La Palabra Del Día: "piar"

Question

piar ( pee-ahr' )

verb ( to chirp; to whine )

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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.

Guidelines:

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: "¿Qué me ves?" pió el pollito.

"What are you looking at?" chirped the chick.

2: Niños, dejen de piar. Ahorita les hago de comer.

Stop whining, kids. I'll make you something to eat in a second.

Nice image. - 00cc0117, Apr 27, 2016

Gracias :) - rac1, Apr 27, 2016

Man, would I like to cast my fishing line in there! Gracias guapita ;-)! - Jraider, Apr 27, 2016

You're welcome chico. It does look like a great place to fish. :) - rac1, Apr 27, 2016

Hola Amber , you are in fine form today lovely girl. - ray76, Apr 28, 2016

Answer 1

Los perros de la pradera "pían" cuando se acerca un depredator.

Prairie dogs "chirp" when a predator approaches.

Actually I think that they got their name because people thought they were "barking", but it sounds more like a chirp :-)! - Jraider, Apr 27, 2016

Seems to be a mother maybe guarding her babies. :) - rac1, Apr 27, 2016

:) - Pablo064, Apr 28, 2016

Gracias Pablo :-)! - Jraider, Apr 28, 2016

Answer 2

Cuando oyes pequeños ruidos del huevo , ya los pollitos ya pían y se preparan de salir.

When you hear small noises from the egg , already the chicks chirp and prepare to leave it.

..."the chips are already chirping and ready to be born." :) - rac1, Apr 27, 2016

Chirping "chips" Amby? Just kidding :-)! - Jraider, Apr 27, 2016

ready to hatch. - annierats, Apr 27, 2016

Thanks, Annie...lol I just couldn't think of the word this morning. :) - rac1, Apr 27, 2016

Rac, I can hardly ever think these days.. - annierats, Apr 27, 2016

'los pollitos ya pían y se...' would sound better ;) - Pablo064, Apr 28, 2016

Gracias amigos - porcupine7, Apr 28, 2016

Answer 3

Todas las manañas del año pasado, un ave piaba en la ventana de la cabina.

Every morning last year, a bird chirped in the window of the cabin.

A cabin in the mountains sounds wonderful. :) - rac1, Apr 27, 2016

There is a bird that has been singing beautifully in a tree by my house :-)! - Jraider, Apr 27, 2016

The one outside at my house wakes up far too early for me to enjoy. - Jubilado, Apr 27, 2016

(: - Pablo064, Apr 28, 2016

Answer 4

The two chicks chirped uneasily as they caught each other staring at the aquamarine lake and the majestic peaks.

Los dos pollitos pió inquieto como cogieron mutuamente contemplando el lago aguamarina y los majestuosos picos.

Muy bien Matjam :-)! - Jraider, Apr 27, 2016

Muy, muy bien. :) - rac1, Apr 27, 2016

Pollitos plural Marjam, fix it quick before Pablo comes along! - annierats, Apr 27, 2016

What do you mean? - Matjam, Apr 27, 2016

jeje yes Annie 'piaron inquietos como 'se cogían' mutuamente...' ;) - Pablo064, Apr 28, 2016

Answer 5

Según el diccionary piar es un ' tweet' en inglés pero como sabemos todos, hoy en día se dice twittear.

According to the dictionary 'piar' means to tweet, but as we all know these days, one says ' to Twitter'.

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[1]: http://www.quickanddirtytips.com/sites/default/files/styles/insert_large/public/images/1084/To Tweet or To Twitter_Smaller.png?itok=ZHp0raH4

As in twitter away your time :-)! - Jraider, Apr 27, 2016

The image has gone awol, sorry.. - annierats, Apr 27, 2016

No problem, Annie. :) - rac1, Apr 27, 2016

I tried to fix it, but I couldn't. Sorry. - rac1, Apr 27, 2016

I just learned 'to tweet' is piar :D - Pablo064, Apr 28, 2016

Answer 6

Con suerte pronto oiremos piando a la cría de las charas que han construido un nido en los rosales justo afuera de la ventana de nuestro comedor (el que está en el piso arriba).

With luck we will soon hear the babies of the Jays that have constructed a nest in the rose vines just outside the window of our dining room (which is on the upstairs floor) chirping.

Yes that is the real view from my dining room, and yes, I really grow a mass of rose vines to the second floor, which arc over the stairway down from the deck. :) - bosquederoble, Apr 27, 2016

I added an outside picture- The window is in the inlet filled with rose vines, you can see the nest in real life but it is difficult to see in the picture. :) - bosquederoble, Apr 27, 2016

Clearly I need to do a little work on the area. :D - bosquederoble, Apr 27, 2016

I saw the nest and a bird in it. :) - rac1, Apr 27, 2016

Blue jays??? - Jraider, Apr 27, 2016

Yes- they plant peanut shells and hazelnuts in my window boxes. I meant you can't see nest well on the outside picture, although it is readily visible in real life. I think I did well with the inside picture. :) - bosquederoble, Apr 27, 2016

For some reason 'a la cría de...' would sound better to me, without it it sounds incomplete although it seems correct :I - Pablo064, Apr 28, 2016

Hmmm, I was working off of piar, as the subject, but as I think about it, it makes more sense to be the object of oír- so I think your way is better. Thanks. :) - bosquederoble, Apr 28, 2016

Wow, looks fantastic, your place! - annierats, Apr 28, 2016

Thanks, Annie, we like it. I posted inside pictures on the halloween and maybe christmas a year or two ago. :) - bosquederoble, Apr 29, 2016

Answer 7

Ya es tiempo momento para que pío píe con una oración en el juego. ¿Vale?

Now is the moment for me to chirp out a sentence in the game. Okay?

Okay...lol - rac1, Apr 27, 2016

Keep on chirpin' on amigo :-)! - Jraider, Apr 27, 2016

'momento para que píe una oración...' ;) - Pablo064, Apr 28, 2016

Strangely enough I thought of using "para que" with the subjunctive but I thought it would be pretentious! - Jubilado, Apr 28, 2016

:D - Pablo064, Apr 29, 2016

Answer 8

Las pajaros se esconden en las ramas de un árbol pero si puedo oírlos piar, tengo un idea de dónde están.

Birds hide themselves in the branches of a tree but if I can hear them chirp I have an idea where they are.

'si puedo oírlos piar..idea de dónde están.. ;) - Pablo064, Apr 29, 2016

These two are gorgeous! - rac1, Apr 29, 2016

Answer 9

Pobre pájarito tratando de cantar;

no se puede bailar y no se puede canta,

Por lo tanto, dejar de piar todo el día.

You poor little bird trying to sing;

You can not dance and can not sing,

So, stop chirping all day.

Pretty little ones, don't let anyone throw rocks at these babies. :) - rac1, Apr 28, 2016

'no puedes bailar y no puedes cantar....deja de piar...' ;) - Pablo064, Apr 29, 2016