La Palabra Del Dia: "quejarse"
quejarse ( keh-hahr'-seh )
verb ( to complain; to groan )
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Examples:
1: Come el brócoli sin quejarte.
Eat your broccoli without complaining.
2: El viejito pasó toda la mañana quejándose que tenía frío en los pies.
The old man spent the morning groaning that his feet were cold.
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Fue una lástima que no se quejara más de los ruidos en el apartamiento de sus vecinos. Quizá no estarían muertos ahora.
It was a shame that he had not complained more about the noise in his neighbors’ flat. Maybe they wouldn’t be dead now.
El cerdito menor estaba muy pálido y frío. - Está muerto, lloró la niña de la gorra roja. - No respira, dijó la abuela con tristeza fingida. En este momento llegó el policía, Jaimie, el perro sabueso con el mejor morro de todo el país. - Soy policía , gritó mostrando su placa policial. - ¿Que pasa? preguntó. - Este bonito cerdito se ha ahogado, replicó la niña. El hermano mayor todavía estaba escupiendo agua y no podía hablar. El policía tomó el pulso del cerdito.- No está muerto, pero su corazón está latiendo muy lento. Va a morir muy pronto si no podemos llevarle al hospital. - ¡Lo harémos! dijo el hermano mayor, levantando al cerdito blanco por los pies. Como el cerdito estaba casi muerto no podía quejarse de la manera inelegante con que lo llevaron al hospital. - Bueno ,dijo el hermano de en medio, hay que poner una plancha bien caliente en su pecho, lo he visto en televisión. - Yo tengo una plancha, grito la abuela, y mi casa está muy cerca, mejor vayamos a mi casita y apliquemos la plancha allí. La verdad era que a la abuela no le gustaba ni un pimiento ir al hospital, si llegaran al hospital seguramente habría enfermeras y médicos, y resultaría muy difícil matar al cerdito...
The youngest pig was very pale and cold. '' He is dead'', wept the girl in the red cap. '' He is not breathing'', said the Grandmother with pretend sadness. At that moment James, the police bloodhound with the best nose in the country,arrived. '' I'm a policeman'' he shouted, showing his police badge. '' What's going on here? '' he asked. '' This beautiful piglet has drowned answered the little girl. The older piglet was still spitting out water and unable to talk. The policeman took the piglet's pulse. ' He is not dead, but his heart is beating very slowly.He will die very soon if we can't get him to hospital.'' '' Let's get on with it!', said the middle brother,lifting the pale little piglet by his feet. '' As the piglet was all but dead he was unable to complain about the inelegant way he was being taken to hospital. '' Good,'' said the middle brother, '' one has to put a very hot iron on his chest, I've seen it on telly''. '' I've got an iron'' shouted the Grandmother, '' and my house is very nearby, we had better go there and apply the hot iron''. The truth was that the Grandmother was not taken with the plan of going to hospital, if they were to get there, there would definitely be nurses and doctors about and this would make it difficult to kill the piglet.
I attended a memorial service yesterday that was both sad and inspiring. The man was beloved for sending letters of appreciation. He often addressed comments to the "compliment" rather than complaint department. ] In life, his jokes brought both laughter and groans, and it was thought that Saint Peter at the "Pearly Gates" might first joke with him, before welcoming him in . . . 
gonna ride the chariot in the morning... ~ voy a montar el carruaje por la mañana ...
Asistí a un servicio conmemorativo ayer que fue triste e inspirador. El hombre era amado por enviar cartas de agradecimiento. Él enviaba a menudo comentarios al 'cumplidos' en lugar de departamento de quejas. En la vida, sus bromas trajeron ambos risas y quejas, y se pensó que San Pedro en las 'puertas nacaradas' podría primero bromear con él, antes de darle la bienvenida en... 
Natalia: Cada vez Alberto viene, se queja de que mi casa está demasiada caliente o demasiada fría.
Marcela: Sólo déle una generosa porción de vodka para beber. Esto entumecería sus sentidos.
Natalia: Every time Alberto comes, he complains that my house is either too hot or too cold.
Marcela: Just give him a generous serving of vodka to drink. That would numb his senses.
Para de quejarte de todo, es mejor si buscas las cosas bonitas en tu vida y manifiestas tu gratitud.
Stop complaining all, it is better if you look for nice things in your life and manifest your gratitude.
Nunca me quejo del clima en Sacramento; es practicamente perfecto.
I never complain about the climate in Sacramento; it's practically perfect.
I used to work in a money lending company. I resigned because of too much stress and pressure because we were receiving a lot of complains from angry customers. They were always complaining about poor service
Yo trabajaba en una entidad de crédito. Renuncié por demasiado estrés y presión porque recibíamos muchas quejas de clientes enojados. Ellos siempre se quejaban de malo servicio.
Se quejaron de la brutalidad de la policía. / They complained about police brutality.
Se queja de todo. / He’s always moaning about something or other.
One specific group of people always moan about something or other.
Un grupo específico de gente siempre quejarse de una cosa u otra.
No nos gusta quejarnos, pero la semana pasada estuvimos en un restaurante y después de esperar por más de una hora sin que nos traigan la comida, mi marido habló con el gerente.
We don't like to complain, but last week we were in a restaurant and after waiting more than an hour without getting any food, my husband spoke to the manager.
Aprendí hace mucho que no es una buena idea quejarse de algo en el trabajo sin tener una solución adecuada para proponer, porque si no, su la solución de ellos normalmente hará un cambio para peor. Sin embargo, incluso cuando tienes una solución buena, es un riesgo, porque ellos podrían idear una disparatada suya propia.
I learned long ago that it is not a good idea to complain about something at work without having an appropriate solution to propose, because if not, their solution normally will be a change for the worse. Nonetheless, even when you have a good solution, it is a risk, because they might come up with a harebrained one of their own.
Señor Quisquilloso habla con una de las recepionistas en el hotel: << ¡Quiero quejarme de la calidad de servicio que recibo en su hotel! >>
La recepionista: << ¡Bueno señor Quisquilloso... lo barato sale caro, vamos a ver, todavía no ha pagado nada! >>
Mr Fussy speaks to one of the hotel receptionists: "I want to complain about the quality of service that I receive in your hotel!"
The receptionist: Well, Mr Quisquilloso.(Mr Fussy) You get what you pay for in life, and let's see, you have still not paid anything!
Corrijan mi español si es necesario, por favor 
Editor's note: I have posted a question asking for help with the idiom: you get what you pay for
