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La Palabra Del Dia: "niebla"

La Palabra Del Dia: "niebla"

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niebla ( nyeh'-blah )

noun ( fog )


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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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Examples:


1. El capitán del buque se esforzó para mirar entre la niebla.

The ship's captain struggled to see through the fog.

2. La niebla cubrió las montañas como una manta.

The fog covered the mountains like a blanket.

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updated Aug 16, 2015
edited by rac1
posted by rac1
Da da da da da Dah! I'm all in! Gracias Amby :-)! - Jraider, Aug 7, 2015
Hola, amigo. ♥ - rac1, Aug 7, 2015
Hola amigos. - ian-hill, Aug 7, 2015
Hola Ian. xo - rac1, Aug 7, 2015

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Esta es una imagen de Shiprock, Nuevo México, rodeado de niebla.

This is a picture of Shiprock, New Mexico, surrounded by fog.

updated Aug 16, 2015
posted by Jraider
Beautiful, I thought it was the sea, to start with. - annierats, Aug 7, 2015
Wow! Stunning. :) - rac1, Aug 7, 2015
Maravilloso :) - Raja-jani, Aug 7, 2015
Maravilloso, otra vez. :) - jrschenk, Aug 7, 2015
This is cool. - Esteban_317, Aug 7, 2015
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Ten mucho cuidado en la niebla porque reduce la visibilidad y la circulación en la autopista y en la ciudad es peligrosa.

Be very careful in the fog because it reduces the visibility and circulation on the highway and in the city is dangerous.

updated Aug 8, 2015
edited by porcupine7
posted by porcupine7
excelente - languagenut, Aug 7, 2015
Suggestion: "reduces (or lowers) visibility on the highway, and in the city, it is/or can be dangerous." Not sure what you were trying to say with "circulation". ♥ :) - rac1, Aug 7, 2015
El estado de Tennessee es conocido por la niebla sobre sus carreteras. - jrschenk, Aug 7, 2015
Thanks, Raj. :) - rac1, Aug 7, 2015
I think, by 'circulation' you mean 'travel' :) - Raja-jani, Aug 7, 2015
Possibly"the flow" - Hankhankali, Aug 7, 2015
..porque reduce (not 'lo')..la ciudad 'se' peligrosa... :) - Pablo064, Aug 7, 2015
Gracias amigos - porcupine7, Aug 8, 2015
omg sorry 'es' instead of 'se' :D ;D ;D - Pablo064, Aug 8, 2015
Gracias Pablo - porcupine7, Aug 8, 2015
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La ciudad de San Francisco es famosa por su puente, su bahía, y su niebla.

The city of San Francisco is famous for its bridge, its bay, and its fog.

updated Aug 7, 2015
posted by mstivers
That's an absolutely awesome shot. :) - rac1, Aug 7, 2015
Spectacular! - annierats, Aug 7, 2015
:) - jrschenk, Aug 7, 2015
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Hay una nueva enfermedad, se llama la niebla cerebral y es cuando te encuentras muy pesado, cuando no entiende nada de nada y casi no quieres vivir por sentirte tan confuso. Y no es por beber demasiado vino la noche anterior. La enfermedad suele atacar a los estudiantes del castellano durante las primeras horas de la mañana.

There is anew illness called Brain Fog. This causes you to feel heavy, dull, and you can't understand what's going on and feel so confused you hardly want to go on living. It's not caused by drinking too much the previous night. The illness normally strikes Spanish students early in the day.

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updated Aug 8, 2015
edited by annierats
posted by annierats
Yes, and very hard to diagnose. :) - rac1, Aug 7, 2015
Estás muy ingeniosa Annie. ;) - jrschenk, Aug 7, 2015
I made a change to use' soler' seeing we have a nice question about ' soler' today.. Nothing like being inspired by questions! - annierats, Aug 7, 2015
No entiendo :-0! - Jraider, Aug 7, 2015
Jejejeje! - Daniela2041, Aug 7, 2015
...la noche anterior..a los estudiantes.. ;) - Pablo064, Aug 7, 2015
Gracias, pablo, eres muy amable. - annierats, Aug 8, 2015
Jraider, take a pill, at once! Before the fog closes in.. - annierats, Aug 8, 2015
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Hace diez años que los alpinistas desaparecieron por la niebla mientras estaban subiendo la montaña y nunca volvieron.

