La Palabra Del Dia: "obra"

Question

obra ( oh'-brah )

noun ( work; book; deed )

There are many native English speakers here, most of us can offer great suggestions to the English sentences. I will do my best to go through them all, too. For the Spanish sentences, edit your posts according to the native Spanish speaker's suggestions. Use today's Word of the Day in your own Spanish sentence (and include the English translation as well). Try to use the word in a completely new way and vote on the sentences you like best. The winner will be chosen based upon the correct use of the word as well as the number of votes.

Guidelines:

Write sentences at least 5 words long, but don't write a paragraph either. Write your Spanish sentence, but include the English translation as well. Make the corrections suggested by other users and moderators in the comments section (try not to use personal pronouns unless absolutely necessary). Use your own words! (Don't use a translator, copy from a book, use song lyrics, etc.) Please keep political, religious or personal statements to a minimum. This is a practice game.

How to post a picture and link until the techs fix our little problem

How to post a picture

Examples:

1: "Las Meninas" es una de las obras más reconocidas del pintor español Diego Velázquez.

"Las Meninas" is one of Spanish painter Diego Velazquez's most famous paintings.

2: La Madre Teresa es recordada por las obras buenas que realizó.

Mother Teresa is remembered for the good deeds she did.

Hola amiga ! - porcupine7, Oct 17, 2015

Hola amiga. :)♥ - rac1, Oct 17, 2015

Hola, Amber. My picture stuck (on W.O.D.) but I couldn't get the link to stick. I guess I'll have to practice some more (big sigh!) - Daniela2041, Oct 17, 2015

The only difference between a pic and a link is the exclamation mark. For the pic, put an exclamation mark, then the square brackets and finally the parenthesis. For the link, leave out the exclamation mark. ♥ - rac1, Oct 17, 2015

Answer 1

Intenté publicar mi obra en la palabra del día ayer pero no funcionó porque la barra de herramientas no funcionaba.

I tried to post my work on word of the day yesterday but it did not work because the toolbar was not working.

Sassette , I think you forgot to post a sentence lol :) - FELIZ77, Oct 17, 2015

Feliz...you are funny. lol. I will get the sentence in but I had to make sure the graphic worked. Please give me some time to get the sentence in. - Sassette, Oct 17, 2015

Okay lol Sure take your time we are open every day hahahaha - FELIZ77, Oct 17, 2015

Every time I look at this post I think one of the moderators has closed it! I don't think that would ever happen to you! - Jubilado, Oct 17, 2015

Nice graphics Missy. ♥ - rac1, Oct 17, 2015

Answer 2

Los pintores me cobraron $1000 para los materiales y $2000 para la mano de obra.
The painters charged me $1000 for the materials and $2000 for the labor.

I hope it was a just wage. - Jubilado, Oct 17, 2015

Labor is always more expensive. - rac1, Oct 17, 2015

Good one! - Daniela2041, Oct 19, 2015

Answer 3

Información de última hora: << Un gran grupo de ladrones entraron a robar varias obras de artes célebre, incluso La resureccion por El Greco en el museo, El Prado en Madrid pero, sin ellos saberlo, todos los cuadros que trataron de robar fueron imitaciones y la polícia ya habían ocultado dispositivos localizadores dentro de todos los cuadros! >>

News flash: "A large group of thieves broke into the Prado Museum in Madrid to steal various famous works of art including The Resurrection by El greco but unknown to them, all the pictures they tried to steal were fakes and the police had already hidden (concealed) tracking devices inside all of the paintings!"

Corrijan mi español, si es necesario, por favor

Nice! - Daniela2041, Oct 17, 2015

Thank you very much, Daniela :) - FELIZ77, Oct 17, 2015

The good guys won! - Sassette, Oct 17, 2015

Yes , they did ! Always the best way! - - FELIZ77, Oct 17, 2015

"espaol?' - Daniela2041, Oct 17, 2015

Hablo espaol en la maana con la seora. ¿Qué necesita? Sólo para divertir. - Jubilado, Oct 17, 2015

Gracias, Daniela :) - FELIZ77, Oct 17, 2015

interesante - languagenut, Oct 17, 2015

Hola Feliz. ♥ It's great to see you. :) - rac1, Oct 17, 2015

Thank you so much, Rac at least someone (one person) is pleased that I'm here :) - FELIZ77, Oct 18, 2015

Hey, what am I? Chopped liver? I'm always glad to see you! Sheesh! - Daniela2041, Oct 19, 2015

Answer 4

Después de que salga de mi vida en la tierra. Espero que haya alguien que dirá que mi vida fue un obra de amor. Sé que hay aquellos que no lo creen (en todo mi falta), pero sin embargo es mi meta.

When I depart this life on Earth. I hope that there will be someone who will say that my life was a labor of love. I know that there are those who don't believe it (entirely my fault), but never the less it's my goal.

Please bring back the tools! This is like driving without power steering!

They will say that. :) - rac1, Oct 17, 2015

I'll say it Papa Smurf. Yeah, I don't know what gives with the tools. Those techies...grrrrr. I go through the same thing at the library where things go wrong with the computers from time to time. - Sassette, Oct 17, 2015

Answer 5

Hace poco vi una obra de teatro excelente y después de esto estoy alentando mis amigos para ir y ver esta obra

I recently saw a great stage play and after that I am encouraging my friends to go and see this play.

