La Palabra Del Día: "puramente"
puramente ( poo-rah-mehn'-teh )
adverb ( purely; simply )
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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: Tejo bufandas puramente por placer.
I knit scarves purely out of pleasure.
2: Esta corona es puramente simbólica; no eres un rey de verdad.
This crown is purely symbolic; you are not actually a king.
9 Answers
Es posible cumplir mucho puramente mediante el trabajo duro, y es posible cumplir mucho puramente mediante el talento innato, pero si quieres ser el mejor, necesitas los dos. Encuentra tus talentos y desarróllalos, pero también persigue lo que te gusta, y reconoce que con algunas cosas nunca vendrán fácilmente.
It is possible to accomplish much simply via hard work, and it is possible to accomplish much simply via innate talent, but if you want to be the best, you need both. Find your talents and develop them, but also pursue what you like, and recognize that some things will never come easily.
Quiero tocar el tango no por fines de lucro, sino que puramente por el gusto.
I want to play tango not for profit, but purely for pleasure.
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Una hamburguesa casera es puramente el lo mejor.
A home made hamburger is simply the best.
El hecho que hay una olla de oro al final de ese arco iris es puramente fortuito.
The fact that there is a pot of gold at the end of that rainbow is purely coincidental.
This idea is purely awful but funny.
Esta idea es puramente terrible, pero graciosa.
Es puramente casualidad que estemos aquí juntos, pero me parece que podemos hacer un colectivo muy bien funcionado
It is merely coincidence that we are here together, but I think we can make a very well functioning collective group.
Cuando pienso en las varias teorías sobre el universo, y lo de la teoría de la física cuántica, me pongo puramente confundida. Pero es una muestra de lo grande que es mi Dios.
When I think about the various theories about the universe and the matter of the theory of Quantum Physics, I get totally confused. But it's just an indication of how great is my God.
Todos sus intentos para pedir perdón fueron puramente desastrosos.
All his attempts to apologise were simply disastrous.
At the moment we are experiencing a heat wave and its simply awful.
En este momento estamos experiencia una ola de calor y está puramente horrible.
