La Palabra Del Dia: "vaca"
vaca ( bah'-kah )
noun ( cow )
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1. Se prohibe matar las vacas en el hinduismo, y la mayoría de los hindus no comen carne de res.
Hinduism prohibits the killing of cows, and a majority of Hindus do not eat beef.
2. Las vacas solo tienen un estómago, pero dividido en cuatro secciones.
Cows only have one stomach, but with four compartments.
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Hace unos pocos años solía encontrar con frecuencia estatuas de vacas pintadas y adornadas en los centros de las ciudades que visitaba, pero no he visto ninguna recientemente, y no estoy seguro de que sea porque ya no hay ninguna o porque no he visitado los lugares donde se encuentren.
A few years back I used to find painted and decorated statues of cows frequently in the downtowns of the cities that I was visiting, but I have not seen any recently, and I am not sure if that is because there no longer are any, or because I have not visited the places where they are found.
Érase una vez una vaca que se creía la vaca saltadora mejor del mundo. Puede ser que haya sido una vaca loca; pero una noche , después que las vacas fueron ordeñadas se fue saltando por la pura alegría de vivir y saltó a la luna. Todavía estamos esperando que la vaca vuelva.
Once upon a time there was a cow who believed she was the best bovine jumper in the world. Maybe she was a mad cow, but one night, after the cows had been milked she went jumping and for sheer joi de vivre, she jumped the moon. We're still waiting for the cow to come home.
La ciudad de Sacramento tiene una historia como centro agrícola. Así que a los a quienes que no les gusta la ciudad a veces la llaman una "cowtown" (villa de vaca). ¡Pero de hecho, hay una ciudad muy cercana que realmente se llama Vacaville!
The city of Sacramento has a history as an agricultural center. So those who don´t like the city sometimes call it a "cowtown" (villa de vaca). But in fact, there is a city very nearby that is really called Vacaville!
Yasmin ahorra el dinero para los años de vacas flacas. Es una mujer sabia. Voy a tomarlo prestado… ja ja ja!
Yasmin is saving money for lean years. She is a wise woman. I will borrow from her… ha ha ha!
When we were a children and we were in the first year of our basic studies we played "the cow". The game consisted of one of us being the cow and pursuing the others saying moo!
Cuando eramos niños y estábamos en el primer año de nuestros estudios básicos jugábamos a "la vaca". El juego consistía en que uno de nosotros era la vaca y perseguía a los otros ¡mugiendo! 
Es interesante que un restaurante de pollo famoso utilice una vaca como su mascota.
It is interesting that a famous chicken restaurant uses s cow as a mascot.
Es extraño cómo estamos en la misma onda. Mi respuesta en la foto del día tiene una anécdota acerca de un burro y una vaca.
It's uncanny how we are on the same wavelength. My answer in the picture of the day has a tale about a burro and a cow.
My entry makes fun of the English idiom "on the fence" which means that one has difficulty making choices.
Adivino que esta vaca no pueda tomar una desición.
I guess this cow can not make a decision.
These are the concrete cows in Milton Keynes.
Estas son las vacas hormigón en Milton Keynes.
Para la publicidad del chocolate Milka utilizan una vaca de color lila, o sea un color nunca visto en una vaca.
For the publicity of the chocolate Milka they use a lilac-colored cow, that is a color never seen in a cow.
Me gusta vacas, pero también me gusta comerlas (pobrecitas). En bretaña el gobierno anima a la genre a que coma la carne nativa, pero no estoy seguro porqué. Cuando voy de vaccaciones con frecuencia como carne de Sur América que me parece mucho mas delisiosa. Deseo que se pudiera comprarla aquí, pero si yo la pidiera a mi carnicero, creo que me golpearía con su gran cuchillo...
I like cows, but I also like eating them (poor beasts). In Britain the government encourages people to eat home-grown beef, but I'm not sure why. When I'm on my holidays I often eat South American meat, which I find much more tasty. I wish it were possible to buy it here, but if I were to ask my butcher for it I think he'd hit me with his cleaver...
Un pueblo cerca de mi casa se llama "Cowes", como el pueblo en Inglaterra. A menudo voy a un café allí que se llama "Mad Cowes", una broma que se refiere a la enfermedad de las vacas locas que causó tantos problemas en Gran Bretaña hace unos años.
A town near my home is called Cowes, like the town in England. Often I go to a café there called "Mad Cowes", a joke which refers to the Mad Cow Disease which caused so much trouble in Great Britain some years ago.
De niña, hize amigo con una vaca. Todos los días estabamos juntos. Se rasguñaba la cabeza por mi rodillas y yo doblaba las ramas para que el comiera hojas frescas.
As a child, I made friends with a cow.Everyday we were together. She scratched her head by my knees and I bent tree branches so that she ate fresh leaves.
¿Es cierto que las vacas se utilizaron en la guerra.
Is it true that cows were used in the war?
