La Palabra Del Día: "madreselva"
madreselva ( mah-dreh-sehl'-bah )
noun ( honeysuckle )
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1: Los novios se besaron entre la madreselva.
The bride and groom kissed among the honeysuckle.
2: Ven, te enseñaré cómo se bebe el néctar de las madreselvas.
Come on, I'll show you how to suck the nectar from a honeysuckle.
12 Answers
A painter may capture the beauty of the honeysuckle in a painting but never the fragrance.
Un pintor puede captar la belleza de la madreselva en un cuadro pero nunca la fragrancia.
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La madreselva recibe su nombre ingles, debido al néctar dulce comestible que puede ser succionado de las flores.
Honeysuckle gets its English name because of the edible sweet nectar that can be sucked from the flowers.
Ya que siempre he vivido en un desierto u otro, no creo haber visto madreselva.¡nunca!
Inasmuch as I have always lived in one desert or other I don't think I've ever seen honeysuckle.
Era un día muy hermoso, y la madreselva estaba en plena floración, así que los colibrís batallaban entre sí por el control de las flores, abatiéndose el uno sobre el otro, pero sabía que no me molestarían y seguí tomando mi vino, disfrutando del espectáculo.
It was a very beautiful day, and the honeysuckle was in full flower, so the hummingbirds were battling among themselves for control of the flowers, each one dive bombing the other, but I knew that they would not bother me, and continued drinking my wine, enjoying the show.
No sé qué es una madreselva. I don't even know what a honey suckle is :(
En mi país la madreselva a veces escapa de los jardines y se vuelve una mala hierba que es difícil controlar.
In my country honeysuckle sometimes escapes from gardens and becomes a weed which is hard to control.
Nunca he visto la madreselva
I have never seen the honeysuckle.
Los ojos verdes de la enfernera centelleaban . Era una muchacha muy guapa con una dentura muy blanca y perfecta. Pablo sabía que debería entrar al hospital porque en un hospital un hombre sin dinero , sin tarjeta bancaria y sin ropa puede pasar muchos días sin llamar la attención de nadie. Pero en lugar de hacer la cosa más intelligente, se acercó a la enfermera y le susurró: - Que sí, tengo fuego para tí.. La arrastró por la cintura y se escondieron debajo una planta de madreselva cerca de la entrada.
The nurse's green eyes sparkled. She was a pretty girl with very white and perfect teeth. Pablo knew that he ought to go into the hospital because in a hospital a man who has no money, no credit card and no clothes can spend several days without anybody noticing. But instead of doing the intelligent thing he went up to the nurse and whispered to her:'' Indeed, I have a light for you!' He dragged her by her belt and they hid under a honeysuckle plant near the entrance.
Teníamos los arbustos de madreselva morada a nuestra escuela.
We had bushes of purple honeysuckle at our school.
Una de las composiciones más famosas del gran pianista Fats Waller fue "Rosa Madreselva."
One of the most famous compositions of the great pianist Fats Waller was "Honeysuckle Rose."
La fragancia dulce y fresca de la madreselva me recuerda de a mi niñez porque teníamos una vid cerca de una ventana en la cocina.
The sweet fresh smell of honeysuckle reminds me of my childhood because we had a vine close to the kitchen window.
I'm lazy, see Daniela2041's picture. That's what I'm talking about.
The newly wed couple kissed passionately in the midst of the honeysuckle garden as the animals in the cartoon scene watched them curiously.
La pareja recién casada besada apasionadamente en medio del jardín de madreselva como los animales en la escena de dibujos animados los observaba curiosamente.