Ten years ago the mountaineers disappeared through the mist while climbing the mountain and they never returned.

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updated Aug 7, 2015
posted by languagenut
Not sure which mountain it was, but I read where they found a climbers remains recently that had been missing for years. - rac1, Aug 7, 2015
Mt. Everest is a graveyard :-)! - Jraider, Aug 7, 2015
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Cuando vivía en el norte de vez en cuando montaba en moto a lo largo de una carretera por el valle donde podía ver bajo hacia el río. Sin embargo, a menudo el valle estuvo llena de niebla debajo de la carretera así que ya no podía ver el agua pero sólo la tapa de la niebla como un tipo de techo. Era soñado, pero alguna vez aún vi una avión a reacción volando en el valle de repente con velocidad aterrador y pasó adelante de mí abajo. Fue una avión militar porque la fuerza aérea solía hacer ejercicios allí. Dentro de un momentito vi al piloto en la carlinga y supe que aún en mi moto yo no estaba tan guay como había creido...

When I lived up north sometimes I would ride my motorbike along a road through the glen where I could see down to the river. However, often the glen was full of fog below the road so it was no longer possible to see the water but only the top of the fog like a kind of roof. It was dreamlike, but one time I even saw a jet suddenly fly into the glen at terrifying speed beneath me. It was a military jet because the Air Force used to run exercises there. In a flash I saw the pilot in his cockpit and realised that even on my bike I wasn't so cool as I had thought...

NB glen = valley / dale (in Scotland valley = glen; lake = loch; river = burn, which I could've used too) grin

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updated Aug 8, 2015
edited by Faldaesque
posted by Faldaesque
That is scary. :) - rac1, Aug 7, 2015
:) - jrschenk, Aug 7, 2015
Falda, you might need to explain the word "glen" to some of our friends - tomasdeAlba, Aug 7, 2015
...and you're a dead ringer for Tom Cruise in that photo. - tomasdeAlba, Aug 7, 2015
;-) - Faldaesque, Aug 7, 2015
Good story :-)! - Jraider, Aug 7, 2015
I'd say 'podía ver el río que estaba abajo'..valle 'estaba lleno' de...sólo 'la parte de arriba' de la niebla..era como un sueño..pero una vez incluso vi un avión..vale repentinamente..una velocidad aterradora y pasó debajo mio.' - Pablo064, Aug 7, 2015
.En un momento (I'd have said 'en un flash vi,,' :D)..carlinga is very uncommon at least for normal people :D 'cabina'...que incluso en mi moto... I think that if you always use 'incluso' instead of 'aun' you will never get it wrong - Pablo064, Aug 7, 2015
Thanks... Very useful tips... :-) - Faldaesque, Aug 8, 2015
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Tan espesa estaba la niebla en Santiago de Chile que solo vería el Gran Torre Santiago y el Titanium La Portada.

The fog was so heavy in Santiago, Chile that you could only see the Gran Torre Santiago and the Titanium Building.

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updated Aug 8, 2015
posted by katydew
Awesome :-)! - Jraider, Aug 7, 2015
That is awesome...like a sea of fog! ♥ - rac1, Aug 7, 2015
Wow :) - Raja-jani, Aug 7, 2015
:) - Pablo064, Aug 7, 2015
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Él no vio la niebla temprano en la mañana. Durmió y lo perdiste.

