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La Palabra Del Día: "aguacero"

La Palabra Del Día: "aguacero"

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aguacero ( ah-gwah-seh'-roh )

noun ( rainstorm, shower, downpour )


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There are many native English speakers here, most of us can offer great suggestions to the English sentences. I will do my best to go through them all, too. For the Spanish sentences, edit your posts according to the native Spanish speaker's suggestions. Use today's Word of the Day in your own Spanish sentence (and include the English translation as well). Try to use the word in a completely new way and vote on the sentences you like best. The winner will be chosen based upon the correct use of the word as well as the number of votes.

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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: Me agarró un aguacero camino al trabajo.

I got caught in a rainstorm on the way to work.

2: Cancelaron el partido de béisbol por el aguacero.

They called off the baseball game due to the downpour.


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updated Apr 15, 2016
posted by rac1
Refreshing! - 00cc0117, Apr 1, 2016
Hola David. :) - rac1, Apr 1, 2016
Hola amigos :) - ian-hill, Apr 1, 2016
I woke up to a snow shower this morning. Gracias guapita :-)! - Jraider, Apr 1, 2016
You're welcome JR. I went out to shop and got caught in a flood. :( - rac1, Apr 1, 2016
Hola, Ian. :) - rac1, Apr 1, 2016

15 Answers

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The woman laughed as she felt the power of the rainstorm, while the little child danced through the rain all the way home.

La mujer se echó a reír como sentía el poder de la tormenta, mientras que el niño pequeño baila a través de la lluvia todo el camino a casa.

updated Apr 15, 2016
posted by Matjam
Laughing and singing in the rain ;-)! - Jraider, Apr 1, 2016
I wasn't laughing or dancing in the rain and flooding I got caught in today. :( - rac1, Apr 1, 2016
'...bailaba a través...' ;) - Pablo064, Apr 2, 2016
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Ojalá que los aguaceros de abril ayuden a limpiar un poquito el aire contaminado de la Ciudad de México. Ahora sí nos estamos ahogando, cof, cof...

I hope April showers contribute somehow to clean the air pollution in Mexico City. Now we are choking, cough, cough...

Thank you, Jennysk!

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updated Apr 4, 2016
edited by LuisCache
posted by LuisCache
Ojalá, pronto un aguacero. - 00cc0117, Apr 1, 2016
I could not live there :-(! - Jraider, Apr 1, 2016
That's sad, but I know it's true, unfortunately. - rac1, Apr 1, 2016
Typo? choking - jennysk, Apr 2, 2016
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Según el pronóstico, no habrá un aguacero hasta el lunes, así que tendré que pasar mucho de este fin de semana trabajando en el jardín.

According to the forecast, there will not be a downpour until Monday, so I will have to spend much of this weekend working in the garden.

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(no, this is not me)

updated Apr 3, 2016
edited by bosquederoble
posted by bosquederoble
to spend "most" of this weekend - Matjam, Apr 1, 2016
Time to till :-)! - Jraider, Apr 1, 2016
Thanks Matjam, I had meant to put much, don't know how I omitted a word, most would work equally well. :) - bosquederoble, Apr 1, 2016
My friend has a big flower garden. It's beautiful, but a lot of work. - rac1, Apr 1, 2016
I am slowly moving from higher maintenance to lower maintenance plants, but when it is done well, it does look so nice. :) - bosquederoble, Apr 1, 2016
Tuvimos y estamos teniendo un tremendo aguacero en bsas :D - Pablo064, Apr 2, 2016
This is normally a rainy time here, but for some reason it is warm and sunny. Maybe global warming, maybe random fluctuations. :) - bosquederoble, Apr 2, 2016
no one knows I go for the first one anyway :D - Pablo064, Apr 3, 2016
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People often ask me when the rainy season is in Baja California Sur. I tell them that we do not have one. It only rains a few times each year and then it usually is a downpour lasting no more than an hour but result in flash floods.

