La Palabra Del Dia: "desgraciadamente"

Question

desgraciadamente (dehs-grah-syah-deh-mehn'-teh)

adverb ( unfortunately )

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.

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Examples:

1: Desgraciadamente, Fifi destruyó el sofá.

Unfortunately, Fifi destroyed the couch.

2: ¿Vas a la playa con nosotros? - Desgraciadamente, no puedo.

Are you coming to the beach with us? - Unfortunately, I can't.

Wow! Beautiful flower! Seems like it is made of feathers. :) - Raja-jani, Jan 7, 2016

HOla princesa xx - ian-hill, Jan 7, 2016

Bad Fifi! Gracias chica :-)! - Jraider, Jan 7, 2016

Hola mis amigos. Gracias. ♥♥♥ - rac1, Jan 7, 2016

Scallywag dos de nuevo. - ray76, Jan 7, 2016

Answer 1

"El Niño" desgraciadamente ha llegado a California y está golpeando con furia la costa occidental y el interior causando mucha destrucción y dolor.

"El Niño" unfortunately has arrived in California and is hammering the West Coast and inland causing much destruction and pain.

They are saying it is the worst one in many years. - rac1, Jan 7, 2016

It's been raining or snowing here every day, but Cali needs the water :-)! - Jraider, Jan 7, 2016

Alas. :) - jrschenk, Jan 7, 2016

Answer 2

Me mudo al campo y voy a comerme muchos duraznos. Pero desgraciadamente los duraznos vienen de una en lata y fueron puestos allí por un hombre en una fábrica en el centro de la ciudad. Aun así si hiciera lo que me da la gana, comería duraznos todos los días.

I am moving to the country and I am going to eat me a lot of peaches. But unfortunately peaches come from a can and they were put there by a man in factory downtown. Still if I had my way, I would eat peaches every day.

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Move to Atlanta amigo - they are all over the place. :)) - ian-hill, Jan 7, 2016

Millions of peaches, peaches for me. ;) - bosquederoble, Jan 7, 2016

We have one tree and I could have sent you a bushel :-)! - Jraider, Jan 7, 2016

I do wonder how many people actually have heard the song in the video link. Or know the group. :) - bosquederoble, Jan 7, 2016

I love peaches if they are fresh, like when they're in season. Yum!! - rac1, Jan 7, 2016

It is okay but maybe 'los duraznos vienen en lata' is what you meant otherwise ignore it ;) - Pablo064, Jan 7, 2016

That sounds good. in English we can say they come from a can, or they come in a can- it means essentially the same I guess in essence. :) - bosquederoble, Jan 7, 2016

The link to the video is just below the picture, the picture is otherwise unrelated to the video, except that it includes the first line of the song. :) - bosquederoble, Jan 7, 2016

I bought the album when it first came out... love it. :D - jrschenk, Jan 7, 2016

I knew I couldn't be the only one familiar with it. :) - bosquederoble, Jan 8, 2016

Lead singer Chris Ballew has stated that he wrote "Peaches" about a girl he once had a crush on. He allegedly wrote this song after sitting under a peach tree she had in her yard while waiting for her to arrive, to finally let her know that he liked her. - bosquederoble, Jan 9, 2016

Answer 3

Cuando asistía a la escuela secundaria quería jugar en el equipo de fútbol americano, pero desgraciadamente (¿afortunadamente?) no tenía el tipo adecuado de cuerpo. Así que jugué en el equipo de fútbol soccer.

When I was in high school I really wanted to play on the football team but unfortunately (fortunately?) I didn't have the right body type. So I played on the soccer team.

