La Palabra Del Dia: "vela"
vela ( veh'-lah )
noun ( candle, sail, vigil )
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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.
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Examples:
1: Qué hermoso se ve el patio con esas velas colocadas entre la nieve.
How beautiful the patio looks with those candles placed among the snow.
2: ¡El capitán dice que icemos la velas ahora mismo!
The captain says to hoist the sails right away!
11 Answers
En Los Angeles, mi lugar favorito es La Luz de Jesus. Es una galería de arte (el lugar de nacimiento del surealismo pop), una librería, y además venden velas religiosas.
In Los Angeles, my favorite place is La Luz de Jesus. It is an art gallery (the birthplace of pop surrealism), a bookstore, and they also sell religious candles.
A Snoopy se le preguntó de le pidieron mantener una vela sobre la casa de su amo en la noche.
Snoopy was asked to keep a vigil over his master's house at night.
En Suecia celebramos el día de Santa Lucía, el 13 de diciembre, con procesiones de velas, chicas con coronas de velas encendidas , y chicos pequeños, los niños de las estrellas, todos con una vela encendida en la mano. Hoy en día algunas de estas son velas eléctricas, pero la mayoría son velas auténticas.
In Sweden we celebrate the day of Saint Lucy on the 13th of December with candle-lit processions , girls with crowns of lit candles on their heads, and little boys, the star-boys , all with a lit candle in their hands. Nowadays some of the candles are electric but the majority are still real wax candles.
A mi esposa le encantan las velas, pero a veces se olvida de apagarlas y siempre ha tenido miedo de incendiar la casa, y por eso suele utilizar candelitas L E D y sólo incendia enciende verdaderas velas durante ocasiones especiales.
My wife loves candles, but sometimes she forgets to put them out and always has been afraid of lighting the house on fire, and so she normally utilizes L E D tea lights and only lights real candles on special occasions.
La luz desde una vela lleno de amor ,puede iluminar el mundo entero
The light from a candle full of love can illuminate the entire world.
Las velas parecen lindas, sin duda; pero algunas de ellas tienen olores desagradables.
Candles look pretty, no doubt; but some of them have unpleasant smells.
Losviejos buques de épocas pasadas son muy bonitos pero creo que desde el punto de vista de la seguridad los buques de la era moderna son mucho mejores.
Old ships of the ancient days are very nice but I think that in terms of safety the vessels of the modern era are much better.
Durante Hanukkah, en cada una de las ocho noches, una vela está encendido en un candelabro especial que se llama "hanukkiyah".
During Hanukkah, on each of the eight nights, a candle is lit in a special menorah called a “hanukkiyah.”
Note: Usually I don't post twice for one Palabra del Dia, but I couldn't resist the following second thought. I hope you all wouldn't mind... but laugh instead!
Alberto: ¿Cuántas velas quieres en tu pastel de cumpleaños?
Natalia: Sólo ponga cuatro porque no quiero decir mi edad.
Alberto: How many candles do you want on your birthday cake?
Natalia: Just put four because I don’t want to tell my age.
Each year her mother used her daughter's melted birthday candles to make a work of art.
Cada año su madre usó las velas derretidas a su hija para hacer una obra de arte.
Hace muchos años vivía en el campo y no teníamos red eléctrica allí. Debido a esto, usábamos muchas velas en la noche. Una noche mi hijo pequeño escondió una vela encendida en un armario. Afortunademente olimos el olor a quemado antes de que la casa entera se quemara. Las velas pueden ser peligrosas.
Many years ago I lived in the country and we didn't have mains electricity there. Because of this we used a lot of candles at night. One night my small son hid a lit candle in a cupboard. Fortunately we smelled a little burning before the whole house burnt down. Candles can be dangerous.
