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La Palabra Del Dia: "obvio"

La Palabra Del Dia: "obvio"

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obvio ( ohb'-vyoh ) pronunciation

adjective ( obvious; clear )


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Examples:


1: Es obvio que fue el perro quien se comió el pastel.

It's obvious that the dog was the one who ate the cake.

2: A lo mejor parece obvio, pero no entiendo la respuesta a este problema de mate.

It may seem obvious, but I don't understand the answer to this math problem.

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updated Sep 12, 2015
posted by rac1
It is a terrible Monday with 37 centigrades Celsius - porcupine7, Aug 31, 2015
Thank God for air conditioning. :) - rac1, Aug 31, 2015
Here it is about 18 and raining :) - ian-hill, Aug 31, 2015
It can still be a great day. ♥ - rac1, Aug 31, 2015
Yes but this is our summer ♥ - ian-hill, Aug 31, 2015
I want to hug that cow. I don't know how to make a heart shape on an iMac. :( - Sassette, Aug 31, 2015
Ray probably knows, Missy. ♥ - rac1, Aug 31, 2015
I went all day without voting for you or Sandy. Wow! - Daniela2041, Sep 1, 2015
37C ain't no biggie. Where I am it 42. 107.6F - Daniela2041, Sep 1, 2015

16 Answers

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¿Como es posible que alguien no vea el problema tan obvio o tal vez no intenta verlo de motivos desconocidos ?

How is it possible that someone does not see the obvious problem or perhaps tries not to see it, for unknown reasons ?

updated Sep 12, 2015
edited by porcupine7
posted by porcupine7
Very nice, Porcu! You can leave out "so". ♥ - rac1, Aug 31, 2015
Adorable! - jrschenk, Aug 31, 2015
It is obvious that this is a great post. "por motivos" obvious ;) - 000a35ff, Aug 31, 2015
A sweltering Porcupine can still post. :) - Sassette, Aug 31, 2015
Yes Missy, it is still terribly hot here. - porcupine7, Sep 1, 2015
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Es obvio por qué todos nos reunimos en este abrevadero día tras día, todos estamos sedientos de conocimiento. Obviamente, yo soy el tipo guapo de la derecha.

It is obvious why we all meet at this watering hole day-after-day; we are all thirsty for knowledge. Obviously, I am the handsome guy on the right.

Obvio

updated Aug 31, 2015
posted by jrschenk
Hahaha Great post! :) - rac1, Aug 31, 2015
Saludo El Guapo jaja. - Pablo-Peligroso, Aug 31, 2015
Nice! :D - Manity, Aug 31, 2015
:) - Sassette, Aug 31, 2015
:D - Pablo064, Aug 31, 2015
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Es obvio que las cosas van a cambiar.

It's obvious things are going to change.

Thanks Annie, Txelis and Pablo! smile

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updated Sep 2, 2015
edited by sanlee
posted by sanlee
And not for the betterment of the chickens. jejeje - rac1, Aug 31, 2015
:) - Raja-jani, Aug 31, 2015
Plus ça change plus c'est la même chose. Simultaneous translation waived. - Jubilado, Aug 31, 2015
haha - Joydeep_Singh, Aug 31, 2015
You might need a ' que'? - annierats, Aug 31, 2015
;) - jrschenk, Aug 31, 2015
I think you're right Annie. - sanlee, Aug 31, 2015
a "que" or a ",". I like it - 000a35ff, Aug 31, 2015
yes 'es obvio que las cosas van a cambiar' :) - Pablo064, Aug 31, 2015
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Es obvio que en climas cálidos , como él del sur de España, hay que poner el vino tinto en el frigorífico antes de sevirlo, porque normalmente se sirve a unos dieciocho grados y en el norte decimos siempre que el vino tinto debe ser servido a la temperatura ambiente pero cuando la temperatura ambiente está a 35 grados, este no sirve para disfrutar de un buen vino si no queremos tomar una sopita caliente de uva fermentada,

It's obvious that in hot climates, such as that of Southern Spain, it is necessary to put red wine into the fridge before pouring it, because normally it is served at around 18 C , and in the North we always say that red wine ought to be served at room temperature, but when room temperature is around 35 C this approach doesn't work if we want to enjoy a good wine rather than drink a hot soup made of fermented grapes.