Suggestion: .... "and afterwards I encouraged"..... ♥ - rac1, Oct 17, 2015

Thanks Rac - porcupine7, Oct 18, 2015

:) - Pablo064, Oct 18, 2015

Answer 6

Roger: Hoy he hecho una buena obra.

Vanessa: Sé que aprendiste una palabra de español.

Roger: I did a good deed today.

Vanessa: I know you learned a Spanish word.

That's a good deed indeed. jiji - rac1, Oct 17, 2015

haha ..I do this good deed every day .. God knows when will I reach salvation.. - Joydeep_Singh, Oct 17, 2015

It's merely believing and asking. That's it. Good works don't do it. :)♥ - rac1, Oct 17, 2015

Answer 7

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Disculpe pero estamos en obras.Lo de siempre.

We apologize, work is ongoing, as ever.

Yep, we have to eat. lol - rac1, Oct 17, 2015

For some reason, council-workers seem to always be on a tea-break.. - annierats, Oct 18, 2015

Answer 8

¿Cuáles son los riesgos en la construcción? En la mayoría de las obras, los ayudantes no tienen las mínimas normas de seguridad exigidas por la ley. En algunos casos se presentan caídas que terminan en tragedia.

What are the risks of construction? In the majority of the works, the assistants (helpers) do not adhere to the minimum safety standards required by law. In some cases there are falls that end in tragedy.

I could not post a picture. Can someone correct my translation please. - languagenut, Oct 17, 2015

To post a pic do this: ! [](url goes here) Exclamation mark, followed by square brackets then parenthesis. The url goes in the parenthesis. :) - rac1, Oct 17, 2015

No spaces between anything. :) - rac1, Oct 17, 2015

thanks rac. I will try to post a pic now. - languagenut, Oct 17, 2015

I'll leave it this time. I am having trouble positng pictures this morning - languagenut, Oct 17, 2015

Finally, I managed to post a picture. Thanks for all your help rac. - languagenut, Oct 18, 2015

Answer 9

Ayer alguien puso una pregunta con cuatro párrafos larguísimos para corregir. (vea el enlace aqui.) Después de leer esta magníifica obra de amor, By JulianChivi, yo puse un comentario felicitándole.

Yesterday someone put up a question with four loooonnng paragraphs for correction. (see the link above)After reading this wonderful work of love, by Julian Chivi, I put up a comment congratulating him.

This is what the link was supposed to contain.

Check my speaking paragraph please.

Well the link didn't work but at least the picture stuck. Whew! - Daniela2041, Oct 17, 2015

Me gusta tu post, Daniela; también, la foto :) - FELIZ77, Oct 17, 2015

I can't see the link but Julian is charming, encantador . - annierats, Oct 17, 2015

Please copy and paste the link you are referring to. You don't have to make it active, we can copy and paste it to find it. I want to see it. - Jubilado, Oct 17, 2015

For the link do this. []() so [](url goes here) - rac1, Oct 17, 2015

That's exactly what I did. - Daniela2041, Oct 17, 2015

Answer 10

Hoy vamos a ver la obra musical "Hamilton." Mis amigos me preguntaron, "¿Cómo conseguiste entradas?"

Today we are going to see the musical "Hamilton". My friends asked me, "How did you get tickets?"

You have spaces in your url. - rac1, Oct 18, 2015

rac1, thank you!! Very frustrating today. - mstivers, Oct 18, 2015

!@#$% url. Message to SD techies: bring back the toolbar to allow us to regain our sanity! lol - Sassette, Oct 18, 2015

:) - Pablo064, Oct 18, 2015

Answer 11

Can't post pictures this morning. I was just trying to practice posting pictures.

oops - ignore this. I was trying to practice posting a picture. - languagenut, Oct 17, 2015

Post it like this: ![]() exclamation mark, followed by square brackets, followed by parenthesis. The url goes in the parenthesis. ! [ ] ( ) but no spaces. - rac1, Oct 18, 2015

Answer 12

I would like to post a picture of a fine piece of work but alas the tool bar has disappeared.

Me gustaría publicar una pintura de un buen pieza de obra pero díos mio la barra de herramienta ha desaparecido.

Pintura is a painting.. - Joydeep_Singh, Oct 18, 2015

All you need to do is this: Put an exclamation mark first, followed by the square brackets, followed by the parenthesis.. ! [ ] (url of pic goes here) but, no spaces. ![]() - rac1, Oct 18, 2015

Thanks rac.. - Wennix, Oct 18, 2015

Answer 13

Tengo mucho respeto por los escritores que trabajan en algunos casos por varios años para completar sus obras. Entonces, después de la publicación, puede que lea su libro dentro de una semana.

I have a lot of respect for writers who work in some cases for several years in order to complete their work. Then, after publication, I might read their book within a week.

They do put a lot of time and effort into it. :) - rac1, Oct 18, 2015

..después de la publicación..puede que lea ;) - Pablo064, Oct 18, 2015

Gracias Pablo. - jennysk, Oct 19, 2015

Answer 14

Ayudar y alementar un perro callejero es la obra mås buena del todo.

Helping and feeding a stray dog is the best deed of all, In my opinion.

Hola Jimmy. Please remember to vote for the post below you. ♥♥ - rac1, Oct 18, 2015