La Palabra Del Dia: "gente"
gente ( hehn'-teh )
noun ( people )
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Examples:
1: La gente en el cine se la estaba pasando bien.
The people at the movies were having a good time.
2: ¿Por qué hay tanta gente formada afuera del supermercado?
Why are there so many people lined up outside the supermarket?
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Aunque la palabra gente siempre significa un grupo de más de una persona se usa en español como nombre singular, pero la misma palabra en inglés, "people", siempre se usa como plural.
Even though the word "gente" always means a group of more than one person it is used in Spanish as a singular noun, but the same word in English, people, is always used as plural.
La gente le solía preguntar a mi padre, con respecto a sus viajes, ¿Cómo es la gente parece ser, de allí? Con un gran conocimiento de la gente, mi padre respondería respondía, Estoy seguro de que se verá en ellos al igual que se mira lo mismo que ves en a la gente de aquí.
People used to ask my father, regarding his travels, "What are the people like there?" With a great knowledge of people, my father would respond, "I am sure you will look upon them much like you look upon the people here."
Zaque tuvo que subir un árbol sicómoro para ver a Jesús a causa de la multitud de gente a su alrededor.
Zacchaeus had to climb a sycamore tree to see Jesus because of the crowd of people around him.
He descubierto una vez más que la naturaleza básica de la gente es muy similar dondequiera que vaya. Viajo sin temor.
I have discovered once again that the basic nature of people is very similar wherever I go. I travel fearlessly.
Hay gente buena y gente mala de toda raza, color, y persuasion.
There are good people and bad people of every race, color, and persuasion.
Los tres cerditos entrarón en el bar y el mayor pidió dos cervezas y una cocacola. Un camarero les trajo las bebidas y el cerdito mayor le preguntó - ¿Que hace la gente por aquí? ¿Que típo de trabajo hay? El camarero, un perro de raza pastor alemán, sonrió triste y respondió que no había mucho trabajo en este país. Preguntó a los cerditos - ¿En que campo trabajan ustedes? El cerdo mayor dijo - Nos Dedicabamos al reciclaje pero tuvimos que dejar nuestro país por las inundaciónes y ahora estamos buscando empleo. Estamos preparados para hacer cualquier típo de trabajo que haya. El camarero dijo - Puede ser que podamos buscar algo para el pequeñito, por aquí hay turistas buscando esclavos blancos. El cerdito pequño no entendió ni una palabra de esta conversación pero dijo en voz baja - No me gusta este típo de caballero.
The three little pigs went into the bar and the oldest ordered two beers and a coke. A waiter brought them the drinks and the elder piglet asked him :'' What do people around here do? What sort of work is there? '' The waiter, a German Shepherd dog, smiled sadly and answered that there wasn't a lot of work in this country. He asked the piglets: '' In what field do you work?'' The oldest pig said: '' We used to work in recycling but we had to leave our country due to the floods and now we're looking for work. We are willing to to whatever typo of work there might be. '' The waiter said: '' We might be able to find something for the little chap, around here there are tourists looking for white slaves''. The youngest piglet didn't understand a word of this conversation but said quietly: '' I don't like this type of gentleman.''
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Una de las cosas que me encanta acerca de este sitio es que puedo interrelacionarme con gente de muchos países de todos los continentes del mundo, bueno quizás excepto la Antártida, y aprender de y con ellos.
One of the things that I love about this site is that I can interact with people from many countries from all the continents of the world, okay perhaps except Antarctica, and learn from and with them.
¡Ten cuidado ! Hay gente hipócrita, que se acerca a ti con sonrisas amistosas mientras quisiera matarte
Be careful ! There are hypocritical people, who approach you with friendly smiles while they want to kill you.
Había mucha gente. / There were a lot of people.
La gente lloraba de alegría. / People were crying with joy.
Vino toda la gente del barrio. / Everyone in the area came along.
Sargento, reúna a su gente. / Sergeant, assemble your men.
¿Cuándo vas a venir a conocer a mi gente? / When are you coming to meet my family?
Cuando Jesucristo le hablaba a la gente, todos Le prestaban mucha atención.
When Jesus Christ spoke to the people, everybody paid attention to Him.
Gobierno para la gente por la gente parece una buena idea, pero desafortunamente este necesita que toda la gente esté bien informada y sea racional .
Government for the people by the people seems a good idea, but unfortunately this requires that all the people are well-informed and rational.
There are a lot of different people in the world.
Hay mucha gente diferente en el mundo.
Ya no me gusta ir al centro porque hay muchísima gente, y por supuesto, también hay muchos carteristas.
I don't like to go to downtown anymore because there are crowds of people, and of course there are many pickpockets too.
Mi cosa favorita es hacer reír a la gente.
My favorite thing is to make people laugh.