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updated Sep 1, 2015
edited by annierats
posted by annierats
Sólo para saber: frigorífico = nevera / refrigerador [refri] (México) / heladera (Argentina). - Jubilado, Aug 31, 2015
My heart bleeds for you Annie. - ian-hill, Aug 31, 2015
Why, Ian? You just cool it! After all, in England we put it in front of the fire, to warm it up. - annierats, Aug 31, 2015
Hot soup doesn't sound appetizing right now. I tend to agree with you. I'll have mine chilled. :) - rac1, Aug 31, 2015
que razón tienes annierats. yo lo prefiero a 16 graditos. - 000a35ff, Aug 31, 2015
Mmm, wine for winter, lassi for summer. I don't need it chilled, winter's gonna be back around too soon anyway. - Manity, Aug 31, 2015
...servidos.. I agree with Jubilado 'frigorífico' sounds like a 'meatpacking depot', great sentence annie! - Pablo064, Aug 31, 2015
well you already know I use 'heladera' :D - Pablo064, Aug 31, 2015
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Los significados de algunas palabras españolas son obvios, pero todavía uso el diccionario para estar seguro.

The meanings of some Spanish words are obvious, but I still use the dictionary to be sure.

updated Sep 1, 2015
posted by Raja-jani
That's always the best thing to do. :) - rac1, Aug 31, 2015
Yo también. - Jubilado, Aug 31, 2015
es obvio que estudiantes como nosotros tengamos que referirnos al diccionario.. tienes razon .. jeje - Joydeep_Singh, Aug 31, 2015
El obvio es interminablemente peligroso. - roveg, Aug 31, 2015
The travails of we non-native speakers. - Sassette, Aug 31, 2015
..obvias..jajaj same here - Pablo064, Aug 31, 2015
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Espero con ansias el sujecto tema esotérico que bosquederoble va a hacernos más obvio.

I anxiously await the esoteric subject that bosquederoble is going to make more obvious for us.

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updated Sep 1, 2015
edited by Jubilado
posted by Jubilado
My choice to go with environmental science today may not be quite so esoteric. ;) - bosquederoble, Aug 31, 2015
So do I. - annierats, Aug 31, 2015
This is a Spanish site. What is this? Greek? ;) - jrschenk, Aug 31, 2015
@ jrschenk: I was hoping bosque would tell me. - Jubilado, Aug 31, 2015
:) - Sassette, Aug 31, 2015
:) - ian-hill, Aug 31, 2015
I know he's working on it. jeje - rac1, Aug 31, 2015
mm tema esotérico would be better =) - Pablo064, Aug 31, 2015
It's just a little ol' equation in calculus to find the deriviative. What's the problem here?♥ - Daniela2041, Sep 1, 2015
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Obviamente hay personas con gran cerebros y es igualmente obvio de que algunos lo fingen. Es incluso más obvio que necesitamos muchas ideas creativas ya mismo ¡más que nunca!

Obviously there are people with big brains and it's equally obvious that some fake it. It's even more obvious that we need lots of creative ideas right now - more than ever!

updated Sep 2, 2015
posted by Pablo-Peligroso
I like the quote from Tesla. I've never seen it before. Good sentence. - Jubilado, Aug 31, 2015
:) - ian-hill, Aug 31, 2015
Both he and Edison had giant egos. - mstivers, Aug 31, 2015
Great post!! - rac1, Aug 31, 2015
..con gran cerebro(singular)..obvio que (no 'de' needed) ;) - Pablo064, Aug 31, 2015
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¿Necesitamos signos siñales que nos dan den tales instrucciones obvias?