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He didn't see the early morning fog. He slept in, and missed it. : - )

updated Aug 7, 2015
edited by Esteban_317
posted by Esteban_317
Word play: niebla (fog) : neblina (mist) - English homonym for mist - missed. . . - Esteban_317, Aug 7, 2015
I love the word play. I would like see examples of it in español . - Hankhankali, Aug 7, 2015
Beautiful too. :) - rac1, Aug 7, 2015
Good info E :-)! - Jraider, Aug 7, 2015
..la niebla de la mañana (I'd omit 'temprano' because it just doesn't fit)..(él)Se durmió y (él)se lo perdiió... :) - Pablo064, Aug 7, 2015
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Now I see clearly the difference between fog and mist.

Ahora veo claramente la diferencia entre niebla y neblina.

fog

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mist

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updated Aug 8, 2015
edited by crucesignatus
posted by crucesignatus
You do? I have trouble with that. jeje It's beautiful though. :) - rac1, Aug 7, 2015
jeje, according to Oxford Dictionary the difference is the visibility in 1 Km. :) - crucesignatus, Aug 7, 2015
The mist is spooky :-)! - Jraider, Aug 7, 2015
Gracias por la info cruce no lo sabia - Pablo064, Aug 7, 2015
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Lee el pronóstico del tiempo antes de ir porque no puedes ver la cima de Monte Rainier en días de niebla.

Read the weather forecast before going because you cannot see the top of Mount Rainier on foggy days.

updated Aug 7, 2015
posted by Raja-jani
It is probably foggy up there quite often. :) - rac1, Aug 7, 2015
Vives cerce de Monte Rainier? Es muy hermosa. ;) - jrschenk, Aug 7, 2015
Typo above: cerca, lo ciento. - jrschenk, Aug 7, 2015
@rac1: No sé mucho. :) - Raja-jani, Aug 7, 2015
@jrschenk: He visitado sólo una vez. Muy interesante :) - Raja-jani, Aug 7, 2015
good! - Pablo064, Aug 7, 2015
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A foggy day in London town.

Un día de niebla en la ciudad de Londres.

Le Parlement, les mouettes (C Monet - W 1612)

Painted by Monet.

updated Aug 8, 2015
edited by ian-hill
posted by ian-hill
I love this one, Ian. Gracias. :) - rac1, Aug 7, 2015
Thanks for Smurf project you did yesterday ♥ - Sassette, Aug 8, 2015
Hola princesas xx - ian-hill, Aug 8, 2015
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La niebla puede hacer manejando muy duro durante invierno ,pero a veces puede ser muy bella.

Fog can make driving very hard during winter, but sometimes can be very beautiful.

updated Aug 7, 2015
edited by bubamaria
posted by bubamaria
Nice to see, but not have to drive in. :) - rac1, Aug 7, 2015
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Para inventar una palabra española para "smog" yo combiné "neblina" con "humo" y voila, salió "neblumo." La única dificultad es que nadie lo ha aceptado todavía. ¡Ay!

To invent a Spanish word for "smog" I combined smoke with fog like in English and "neblumo/smog" was the result. The only problem is that nobody has accepted it yet. Oy!

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updated Aug 8, 2015
edited by Daniela2041
posted by Daniela2041
I have seen it like this in Los Angeles. - Daniela2041, Aug 7, 2015
Wow! I thought we had smog. ♥ - rac1, Aug 7, 2015
It's even worse in Mexico City. - Daniela2041, Aug 7, 2015
You need this word, I see. - annierats, Aug 8, 2015
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Con frecuencia cuando vamos a la playa cuando hace mucho calor donde vivimos, hay niebla allí, pero el sábado pasado hacía mucho calor aquí, pero no encontramos ni un poco de niebla en la playa- la verdad es que hacía buen tiempo para nuestra reunión familiar.

Frequently when we go to the beach when it is very hot where we live, there is fog there, but this past Saturday it was very hot here, but we did not encounter not even a little fog at the beach- the truth is that the weather was very good for our family reunion.

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updated Aug 7, 2015
posted by bosquederoble
Nice when the weather cooperates. :) - rac1, Aug 7, 2015