La Palabra Del Dia: "acertar"
acertar ( ah-sehr-tahr' )
verb ( to guess correctly; to get right ) 
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Examples:
1: A ver si lo puedes acertar. ¿Dónde está la canica?
Let's see if you can guess correctly. Where's the marble?
2: Acerté ocho de las diez preguntas en el examen sorpresa.
I got eight of the ten questions on the pop quiz right.
7 Answers
Con correcciones:
Esta es una escena de la famosa obra de teatro escrita por William Shakespear que se llama: "El mercante de Venecia". Hay tres cofres: el primer cofre es de oro, el segundo cofre es de plata y el tercer cofre es de plomo. La jovencita, Portia, tiene que explicar a todos sus pretendientes uno por uno que tienen que acertar en cual cofre ha escondido su retrato. ¡El hombre que tenga éxito en hacerlo, obtendrá la mano de ella! 
o uno a* uno de la famosa obra de teatro escrita por...es de platA..que tenga éxito.. 
- Pablo064 Dec 14, 2015
Muchas gracias, por tus correcciones, Pablo. Las aprecio mucho como siempre
Original text (Spanish only):
Esta es una escena de la obra del teatro famosa escrito por William Shakespear que se llama: "El mercante de Venecia". Hay tres cofres: el primer cofre es de oro, el segundo cofre es de plato y el tercer cofre es de plomo. La jovencita, Portia, tiene que explicar a todos sus pretendientes uno por* uno que tienen que acertar en cual cofre ha escondido su retrato. ¡El hombre que tiene éxito en hacerlo, obtendrá la mano de ella!
This is a scene from the famous play written by William Shakespear called, "The Merchant of Venice". There are three caskets: The first is of gold, the second is of silver and the third one is of lead. The young lady, Portia has to explain to all her suitors one by one that they must correctly guess in which casket she has hidden her portrait. The man who succeeds in doing so (doing it) will win her hand in marriage!
Corrijan mi español si es necesario, por favor
If all goes well, I intend to add a suitable photograph and maybe even a link to the film. I have watched the film with Al Pacino playing the lead role of Shylock and if I remember rightly, Lyn Collins played Portia.
Here is a link to a summary of the play, which hopefully you will find interesting! enter link description here
Here is a link to the full cast list:enter link description here
Here is further information which I hope will help you to better understand the story: enter link description here
Viendo este dibujo me parece que si tu piensas mal tu acertaras.
Seeing this picture I think if you think bad you are guessing right.
Santa puede acertar quién es atrevieso travieso y quién es simpático.
Santa can tell who is naughty and nice.
¿Quién habría acertado que el nuevo aparato muy popular que compré para mi hijo iba a incendiarse espontáneamente?¿No se suponía que el gobierno, acerca del que siempre digo que debería no interferir en nuestras vidas, debía protegerme de algo como esto?
Who would have guessed that the new, very popular device that I bought for my son was going to spontaneously burst into flames? Wasn't the government, which I always say should not interfere in our lives, supposed to protect me from something like this?
Siempre sabemos lo que vamos a dar, pero nunca podemos acertar lo que recibiríamos. Es mejor no pensar en eso.
We always know what we are going to give, but can never be certain what we would receive. It’s best not to think about that.
Si acierto de esto, él va a pasar el resto de su vida en la cárcel, y si no acierto, pues, él todavia va a pasar el resto de su vida en la cárcel, pero qué se puede hacer? ¿Oye, puedes pasar la sal?
If I guess correctly about this, he'll spend the rest of his life in prison, and if I guess incorrectly, well, he'll still spend the rest of his life in prison, but what can you do? Hey, will you pass the salt?
Sherlock
Intento predecir lo que va a hacer o decir mi marido pero es muy difícil. De vez en cuando acierto pero no siempre. Es muy imprevisible ¡un hombre misterioso!
I try to predict what my husband is going to do or say, but it is very difficult. Occasionally I get it right but not always. He is very unpredictable, a man of mystery!
