La Palabra Del Día: "ahuyentar"
ahuyentar ( ah-oo-yehn-tahr' )
verb ( to frighten; to dispel )
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Examples:
1: El granjero puso un espantapájaros en el campo para ahuyentar a los cuervos.
The farmer put a scarecrow in the field to frighten the crows.
2: No sé si puedo hacer algo para ahuyentar la ansiedad que sientes, pero me gustaría ayudarte.
I don't know if I can do anything to dispel your anxiety, but I'd like to help.
9 Answers
Un pequeño elefante intentó ahuyentar a turistas. La situación era graciosa,pero el caso habría sido mucho más serio si el elefante agresor hubiera sido un adulto.
A small elephant tried to scare away tourists. The situation was funny, but the case would have been much more serious if the aggressor had been an adult elephant.
Necesito un método 100 por ciento efiziáz para ahuyentar a los mosquitos que molestan a mi caballo, porque son vectores de la Fiebre de Nile Occidental. Es una enfemedad que afecta al sistema nervioso del caballo y casi todos de los infectados mueren .
I need a method of repelling the mosquitoes that bother my horse, one that is a 100 % efficient because the mosquitoes carry West Nile Fever. It is a disease that affects the central nervous system of horses and nearly all the infected animals die.
The scarecrow was put in the corn field to frighten the crows from eating the pink flowers.
El Espantapájaros se puso en el campo de maíz ahuyentar a los cuervos de comer las flores color de rosa.
Al oír el ruido se ahuyentaron.
When they heard the noise they ran away.
Cuando mi esposa ve una araña se ahuyenta gritando, pero el alboroto con frecuencia ahuyenta a la araña, lo cual es un problema, porque mi esposa no entrará en el cuarto hasta que yo la encuentre y que la despache la mate, lo que puede ser un poco difícil si la araña se ha ocultado bien.
When my wife sees a spider she runs away screaming, but the ruckus frequently frightens off the spider, which is a problem, because my wife will not go into the room until I find it and get rid of it, which can be a little difficult if the spider has hidden itself well.
Si quieres ahuyentar a las fantásmas, ¿a quién vas a llamar?
If you want to get rid of ghosts, who ya gonna call?
¡Ojalá que ahuyentes mi tristeza con tu amor!
I hope you chase away my sadness with your love!
A pesar de que el es mucho más pequeño, el gato valiente intentó ahuyentar el oso de la casa.
Although he is much smaller, the brave cat tried to frighten the bear away from the house.
Si quieres sacar fotos de los pájaros, tienes que tratar de acercarte suficiente antes de ahuyentarlos.
If you want to take photos of birds you have to try to get close enough before they are frightened away.
