La Palabra Del Día: "incertidumbre"
incertidumbre ( een-sehr-tee-doom'-breh )
noun ( uncertainty )
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1: La incertidumbre me está matando. Ojalá me dijeran si me van a dar el puesto o no.
The uncertainty is killing me. I wish they'd tell me if I got the job or not.
2: La crisis financiera generó mucha incertidumbre en el país.
The financial crisis created a lot of uncertainty in the country.
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Cuando llevaba laboratorio de física en la universidad, odiaba el cálculo de incertidumbres, porque me resultaba increíblemente complicado.
When I was studying physics laboratory in college, I hated the calculation of uncertainties, because I found it incredibly complicated.
No se puede predecir el futuro y por eso está lleno de incertidumbre. Algunas personas recurren a un adivino para conseguir el sentimiento de certidumbre.
One cannot predict the future and as such it is full of uncertainty. Some people turn to a fortune teller to obtain the feeling of certainty.
La vida es llena de incertidumbre (¡pero eso es lo que la hace divertida!)
Life is full of uncertainty (but that's what makes it fun!)
Algunos creen que es el principio de incertidumbre de Heisenberg que provee la posibilidad del libre albedrío, otros creen que esto es pura tontería, y algunos no creen que exista tal cosa y creen que todo está predeterminado.
Some think that it is the Heisenberg uncertainty priniciple that provides the possibility of free will, others think that this is a load of hooey, and some doin't don't believe that such a thing exists and believe that everything is predetermined.
La incertidumbre es una parte de la vida.
Uncertainty is a part of life.
The uncertainty about the perilous day weighed on the man as he drank hot cups of cocoa.
La incertidumbre sobre el peligroso día pesado en el hombre como bebía caliente tazas de cacao.
En este momento vivimos con la incertidumbre de haber hecho una oferta por un terreno y mañana voy al ayuntamiento para preguntar si podemos construir en este lugar. Espero que a nosotros nos toque la suerte.
Just now we are living in uncertainty because we have made an offer for a plot of land and tomorrow I'm going to the Council Offices to ask if wewill be able to build on this site. I hope we might strike lucky!
Vivimos en tiempos de incertidumbre, pero vivir su vida basada en el miedo no es la respuesta.
We live in times of uncertainty, but living your life based on fear is not the answer.
La incertidumbre es una sensación que se genera cuando no se sabe lo que pasara en el futuro. Hay estados diferentes de incertidumbre y es muy difícil de vencerlos.
Uncertainty is a feeling that is generated when it is not known what will happen in the future. There are different states of uncertainty and it is very difficult to overcome.
Ahora la incertidumbre existía existió solamente en la razón por que me olvidé cuando desperté más temprano.
Now the uncertainty existed only in the reason for my forgetting when I woke up earlier.
Es una pregunta muy común: ¿es posible aceptar la incertidumbre? Y si se puede, ¿cómo se hace?
It is a common question: Is it possible to accept uncertainty? And if one can, how does one do this?
uncertainty filled me with dread as I hurried across the busy intersection.
incertidumbre me lleno con temor como ha apresurado la intersección ocupado .
Cuando hay incertidumbre en mi vida , me siento y medito ,
**y mi camino será a menudo más certero y Claro"
When there is uncertainty in my life, I sit and meditate,
and my path will often be more certain and clear.
No puedo aguantar mucho más la incertidumbre de estas elecciones primarias que vienen una semana tras la otra.
I can't tolerate the uncertainty of these primary elections that come week after week much much longer.
Ahora que hay una buena posibilidad de que un fascista sea presidente de EEUU, hay incertidumbre de que yo siga viviendo aquí.
Now that there is a good possibility that a fascist will be president of the USA, there is uncertainty that I continue living here.
