La Palabra Del Día: "cándido"
cándido ( kahn'-dee-doh )
adjective ( innocent, naïve, ingenuous )
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Examples:
1: "No son globitos. Son rábanos," respondió el abuelo a la pregunta cándida de su nieta.
"They're not little balloons. They're radishes," the grandfather replied to his granddaughter's ingenuous question.
2: Con su sonrisa cándida y su mirada franca, la muchacha captivó a todos.
With her innocent smile and frank gaze, the young girl charmed everyone.
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Desde un punto de vista sardónico, la obra sigue las peripecias del protagonista Cándido en una serie de aventuras subsecuentes con la idea que ?todo sucede para bien en este, el mejor de los mundos posibles? pero sus aventuras refutan de forma dramática este precepto a pesar del obstinamiento con el que el personaje se aferra a éste siendo un hombre cándido.
From a sardonic view, the work follows the adventures of Candide , the main character in a series of subsequent adventures with the idea that everything happens for good „ in this best of all possible worlds „ but his adventures dramatically contradict this precept in spite of his obstinate clinging of this character to this, being a naive man.
En el pasado era un poco cándido, pero la vida le enseñó que debe poner su bicicleta bajo siete candados.
In the past he used to be a bit naïve, but life taught him that he must keep his bicycle well locked up.
Una vez era cándido, ahora es profesional.
Once he was innocent, now he is a professional.
La pura verdad es que cándida es una palabra sin sentido en el mundo actual y sería mejor fijarse en mantener la boca limpia.
It has to be said that the word ' innocent' has lost it's meaning in the modern world and it would be better to concentrate on keeping your mouth clean.
Su respuesta cándida no era lo que él quería oír.
Her candid response was not what he wanted to hear.
In reply to the innocent girl's question, the man told a story about a dog that blew hot air balloons high in the sky.
En respuesta a la pregunta de la niña cándida, el hombre contó una historia sobre un perro que soplaba aire caliente globos de alta en el cielo.
La gente del mundo, no son cándido acerca de su gobierno.
The people of the world, are no longer naive about their goverment.
Garfield :I am innocent ,I did not want to take the last piece of pizza.
John : Of course let me guess ,aliens from outer space came and made you eat it. [walks out of room]
Alien: He's onto us we must leave at once.
Garfield: Soy cándido , no quiero que el último pedazo de pizza.
Juan : por supuesto Déjenme adivinar alienígenas del espacio exterior hicieron que usted come. [camina fuera de la habitación]
Alien: él está en nosotros, debemos dejar a la vez
Frankly it is strange that the words cándido and candid mean different things.
Es extraño que las palabras cándido y candid significan cosas diferentes.
Estar cándido es estar ignorante porque no tienes el conocimiento de la vida humana real.
Being innocent is being ignorant because you do not have the knowledge of real human life.
Disfruto mucho estar con mis nietos porque son muy jovenes y cándidos y dicen las cosas más divertidas.
I enjoy being with my grand-children very much because they are very young and ingenuous and say the most amusing things.
No es fácil creer que el asesino es cándido y inocente.
It is not easy to believe that the murderer is guileless and inocent.
Hago el esfuerzo de no ser cándida en nada, sino estar al tanto de lo que está pasando alrededor de mí. Pero soy muy inocente en cuanto a la maldad o la malas intenciones.
I try to not be naïve or ingenuous about anything but rather to be aware of what is happening all around me. But I am very innocent as far as evil or evil intentions go.