Yeah. That guy is not having fun :-)! - Jraider, Jan 7, 2016

Have you seen the movie, Concussion yet? - rac1, Jan 7, 2016

it would be 'afortunadamente' are/were you a good player? :D - Pablo064, Jan 7, 2016

:) - jrschenk, Jan 7, 2016

Gracias, Pablo064. No, I was terrible. I played central defense and had no clue. - mstivers, Jan 8, 2016

But I'm pretty good at the FlFA videogame! - mstivers, Jan 8, 2016

jajjaj okay :D :D - Pablo064, Jan 9, 2016

Answer 4

Desgraciadamente, no puedo pensar en nada que escribir hoy.

Unfortunately, I can't think of anything to post today.

Typo: "escribir" - Daniela2041, Jan 7, 2016

You did a good job of not doing it. lol - rac1, Jan 7, 2016

Gracias Dani :-)! - Jraider, Jan 7, 2016

(: - Pablo064, Jan 7, 2016

I'm with Amber on this. :D - jrschenk, Jan 7, 2016

Answer 5

I wonder what the difference is between desgraciadamente and desafortunadamente.

Me pregunto cuál es la diferencia entre desgraciadamente y desafortunadamente.

A good point. And probably desgraciadamente is too strong really for the use I put it to. :) - bosquederoble, Jan 7, 2016

Yes it sounds more like "disgracefully so" :-)! - Jraider, Jan 7, 2016

It's a mouthful of a word, that's for certain. :) - rac1, Jan 7, 2016

yes it comes from 'desgracia' and the other one from 'fortuna-suerte' :D you would use 'desgraciadamente' in a serious situation unless you overreact to anything - Pablo064, Jan 7, 2016

Great question... I wonder if desafortunadamente would have worked for most of the answers posted here. ;) - jrschenk, Jan 7, 2016

You can also use: por desgracia ;) - FELIZ77, Jan 8, 2016

Answer 6

El consejero: Desgraciadamente no tengo mucho tiempo hoy. Te ayudaré mañana.

Counselor: Unfortunately I don’t have much time today. I will help you tomorrow.

Fine! I'll just google it :-)! - Jraider, Jan 7, 2016

Thank you...:) - rac1, Jan 7, 2016

Great excuse :) - Pablo064, Jan 7, 2016

;) - jrschenk, Jan 7, 2016

I wouldn't go to ask for help from that consellor "if" I were depressed or suicidal because by the time he had time for me, it could be too late! - FELIZ77, Jan 8, 2016

Answer 7

Desgraciadamente hay ignorantes que necesitan obtener instrucciones en cada paso.

Unfortunately there are ignorant people who need instructions at each step.

I would say "ignorant people." I'm not sure "ignorant" is a noun in English. - mstivers, Jan 7, 2016

I agree amigo. - ian-hill, Jan 7, 2016

The perfect word is ignoramuses :-)! - Jraider, Jan 7, 2016

Or "ignorami?" (just kidding) - Daniela2041, Jan 7, 2016

"ignorant people" or "ignoramuses" both work, amiga. ♥ - rac1, Jan 7, 2016

Ignorami is Japanese :-0! - Jraider, Jan 7, 2016

not 'de' before 'obtener' :) - Pablo064, Jan 7, 2016

Hola, Porcupine. ;) - jrschenk, Jan 7, 2016

Gracias amigos - porcupine7, Jan 8, 2016

Answer 8

En Australia, "El Niño " significa que hay una sequía aquí y el riesgo de incendios en los bosques y las llanuras es muy alto. Ya ha habido malos incendios y desgraciadamente muchas casas se perdieron en el Día de la Navidad. Muchos animales se murieron pero no personas.

In Australia, "El Niño " means there is a drought here and the risk of fires in the forests and grasslands is very high. There have already been bad fires and unfortunately many houses were lost on Christmas Day. Many animals died but no people.

Be well Jenny :-)! - Jraider, Jan 7, 2016

:) - Pablo064, Jan 7, 2016

And I learned something... everything takes on a different connotation down under. :D - jrschenk, Jan 7, 2016

That's a shame. - rac1, Jan 8, 2016

Answer 9

Estoy pintando el dormitorio y quiero acabar con ésta faena antes del atardecer porque si no, desgraciadamente no sería posible dormir en la habitación esta noche por el olor a pintura .

