" I could be mistaken. If you leave out the propina it still sort of makes sense, but if you leave out the 15 percent, it doesn't. - Daniela2041, Jun 7, 2015
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"El jinete pálido" es una de mis películas favoritas. Por supuesto, Clint Eastwood es un actor increíble, y también todos las otras personas en este espectáculo.

"Pale Rider" is one of my favorite movies. Of course, Clint Eastwood is an incredible actor, as well as the other people in this show.

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updated Jun 7, 2015
edited by Noetol
posted by Noetol
todas las otras personas :) - Raja-jani, Jun 6, 2015
Es uno de mis favoritos, demasiado. - jrschenk, Jun 6, 2015
That must be an old movie, eh? - rac1, Jun 6, 2015
...todas las otras personas... ;) - Pablo064, Jun 6, 2015
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En su boda elegante las damas de honor estuvieron vestidas con ropa de color rosa pálido.

In her elegant wedding the bridesmaids were dressed in clothes of pale pink .

updated Jun 7, 2015
edited by porcupine7
posted by porcupine7
Very good, Porcu...You don't really need "color" at the end, but it isn't wrong. :) - rac1, Jun 6, 2015
I don't think you need to use the plural "ropas". Normally this is left singular. - Noetol, Jun 6, 2015
In English it would be much more common to say "the bridesmaids wore pink dresses" - DilKen, Jun 6, 2015
Ken, it's not pink, it's pale pink....get it straight. You men just don't understand...Lol - rac1, Jun 6, 2015
Rac: lol, particularly because pale / palida is the word of the day:) OK pale pink dresses. - DilKen, Jun 6, 2015
Rosa clara puede ser muy palida.. - annierats, Jun 6, 2015
..estuvieron 'vestidas con ropa' de color rosa 'pálido' :) - Pablo064, Jun 6, 2015
Gracias amigos - porcupine7, Jun 7, 2015