La Palabra Del Dia: "plazo"
plazo ( plah'-zoh )
noun ( term, period; deadline; installment )
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Examples:
1. El plazo para renovar el contrato ya pasó.
The deadline for renewing the contract has already passed.
2. El mecánico dijo que el carro estará listo dentro de un plazo de cinco días.
The mechanic said the car will be ready within a period of five days.
3. Si no pagamos el plazo, se llevará la televisión.
If we don't pay the installment, he takes the TV set.
12 Answers
Todos los años tengo la misma pesadilla:
"¡Oh, no! ¡Mañana vence el plazo para presentar la declaración anual de impuestos!"
Every year I have the same nightmare:
'Gasp! The annual deadline for filing my Federal individual income tax return is tomorrow!'
¿Estás hasta el trasero en caimanes? Una solución a largo plazo podría haber sido drenar el pantano.
Are you up to your butt in alligators? A long-term solution might have been to drain the swamp.
El único plazo que me preocupa ahora es el que al del final de mi vida.
The only deadline that I'm concerned about now is the one at the end of my life.
En el A corto plazo un cigarro es relajante; en el a largo plazo te matará.
In the short run a cigarette is relaxing; in the long run it will kill you.
Many persons wait the last day of the term to pay their bills of basic services, because this day falls shortly after their pay day.
Muchas personas esperan el último día de plazo para pagar sus recibos de servicios básicos porque este día cae cerca de su día de pago.
Si quieres alojamiento a largo plazo los hoteles de cita, aunque sean baratos no sirven.
If you want a long-stay hotel, motels that charge by the hour(??) won't do.
Es muy difícil para mí pagar algo a plazos, porque no me gusta tener deudas, pero cuando compré mi carro, me ofrecieron un plan con cero por ciento de interés y por eso me obligué a no pagarlo temprano-pero esta vez, debido a que mi esposa tarda en decidir que carro quiere, ya hemos ahorrado suficiente dinero para pagar su carro en efectivo.
It is very difficult for me to pay something in installments, because I do not like to have debts, but when I bought my car, they offered me a plan with zero percent interest and so I forced myself not to pay it off early- but this time, because my wife is being slow in deciding what car she wants, we have already saved enough money to pay for it with cash.
Por supuesto eso es un deposito a plazo fijo, pero me temo que el vencimiento y rentabilidad es cero, así es mejor buscar un banco.
Of course this is a fixed-term deposit, but I am afraid that the expiration and profitability is zero, that's why it is better to look for a bank.
El cuento continua: The story continues:
El plazo de entrega de su informe sobre Colombia había pasado. David está atascado en una trampa en el medio de una selva colombiana.
The deadline for the report about Colombia had passed. David is stuck in a trap in the middle of a Colombian jungle.
Hemos alquilado una autocaravana para una vacación corta en septiembre, y la semana pasada recibí un mensaje que el plazo de pagar había llegado.
We have hired a campervan for a short holiday in September, and last week I got a message that the deadline for paying had arrived.
Editors are constantly working with deadlines for stories.
Los editors están trabajando constantemente con plazos de historias.
Di el contratista un plazo de cinco días para acabar pintando mi casa.
I gave the contractor five days to finish painting my house.
