La Palabra Del Día: "quehacer"
quehacer ( keh-ah-sehr' )
noun ( task, job, chore )
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Examples:
1: Ir al súper es el quehacer que más me gusta.
Going to the grocery store is the chore I like the most.
2: La lista de quehaceres que tenemos que acabar está en el pizarrón.
The list of tasks we have to finish is on the whiteboard.
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Mi nieta piensa que mi único quehacer es jugar con ella.
My granddaughter thinks my only chore is to play with her.
Los quehaceres de un jubilado: levántate, vístete, desayuna, estudie algo un poco difícil, haz ejercicio para el cuerpo, desfrute el compañerismo de otros, y nunca que te.
To get clarification on my questions in my last comment I consulted a native Spanish speaker that I know. Here is what she advised:
"I understand what you want to say, but it sounds weird in Spanish. The corrector is correct. However, you can say:"
Cada día me recuerdo a mi mismo de mis quehaceres de jubilado y me digo: levántate, vístete, desayuna, estudie algo un poco difícil, haz ejercicios, desfrute de la compañía de otros, y nunca permita que te aburras.
The chores (to do's) of a retired person Every day I remind myself of my retired person's chores and I tell myself: get up, get dressed, get breakfast, study something a little difficult, exercise the body, enjoy the companionship of others and never let yourself get bored.
Cuando haces una lista de quehaceres, es bueno ser realístico. realista.
When you make a to-do list, it is good to be realistic.
Ella siempre con sus quehaceres. / She’s always got so much work.
Hoy tengo que hacer muchos quehaceres, pero la verdad es que no importa cuántos yo haga, mi esposa siempre puede encontrar más que hacer.
Today I have to do a lot of chores, but the truth is it doesn't matter how many I do, my wife is always able to find more to be done.
Los quehaceres de la casa nunca se acaban.
Household chores never end.
Lo siento pero en cuanto ví la palabra del día, quehaceres, se me fue el ánimo y pues, no pude escribir nada porque es una palabra muy útil pero muy triste.
I'm really sorry but as soon as I saw the word of the day,'chores', I just lost my enthusiasm and well, I couldn't write anything because it is such a useful word, but so sad.
Hay jefes que no pueden dirigir y no hacen más que encargarse de todo el quehacer y crispar los nervios de los subalternos.
There are leaders who can not lead and cannot do more than to take care of all the work and make the employees nervous.
No importa que sean quehaceres o deberes,
Los dos vienen de las mujeres.
It doesn´t matter that they be chores or tasks,
The two come from women.
¡Ay! ¡Dios mío! No puedo usar "quehacer" en forma singular porque tengo un montón the "quehaceres" que hacer.
Oh! My Goodness. I can't use "chore" in the singular because I have a pile of things to do.
Hoy tendré hacer mucho, pero todavia el quehaceres pueden estar terminar. Today I have a lot to do, but still the chores can be done.
Me pregunté "¿Voy a disfrutar antes o después de los quehaceres?" Decidí que divertirme fue más importante asi que se pospusieron los quehaceres .
I asked myself "Am I going to enjoy myself before or after the chores?" I decided that having fun was more important so the chores were postponed.