Do we need signs that give us such obvious instructions?

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updated Sep 2, 2015
edited by AnnRon
posted by AnnRon
'necesitamos señales que nos 'den'..' semejantes instrucciones...' they are there for some reason - Pablo064, Sep 1, 2015
Evidently some do. lol - rac1, Sep 1, 2015
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Es muy obvio a para la mayoría de los que prestamos atención a tales cosas como que el mundo tiene menos hielo que en el pasado reciente, pero lo que podría ser menos obvio a para algunos es que la mayor parte de lo que ya se ha derretido es hielo marino y por eso el nivel del mar ha subido solo un poco, y que el nivel del mar subirá mucho más después de que el hielo que rodea la Antártida se derrita y permita que el hielo sobre la tierra se derrita. El hielo marino desplaza una cantidad igual de agua marino marina, y el hielo sobre la tierra no.

It is very obvious to those who pay attention to such things that the world has less ice than in the recent past, but what might be less obvious to some is that most of what has already melted is sea ice, and so the sea level has risen only a little, and that the level will rise much more after the ice that surrounds Antarctica melts and allows the ice on the land to melt. Sea ice displaces an equal amount of sea water and ice over land doesn't.

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For Ian (It looks like it might England may not want to allow Wales and Scotland out of the Union):

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updated Sep 2, 2015
edited by bosquederoble
posted by bosquederoble
Ojalá que venga obvio a los líderes del mundo. ¿Calentamiento global, qué calentamiento global? - Jubilado, Aug 31, 2015
Just how much ice is there above sea level.? I've never been convinced that there is enough to raise the sea level by very much. - ian-hill, Aug 31, 2015
There are more than five million cubic miles of ice on Earth- enough to raise the sea level 216 ft. Obviously not all of it is going to melt soon, but even 5-10 feet would be a challenge to places like the Netherlands, New Orleans, and the Maldives. :) - bosquederoble, Aug 31, 2015
Nonetheless they only predict a couple of feet by 2050. - bosquederoble, Aug 31, 2015
Climate change. - rac1, Aug 31, 2015
Bosque - where is it all? cos it certainly isn't in the Artic and Antartic. - ian-hill, Aug 31, 2015
Menos hielo en el norte significa más hielo en el sur. No veo las playas desaparacidas. - Pablo-Peligroso, Aug 31, 2015
The earth's surface is approx 200 million square miles, melt all 5 million cubic meters of ice - how much is that per square mile? - ian-hill, Aug 31, 2015
Most of it is in Antartica- Antartica- 26.5 million cubic km of ice but I think that includes sea ice. Greenland- 2,850,000 cubic kilometres. Antartica is estimated to have 60% of the fresh water on the planet. - bosquederoble, Aug 31, 2015
http://usgovinfo.about.com/od/technologyandresearch/a/climatetochange.htm - bosquederoble, Aug 31, 2015
I read it Bosque and much of it I agree with - but nowhere did it say sea levels would rise by 200+ feet even if all ice melted. There simply is not enough ice to do that - ian-hill, Aug 31, 2015
Se empezará a hacer algo para solventarlo cuando tengamos que ir al supermercado en colchoneta, osea demasiado tarde. Una pena. Nos jactamos de que el ser humano aprende de sus errores pero no es verdad.  - 000a35ff, Aug 31, 2015
Ian - it is not something expected to happen anytime soon if at all- but credible sources report that much ice: http://scienceline.ucsb.edu/getkey.php?key=1162 - bosquederoble, Aug 31, 2015
Maybe 1-2 metres at the end of the century, 1-2 feet in 2050. But no one knows for sure. My real point is lost- which was simply point out that melting sea ice does not raise the sea level- only land ice. - bosquederoble, Aug 31, 2015
Txelis, estoy de acuerdo. :) - bosquederoble, Aug 31, 2015
http://www.wunderground.com/climate/facts/antarctica_is_losing_ice_sheet.asp - bosquederoble, Aug 31, 2015
'..obvio para la mayoría..tales cosas como que el mundo..obvio para algunos..de lo que ya 'se' ha derretido..la tierra 'se' derrita..agua marina... - Pablo064, Sep 1, 2015
Thanks, Pablo- I will try to formulate a more concise idea tomorrow. :) - bosquederoble, Sep 1, 2015
Some scientists state that we will be going through a "mini" ice age soon. Who knew? - Daniela2041, Sep 1, 2015
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Era obvio que ella no le quería, pero él se negaba a creerlo.

