La Palabra Del Día: "rumor"
rumor ( roo-mohr' )
noun ( sound, murmor; rumor )
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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: Se escuchaba el rumor de la cascada desde lejos.
The murmur of the waterfall could be heard from far away.
2: ¿Es cierto el rumor de que vas a renunciar para recorrer el mundo en globo?
Is the rumor that you're quitting to go around the world in a hot air balloon true?
9 Answers
Corre el rumor que Romeo y Julieta se suicidaron.
The rumor is that Romeo and Juliet committed suicide.
The sound of the waterfall thundered in the ears of the baby bunnies.
El rumor de la cascada tronó en los oídos de los conejitos del bebé.
Los rumores pueden destruir algo o alguien, pero no debemos destruir sino construir.
Rumors can destroy something or someone, but we must not destroy but build.
Cuando Pablo se dió cuenta de que tenía un soplo cárdiaco no sabía que hacer, pero después de pensarlo empezó un rumor de que se estaba muriendo porque tenía la esperanza de volver a ver a María Luisa, su novia, quién no le había visitado en la cárcel nunca.
When Pablo discovered that he had a heart murmur he didn't know what to do, but after thinking it over, he spread a rumor that he was dying, because he hoped to see his girl-friend, Maria Luisa again. She had never visited him in jail.
Supongo que debería intentar mejor mis habilidades con la cháchara, porque cada vez que hay un rumor en el trabajo, soy el último en saberlo.
I suppose I should work to improve my abilities with small talk, because each time there is a rumor at work, I am the last to know it.
Oí un rumor que hay un nuevo sheriff en el pueblo.
I heard a rumor that there´s a new sheriff in town.
Escuchaba el rumor de la gente en el jardín cuando las campanas de la parroquia lo ahogaron.
I was listening to the sound of the people in the garden square when the bells of the parish church drowned it out.
El jardín en San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato, y la iglesia de la parroquia, San Miguel.
¿Quién sabe de dónde vienen los rumores? ¿Cómo decidimos cuáles creer? Para la mayoria de la gente, creemos lo que queremos creer.
Who knows where rumors come from? How do we know which to believe? For most people, we believe what we want to believe.
Hay un rumor de que el alcalde tiene una aventura con la secretaria de la ciudad.
There's a rumor going around that the mayor is having an affair with the city clerk.
