La Palabra Del Dia: "acudir"
acudir ( ah-koo-deer' )
verb ( to come; to turn to )
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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: Hijo, siempre puedes acudir a mí para hablar de tus problemas.
Son, you can always turn to me to talk about your problems.
2: No puedo acudir a la sesión de repaso porque tengo gripa.
I can't come to the review session because I have the flu.
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El performance art es fascinante... pero es muy difícil hacer que el público acuda.
Performance art is fascinating... but it is very difficult to get an audience.
Siempre que no entiendo el significado de una palabra, acudo al diccionario.
Whenever I do not understand a word´s meaning (word meaning), I look (to) in the dictionary.
Desafortunadamente, mi madre no podrá acudir a la boda de mi hija, debido a que ya no le permiten usar la tobillo izquierdo, pero mi esposa le va a hacer que alguien la lo grabe.
Unfortunately, my mother will not be able to come to my daughter's wedding, due to them no longer letting her use her left ankle, but my wife is going to have someone record it for her.
Ayer fui a un intercambio de lenguas en Barbate. Fue muy interesante pero me cansó tanto que no pude recordar ni un solo verbo en forma de vosotros en el futuro. No habia nadie a quien acudir. Por eso dije que tenía que preparar la cena y salí corriendo.
Yesterday I went to a language interchange in Barbate. It was very interesting but it tired me so much that I couldn't remember a single verb in the 'vosotros' form , in the future tense. There was nobody to turn to. Because of this I said I had to make supper and I fled. .
Les llamé y acudieron. / I called them and they came.
Los recuerdos acudían a mi memoria. / Memories came flooding back.
Acudí a los gritos. / I responded to the cries.
No sé a quién acudir. / I don’t know who to turn to.
A la cita acudieron más de 60 empresas. / Over 60 firms took part in the event.
Como dijo una música que tocó tocaba el oboe, si nadie quiere acudir a su concierto nada que dice no de lo que diga puede convencerles de hacerlo.
As an oboe player once said, if no one wants to come to your concert nothing you say can convince them.
Los estudiantes que son concienzudos siempre acuden a clase en punto.
Students who are conscientious always come to class on time.
Si Clarence no hubiera acudido al rescate de George, entonces nuestro prójimo habriá tirado su mayor don: su vida.
If Clarence hadn't come to George's rescue, then our fellow would have thrown away his greatest gift: his life.
Al ver esta película, creo que malos recuerdos acudieron a la gente anciana, superviviente de la segunda guerra mundial.
Seeing this film, I think bad memories came to the old people, survivors of the Second World War.
Estoy por lo general a finales de este hilo
así que acudir en busca de inspiración en la música.
I'm usually at the end of this thread so go for inspiration in music.
José Artemio Sanchez acude a la policía y pone una denuncia en comisaría acerca de ser un testigo de alguien que salió corriendo desde el lugar donde habían encontrado el cuerpo de Beatriz.
(Resumen corto de parte de novela "Ocurrió en el Retiro" por María Garrido-Nivel 2 (B1) )
José Artemio Sanchez went to the police to file a police report / lodge a complaint at the police station about being a witness to someone running away from the place where the body of Beatriz had been found.
The first successful flash mob occurred in 2003 in Macy's in Manhattan, when a large group of people suddenly turned up asking for a 'love rug' for their commune then dispersed quickly.
El primer 'flash mob' exitoso ocurrió en 2003 en Macy's en Manhattan, cuando un gran grupo de gente de pronto acudió para pedir una alfombra llamada "love rug" para su comuna y luego se dispersó de repente.