It was obvious that she didn't love him, but he refused to believe it.

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updated Sep 2, 2015
posted by jennysk
Awwww oh well, that's how it goes. :) - rac1, Sep 1, 2015
Sometimes a girl needs a shield like that. - Daniela2041, Sep 1, 2015
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Es obvio quién ganará el torneo de tenis se llama el US Open llamado el abierto de Estados Unidos: el mejor jugador en el mundo, Novak Djokovic de Serbia.

It is obvious who will win the tennis tournament called the US Open: the best player in the world, Novak Djokovic from Serbia.

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updated Sep 1, 2015
edited by Sassette
posted by Sassette
It's likely, but Federer did win their last meeting... - mstivers, Aug 31, 2015
Another great one, Missy. ♥ - rac1, Aug 31, 2015
..tenis llamado US...:) - Pablo064, Sep 1, 2015
@Pablo064 Thanks. And found out what US Open is in Spanish. - Sassette, Sep 1, 2015
@ mstivers I didn't know about Federer. I like Djokovic but Federer is classy too. I love Nadal but I don't think he has a chance. He pulled out a victory tonight against an impressive young player. - Sassette, Sep 1, 2015
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Es obvio quién es la mejor tenista de todos los tiempos.

It´s obvious who is the best women's tennis player of all time.

updated Sep 1, 2015
posted by mstivers
Wow. Let's cheer for tennis! :) - Sassette, Aug 31, 2015
Yes, I totally agree! - rac1, Aug 31, 2015
:D - Pablo064, Sep 1, 2015
Straight out of Compton. - mstivers, Sep 1, 2015
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'Obvio' es la más peligrosa palabra en matemáticas. -E. T. Bell

'Obvious' is the most dangerous word in mathematics. -E. T. Bell

The Jordon Curve Theorem gives that a closed continuos curve has an inside and an outside

updated Sep 1, 2015
posted by roveg
;) - jrschenk, Aug 31, 2015
It can be. You're right. - rac1, Aug 31, 2015
Este es la verdad porque incluso Einstein hacía muchos cálculos equivocados. - Pablo-Peligroso, Aug 31, 2015
..es la palabra más peligrosa.. :) - Pablo064, Sep 1, 2015
Thank you, Pablo064, your comments are endlessly helpful. - roveg, Sep 1, 2015
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He was obviously drunk. / Era obvio que estaba borracho.

updated Aug 31, 2015
posted by ian-hill
So what? If he had had a good time and the wine was served at a nice temeprature?? - annierats, Aug 31, 2015
Was it obvious because the back of his head was touching the floor? :-D - Jubilado, Aug 31, 2015
Just don't let him drive. - rac1, Aug 31, 2015
It was obvious because he said that London would be under 200 feet of water if all the ice melted. I'm remain from convinced. - ian-hill, Aug 31, 2015
Ian if London has to worry about something it's freezing to death, haha. - Pablo-Peligroso, Aug 31, 2015
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Es obvio que este chico está loco.

It's obvious that thisboy is crazy.

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updated Sep 2, 2015
posted by Daniela2041
They be jammin man. lol ♥ - rac1, Aug 31, 2015
That's jammin'? How come I found this under crazy people? - Daniela2041, Sep 1, 2015