La Palabra Del Día: "penoso"
penoso ( peh-noh'-soh )
adjective ( pitiful, sorry; painful, laborious )
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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: No quiero que mis papás vean el penoso estado de mi cuarto.
I don't want my parents to see the sorry state of my room.
2: El penoso labor de arar los campos les toca a los niños.
The painful labor of plowing the fields is done by the boys.
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- adj. Cuba, El Salv. y Méx. tímido. U. t. c. s.
De niña era muy penosa con los extraños.
When she was a child she was very shy with strangers.
Muchos saludos, Jubilado, Jraider, rac, Ann! 
A veces con mi cuerpo viejo todo que hago - poniéndome parado, caminando, llevando cosas, montando pararme, caminar, cargar cosas, subir escaleras - es penoso (¡en todos los sentidos de esta palabra!). Pero es mejor que la alternativa.
Sometimes with my old body everything I do - standing up, walking, carrying things, going up stairs - is laborious (all the meanings of this word!). But it's better than the alternative.
El Chelsea fue el campeón de la temporada pasada pero esta temporada ha sido penoso. penosa.
Chelsea were the champions last season but this season have been pitiful.
Es muy penoso que el pobre oso polar se vea obligado a sentarse en la roca vacía sin nieve y hielo y es muy probable que sea debido al cambio medioambiental que va a empeorar.
It is very unfortunate that the poor polar bear is forced to sit on the empty rock without snow and ice and it is very likely due to environmental change that it will worsen.
Me cansé del día a día del trabajo penoso, por lo que me jubilé.
I grew tired of the day to day drudgery, so I retired.
El recorrido a Ecuador fue penoso, pero estar aquí hace toda la frustración y la incomodidad valga la pena.
The journey to Ecuador was hard, but being here makes all the frustration and discomfort worthwhile,
De niño, cuando tomé una clase de música en la escuela, mis esfuerzos para aprender a tocar cualquier instrumento fueron penosos- no tengo ni un poco de talento innato y la verdad es que incluso la armada nunca pudo adiestrarme para marchar siguiendo el ritmo. Por suerte, descubrí otras aptitudes.
As I child, when I took a music class in school, my efforts to learn to play whatever instrument were sorry- I don't have even a little innate talent and the truth is that even the navy was never able to train me to march in step. Luckily I found other talents.
A veces ser un padre puede ser un penoso labor de amor.
Sometimes being a parent can be a painful labor of love.
Es penoso ver tanta miseria. / It’s distressing to see so much poverty.
Fue una fiesta penosa. / It was a dreadful party.
Fue penoso a ver nuestro equipo perder anoche.
It was pitiful, to see our team lose last night.
La penosa situación de los pobres immigrantes que llegan cada día en barcos pequeños es una vergüenza para la humanidad.
The pitiful situation of the poor immigrants that arrive every day on tiny ships puts humanity to shame.
In this translation of "Penoso", it means pitiful, sorry, painful, and laborious. Is the laborious associated with labor?
Después de la tormenta el campamento fue una vista penosa.
After the storm the campground was a sorry sight.
