La Palabra Del Día: "monótono"
monótono ( moh-noh'-toh-noh )
adjective ( monotonous; humdrum )
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Examples:
1: Beauford sintió que la vida en la cuidad era algo monótona.
Beauford felt that life in the city was rather humdrum.
2: El maestro pasó lista con voz monótona.
The teacher called roll in a monotonous voice.
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El aprendizaje de conjugación, puede ser monótono a veces, pero es necesario.
Learning conjugation can be monotonous at times, but it's necessary.
La manera en que el pastor dio su mensage fue tan monótona que la mitad de la congragación se durmió/
The way in which the Pastor gave his message was so monotonous that half of the congregation fell asleep.
Practicar el piano es monótono, pero muy necesario si quieres tocar bien.
Practicing the piano is monotonous, but very necessary if you want to play well.
Cuaquier actividad puede ser monótona si no la persigues con vigor.
Any activity can become monotonous if you don't pursue it with vigor.
Odio cuando alguien habla con una voz monótono.
I hate it when someone speaks with a monotonous voice.
Recuerdo aquella vez que yo te conoci, fue una tarde monótona. pero cambió en el día más fasinante de mi vida.
I remember that time when I met you, it was a boring afternoon, but turned into the most exciting day of my life.
Me parece que hoy en día la vida es muy monótona, porque nadie se mueve ni un paso en ninguna parte sin su móvil.
I think that nowadays life is very monotonous, because nobody goes anywhere anywhere without their mobile.
Vivir una vida monótona no es la peor cosa que podría suceder contigo, y por eso hay una maldición que dice "que vivas durante una época interesante", lo que se dice es antigua y china, pero los chinos dicen que tampoco es antiguo ni chino, sino moderno y occidental.
To live a monotonous live life is not the worst thing that could happen to you, and so there is a curse that says "may you live in interesting times", which is said to be ancient and Chinese, but the Chinese say that it is neither ancient nor Chinese, but rather modern and Western.
Cuando tu dieta es muy restringida comer puede hacerse monótono, pero la inanición sería peor.
When your diet is very restricted eating can become monotonous, but starvation would be worse.
Como tengo que ir a un intercambio de idiomas en algunos minutos no tengo tiempo para escribir algo interesante aunque las preguntas de SD muchas veces sean más interesantes que los monótonas conversaciones de los intercambios.
As I'm off to language exchange meeting in a few minutes I haven't got time to write anything interesting, even though the questions on SD often are more interesting than the humdrum conversations in the exchange meetings.
Me encanta leer, pero ha estado lloviendo todo el día y mi esposo ha monopolizado la computadora así que incluso leer mis libros ha convertido en algo monótono.
I love to read, but it has rained all day and my husband has hogged the computer, so even reading my books has become monotonous.
