La Palabra Del Dia: "contestar"
contestar ( kohn-tehs-tahr' ) pronunciation
verb ( to answer, to reply )
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Examples:
1: La secretaria ya contestó el teléfono.
The secretary already answered the phone.
2: Le escribí un correo al profesor, pero nunca contestó.
I wrote the professor an email, but he never replied.
15 Answers
Es muy difícil contestar una pregunta sin saber la respuesta. Sólo los políticos pueden hacer eso.
It's very difficult to answer a question without knowing the answer. Only the politicians can do that.
Me niego a contestar debido a que pueda que podría incriminarme.
Thanks, Pablo! 
I refuse to answer under the grounds that it might incriminate me.
Me parece que ella está contestando con un gesto demasiado descortés.
It seem to me that she is answering with a very impolite gesture .
There was an old joke by Jerry Clower in which the punchline was, "That question is so simple, I'm going to have my chauffeur answer it!"
Había un chiste viejo por de Jerry Clower en que el remate era, "Esa pregunta es tan fácil que le voy a permitir a mi chófer contestarla.
La gente puede hacer toda clase de preguntas, pero no tienes que contestar a todas de ellas.
People may ask all kinds of questions, but you don’t have to answer all of them.
Es difícil contestar lo que el fenómeno del efecto túnel en la mecánica cuántica quiere decir acerca de la naturaleza de la realidad- pero parece que dice que la partícula no está en ningún lugar hasta que la observemos, y cuando la observamos puede aparecer a veces en un lado de una barrera y a veces en el otro lado sin poder cruzar la barrera. A algunos le gusta creer que se abre un túnel en la barrera, pero no, no es posible, y si quieres creer que la partícula existe en algún lugar u otro todo el tiempo, tienes que creer en el teletransporte.
It is difficult to answer what the phenomenon of quantum tunneling is trying to tell us about the nature of reality- but it appears that a particle is not in any particular place until we observe it, and when we observe it it can appear sometimes on one side of a barrier and sometimes on the other side without being able to cross the barrier. Some people like to believe that a tunnel is opened int he barrier, but it is not, it is not possible, and if you want to believe that a particle exists in some location or another all the time, you have to believe in teleportation.
Cuando se acerca aurora se es contestan por aves volando hacia el este para decir hola.
When dawn approaches it is answered by birds flying east to say hello.
Muchos de nosotros hemos visto La gúia del autopista galáctico y por eso sabemos contestar la pregunta -¿ Que es el significado de Todo? Ya sabemos que la respuesta a la vida, el universo y todo es 42. No hay problema.
Many of us have seen The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy and therefore we know how to answer the question : ' What is the meaning of Everything?' We know that the answer to Life, the Universe and Everything is 42. Sorted.
Jubilado is not an old geezer. An old-timer, perhaps, but not an old geezer.
Jubilado ya no tiene que contestar cualquiera preguntas en cuanto a su edad de legal.
Jubilado no longer has to answer any questions regarding his legal age.
Ojalá que alguien conteste por qué este foto oficiál de NASA muestra nuestra tierra perfectamente redonda en vez de un esferoide achatado (oblate spheroid). Claramente no es esferoide achatado, así que ¿lo que es? ¿Puede contestar? Creo que no.
I hope somebody can answer why this official NASA photo shows our Earth perfectly round instead of oblate spheroid. Clearly it's not an oblate spheroid, so, what is it?
Es la palabra del día y no una pregunta en el foro, entonces no tengo que contestarle nada.
It's the word of the day and not a question on the forum, so I don't have to answer it.
Nunca contestas mis preguntas. / You never answer my questions.
No contestaron a mi carta. / They didn’t answer my letter.
¡No me contestes! / Don’t answer back!
Yo cuestiono la idea de que todo el mundo tiene el derecho a contestar a este hilo.
I contest the idea that everyone has the right to respond to this thread. 
Cuando Jesús les preguntó a los que querían apedrear a la mujer adúltera, "¿Quién de entre vosotros está sin pecado?" Nadie podía contestar.
When Jesus asked of those who wanted to stone the aduterous woman, "Who among you is without sin?" Nobody could answer.
(This is not a exact Bible quote--it's my interpretation.)
Cuando he estado en una ciudad nueva y le he preguntado a alguien cómo ir a un lugar específico , a menudo me ha contestado que no era de ese lugar también.
When I have been in a new city and I have asked someone how to go to a specific place, often they reply that they are a stranger too.
Hola Toda Hi everyone,
Long time no see. Learning another language, you notice how odd your primary one is. Ok, so, my comment and question is in the title or description.
2: Le escribí un correo al profesor, pero nunca contestó.
I wrote the professor an email, but he never replied.
Now, shouldn't that be correo electronico?...verdad? Yo creo. Gracias por su ayuda.
ciao