A menudo la gente me pregunta cuando es la temporada de lluvia en Baja California Sur. Les dijo que no nos tenemos una. Solo llueve a poca veces cada año y entonces es un aguacero que no dura más que una hora pero resulta en riadas.

updated Apr 2, 2016
edited by gringojrf
posted by gringojrf
Flood insurance should be cheap? - 00cc0117, Apr 1, 2016
How about the occasional hurricane? - Jraider, Apr 1, 2016
Yes we have an occasional hurricane but again they don't stay long. The peninsula is only 25 miles wide and so at 0-15 miles an hour they too pass quickly. - gringojrf, Apr 1, 2016
10-15 miles an hour. - gringojrf, Apr 1, 2016
Nobody carried insurance here. Not for their houses and very few on their cars. Only if the car is financed. Health insurance is fairly widespread but very inexpensive. - gringojrf, Apr 1, 2016
It's like that in Las Vegas too. - rac1, Apr 1, 2016
I mean the weather. - rac1, Apr 1, 2016
'..les digo que...llueve unas pocas veces al año.. and 'más de una hora' would be better ;) - Pablo064, Apr 2, 2016
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It been nothing but rain showers and ice cold wind here in Indy this week.

Sido nada pero las duchas de aguacero y frío viento aquí en Indy esta semana.

Spanish correction: No ha habido más que duchas de aguacero y viento frío

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updated Apr 4, 2016
edited by Nickelbackfan1
posted by Nickelbackfan1
It has been..... - gringojrf, Apr 1, 2016
More clippers from Canada? :( - 00cc0117, Apr 1, 2016
I have family in Indiana. Muncie to be exact. - rac1, Apr 1, 2016
Really? Crazy how small the world can be sometimes. - Nickelbackfan1, Apr 2, 2016
'No ha habido más que duchas de aguacero y viento frío...' ;) - Pablo064, Apr 2, 2016
Thanks Pablo. :) - Nickelbackfan1, Apr 2, 2016
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** Los** aguaceros de Abril traen flores de Mayo, y malas herbias.

April showers bring May flowers, and weeds.

updated Apr 2, 2016
edited by Jraider
posted by Jraider
Buenos dias, señor Raider. - 00cc0117, Apr 1, 2016
Hola david :-)! - Jraider, Apr 1, 2016
They do indeed, JR. :) - rac1, Apr 1, 2016
'Los aguaceros...' ;) - Pablo064, Apr 2, 2016
Gracias Pablo :-)! - Jraider, Apr 2, 2016
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OH, estar en Inglaterra ahora aquel abril de allí,

Podemos mirar hacia adelante a muchos un aguacero.

OH, to be in England now that April's there,

We can look forward to many a heavy shower.

April Showers

updated Apr 2, 2016
edited by ian-hill
posted by ian-hill
Oh joy :-)! - Jraider, Apr 1, 2016
Same here! - rac1, Apr 1, 2016
I know you just told me on Skype mod mate xx :) - ian-hill, Apr 1, 2016
:) - Pablo064, Apr 2, 2016
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Un aguacero es el refresco de la brisa y la tierra, significa poder contemplar el verde de todos los colores en los campos y montañas , así un aguacero es muy beneficioso.

A shower is the refreshing breeze and earth, it means to contemplate the green of all colors in the fields and mountains, and a downpour is very beneficial.

updated Apr 2, 2016
posted by porcupine7
Very poetic porcu - I won't try to change poetry, that is never a good idea. xx :) - ian-hill, Apr 1, 2016
i love the smell of the rain :-)! - Jraider, Apr 1, 2016
..."of earth and means to think about all the green colors in the fields and mountains. A downpour"..... :) - rac1, Apr 1, 2016
:) - Pablo064, Apr 2, 2016
Gracias amigos - porcupine7, Apr 2, 2016
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Un aquacero siempre es un bendición a los que viven en el terreno alto. (un punto de vista)

A rainstorm is always a blessing to those who live on high ground. (a point of view)

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updated Apr 2, 2016
posted by Jubilado
Por supuesto :-)! - Jraider, Apr 1, 2016
Well said. - 00cc0117, Apr 1, 2016
True, but I live below sea level. - rac1, Apr 1, 2016
'una bendición para los..en un terreno... ;) - Pablo064, Apr 2, 2016
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Hay una sequía en California, así que siempre se agredece un aguacero.