I'm just painting the bedroom and I want to finish this before it gets dark, because, if not, unfortunately we won't be able to sleep in the room tonight as it stinks of paint.

On accountof this, I haven't got time to post a picture, maybe I'll put one up of the room once finished. if it ever gets finished. - annierats, Jan 7, 2016

Go Rembrandt! Go!!!! - Jraider, Jan 7, 2016

Wow, three past WOD words in one sentence. You go,girl!! - Daniela2041, Jan 7, 2016

Thanks, Annie...Don't let the fumes get to you. :) - rac1, Jan 7, 2016

'esta noche por el olor a pintura' and it would be understood that it stinks ;) - Pablo064, Jan 7, 2016

That suggestion was if you want to sound more natural but you could say ' como huele muy mal 'a' pintura' anyway ;) . - - Pablo064, Jan 7, 2016

:) - jrschenk, Jan 7, 2016

Thanks Pablo, I shall change it right away, needless to say it needs another coat, I will never finish it. The paint is useless! - annierats, Jan 8, 2016

And thanks for the kind comments everybody! - annierats, Jan 8, 2016

Answer 10

Spanishdict is an excellent, educational website and we are a very caring community. We can help you to improve your Spanish and/or your English but unfortunately we are not willing to do your homework for you! You would learn much better (faster) if you do it yourself!

SpanishDict es un sitio web de enseñanza excelente y somos una comunidad muy comprensiva y cariñosa. Podemos ayudarte* a mejorar tu español y/o tu inglés, ¡pero desgraciadamente no estamos dispuesto a hacer tus deberes! Aprenderías más rápido si lo hicieras tú mismo!

Also, te podemos ayudar a mejorar* etc....

Native speakers: Would you say: you will learn or you would learn in this context, please?

¡Vas a aprender (mejorar) más rápido si lo haces tú mismo! (o tú misma) ???

Corrijan mi español si es necesario, por favor

Very good post, Feliz. :) - rac1, Jan 8, 2016

Thank you very much, Amber :) - FELIZ77, Jan 8, 2016

:) - Pablo064, Jan 9, 2016

Muchas gracias, Pablo :) - FELIZ77, Jan 9, 2016

Answer 11

Desgraciadamente un hombre cayó de un avión. Afortunadamente tenía un paracaídas. Desgraciadamente su paracaídas no abrió. Afortunadamente se dirigió hacia un almiar. Desgraciadamente erró el almiar. Afortunadamente su esposa tuvo un seguro de vida para él que vale un millón de dólares.

Unfortunately a man fell out of an airplane. Fortunately he had a parachute. Unfortunately his parachute did not open. Fortunately he was heading for a haystack. Unfortunately he missed the haystack. Fortunately his wife had a million dollar life insurance policy on him.

Unfortunately, they did not keep up the payments on the policy. :D - jrschenk, Jan 8, 2016

And so it goes, hahaha! - Jubilado, Jan 8, 2016

Fortunately, she won the lottery. - rac1, Jan 8, 2016

Lol :) - FELIZ77, Jan 8, 2016

:) - jrschenk, Jan 8, 2016

Answer 12

Desgraciadamente, lloró todo el camino por 3 horas y solo quedó dormido a 5 minutos de la casa.

Unfortunately he cried the whole way for 3 hours and only fell asleep 5 minutes from home.

Aere aw there yet? - Jraider, Jan 7, 2016

Why did you add the hours he stayed crying in the Spanish :D :D 'dormido a 5 minutos de casa' would be better :) - Pablo064, Jan 7, 2016

:) - jrschenk, Jan 7, 2016

Well, maybe he will sleep the rest of the evening. - rac1, Jan 8, 2016

Oh, I sure did. Ok, let me fix it. - katydew, Jan 8, 2016

Typical, absolutley typical. - annierats, Jan 8, 2016