La Palabra Del Dia: "lana"
lana ( lah'-nah )
noun ( wool )
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Examples:
1. La lana producida por estas ovejas es muy suave.
The wool produced by these sheep is very soft.
2. Mi abuela me está tejiendo una bufanda de lana de llama.
My grandmother is knitting me a scarf of llama wool.
Notes:
In some Spanish-speaking countries, "lana" is a slang way to say "money."
12 Answers
No compraría aquel coche incluso si tuviera la lana.
I wouldn´t buy that car even if I had the dough.
Deseo que Crucesignatus me mandaría mande un sombrero gorro de lana de Peru.
I wish that Crucesignatus would send me a wool hat from Peru.
Hoy día cuesta más esquilar una oveja, que vale la lana. Es muy triste porque la lana es un producto buenísima, totalmente natural y las ovejas necesitan su corto de pelo, pase lo que pase. Es un trabajo muy duro y equipos de jovenes esquiladores de Nueva Zelanda vienen a Reino Unido para hacer el trabajo y lo hacen muy bien.En Inglaterra cobran una libra ( £1) más o menos, por el trabajo y la lana vale unos 45 pence.
Nowadays it costs more to shear a ewe than the wool is worth. This is sad because wool is a totally natural product and very , very good and the sheep need their haircut whatever happens. It is very hard work, shearing sheep, and teams of young shearers come over to England from New Zealand in order to do the work and they do it very well. In England they charge roughly one pound for the work and the wool is worth approximately 45 pence.
Nowadays' cats are not interested in wool balls.
Hoy en día los gatos/ Los gatos de nuestros días no están interesados en los ovillos de lana.
People make unusual things from wool.
La gente hace las cosas inusuales de lana.
En Estados Unidos, a veces decimos "Me siento lanudo en la cabeza" insinuar que no estamos pensando con claridad.
In the States, we sometimes say "I'm feeling woolly-headed" to imply that we are not thinking clearly.
Tengo tengo tengo
tu tienes nada
tengo tres ovejas en una cabaña.
Una me da leche
otra me da lana
otra me mantiene
toda la semana
I have have have
you have nothing
I have three sheep in a hut.
One gives me milk
other one gives me wool
other one maintains me the whole week
Son de lana, no de nailon. / They’re wool, not nylon.
La ropa de lana no es tan cómodo para llevar como el poliéster. Lo te digo desde mi experiencia personal.
Woolen clothes are not as comfortable to wear as polyester. I am telling you from personal experience.
Había un una tribu de indios de la costa del noroeste que tenía una raza de perro, ahora extinta, de cual se usa el pelo para hacer tela. No es de exacto la exactamente lana pero fue igual al tenía el mismo propósito.
There used to be a tribe of Northwest Coast Indians that had a breed of dog, now extinct, from which they used the hair to make cloth. It is not exactly wool but it was for the same purpose.
Here's an article / Aquí tienen un artículo:
Me voy a comprar un casimir de pura lana para mandarme a hacer un traje.
I'm going to buy a pure wool suiting to make me a suit.
Hace muchos años mi madre me hizo un suéter de lana que era demasiado ancho, pero bien de buena larga, así que no podría podía encogerlo suficientemente en la lavadora sin hacer que terminara demasiado corto- creo que lo tengo todavía en algún lugar u otro, pero nunca me lo pongo llevo.
Many years ago my mother made me a wool sweater that was too wide, but of a good length, so that I would not be able to shrink it sufficiently in the washer without causing it to end up too short- I think I still have it somewhere or other but I never wear it.
(This is not it, nor is this me)