There is a drought in California, so a big rain is always welcome.

updated Apr 2, 2016
posted by mstivers
Yes, you all needed that. :) - rac1, Apr 1, 2016
As it is here :-)! - Jraider, Apr 1, 2016
(: - Pablo064, Apr 2, 2016
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La semana pasada, tuvimos un aguacero de la mañana.

Last week, we had a downpour in the morning.

updated Apr 2, 2016
edited by 00cc0117
posted by 00cc0117
I love sleeping in the rain. - rac1, Apr 1, 2016
Don't you get wet?? ;-) - Winkfish, Apr 1, 2016
@rac....I hope you mean in your bed while it rains outside :-0! - Jraider, Apr 1, 2016
Yep. In my bed of course. Speaking of getting wet...I got caught in a flood today. :( - rac1, Apr 1, 2016
That's not hard in this town, girl! - Winkfish, Apr 1, 2016
You got that right. The rain was falling faster than our wonderful pumps could keep up. - rac1, Apr 1, 2016
'en la mañana or por la mañana' ;) - Pablo064, Apr 2, 2016
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Aquí en Cuenca, por aguaceros frecuentes, no se atreven a salir sin un impermeable o un paraguas.

Here in Cuenca, because of frequent cloudbursts, one dares not go out without a raincoat or an umbrella.

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updated Apr 4, 2016
posted by AnnRon
My umbrella went up today like Mary Poppins. lol - rac1, Apr 1, 2016
(: - Pablo064, Apr 2, 2016
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jugando con el lenguaje- playing with language

Que divertidos son los idiomas, En español cuando voy de paseo lo que no quiero es que caiga un aguacero,o lo que es lo mismo, lo que quiero es agua-cero. En inglés si quiero ver un aguacero solo tengo que darme una ducha..

the languages are so funny, In Spanish when I go for a walk I hate that a shower is starting, in other words , I want zero water. In English if I want to see a shower i just only have to take a shower.

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updated Apr 2, 2016
posted by 000a35ff
I would suggest starting: "Languages are so funny..." or "How amusing languages are..." and you need to correct one "i" to "I". - Jubilado, Apr 1, 2016
Buenas tarde. - 00cc0117, Apr 1, 2016
Yes. My favorite beverage is Coca Cero. But I don't like Agua Cero at all. jajaja. - gringojrf, Apr 1, 2016
Today the rain was falling so fast that within minutes, we were flooded. Of course I had to go out and got caught in it. - rac1, Apr 2, 2016
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El aguacero comienza cuando voy fuera.

The downpour begins when I go outside.

updated Apr 4, 2016
posted by Cam13
That seems to be happening to me a lot lately. :) - rac1, Apr 4, 2016
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En el sud-este de Australia, hubo una sequía todo el verano. Ahora es otoño y todavía está muy seco. En marzo hubo un aguacero, pero nada más. Todavía estamos esperando.

In the south- east of Australia there was a drought all summer. Now it is autumn and it is still very dry. In March there was one downpour but nothing more. We are still waiting.

updated Apr 3, 2016
edited by jennysk
posted by jennysk
You can have some of ours, a lot of it in fact. I was caught out in a downpour yesterday which quickly became a flood. - rac1, Apr 2, 2016
'hubo una sequía..está muy seco...(and 'ahora es otoño/ahora estamos en otoño)...hubo un aguacero..' ;) - Pablo064, Apr 3, 2016
Gracias Pablo. - jennysk, Apr 3, 2016