La Palabra Del Dia: "vía"
vía ( vee'-ah )
noun ( route, road; channel )
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Examples:
1: Solo hay una vía que lleva a la bahía.
There's only one route that leads into the bay.
2: Para resolver tu caso, vamos a tener que ir por una vía extraoficial.
To resolve your case, we're going to have to go through an unofficial channel.
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Antes de que te operen los médicos siempre dicen que no debes comer nada por vía oral por 12 horas antes de la cirugía. Si puedes comer por vía nasál parece que no pasa nada, está bien.
Before you have an operation the doctors always tell you you must not have anything to eat by mouth for twelve hours before the surgery. If you can eat through your nose it seems to be ok to do so.
Cuando visitábamos Madrid , me gustaba mucho la Gran Vía, una de las principales calles de Madrid; es una vía con historia, con actividad, con espíritu.
When we visited Madrid, I liked very much the Gran Vía, one of the main streets of Madrid; it is a street with history, activity, spirit.
Siguiendo las vías del ferrocarril de Alaska es exactamente la vía adecuada para visitar las más grandes maravillas de Alaska.
Following the tracks of the Alaska Railroad is exactly the right approach to to visiting Alaska's greatest wonders.
Alberto está de vuelta de México. / Alberto is back from Mexico.
Alberto: Joshua, volarás directamente a Curazao?
Joshua: No, la ruta de vuelo va vía Miami con una escala de dos horas.
Alberto: Joshua, will you be flying directly to Curacao?
Joshua: No, the flight route goes via Miami with a layover of two hours.
Tenemos vía libre para contratar a nueva gente. / We have a free hand to hire new staff.
Nos han dado vía libre para el proyecto. / We’ve been given the go-ahead for the project.
Antes de que existía existiera la autopista, la principal via mayor entre Sacramento y San Francisco fue era el río Sacramento.
Before the freeway existed, the main route between Sacramento and San Francisco was the Sacramento River.
Antes de que viajé a Colombia había inundaciones al norte de Bogotá. La carrera principal entre Ubuaté y Guachetá estaba bajo las aquas y la vía que llevó ahí era muy fea, pero el paisaje alrededor era bello e interesante.
Before I traveled to Colombia there were floods to the north of Bogota. The main road between Ubate and Guacheta were under water and the route that went there was very bad, but the surrounding countryside was beautiful and interesting.
A veces me pregunto si los seres humanos viajarán por la vía láctea, pero no sé si la física aun incluso lo permitirá. La verdad es que dudo que escapemos de las fronteras de nuestro propio
sistema solar durante mi vida.
At times I wonder if human beings will travel through the Milky Way, but I don't know if physics will even allow it. The truth is that I doubt that we will escape the frontiers of our own solar system during my lifetime.
La via hacía la paz no será construido por haciendo más guerra.
The road towards peace will not be built by making more war.
La Vía Dolorosa no fue en vano.
The Via Dolorosa was not in vain.
