La Palabra Del Día: "yedra"
yedra ( yeh'-drah )
noun ( ivy )
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Examples:
1: La yedra que trepaba la pared del jardín le dio un aspecto poético.
The ivy that climbed the wall of the garden gave it a poetic look.
2: La novia y las damas llevaban coronas de yedra.
The bride and bridesmaids were wearing crowns of ivy.
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Las opiniones divergen sobre las ventajas y desventajas de la yedra en la pared, porque algunos dicen que lo protege, los otros que lo ocasiona daños en la pared.
Opinions differ on the advantage and disadvantage of the ivy on the wall, because some say it protects it, the others that causes damage in the wall.
¡He estado esperando para esta palabra! Había una canción en inglés en los EE.UU. (1943) con las palabras: “Las yeguas comen avena y ciervas comen avena, y los corderos comen la yedra, un cabrito comerá la yedra, también, ¿haces tú así?” En inglés cuando se digan juntas rápidamente las sílabas se parecen como tonterías.
I’ve been waiting for this word! There was a song in English in the U.S. (1943) with the words, “Mares eat oats and does eat oats, and little lambs eat ivy, a kid’ll eat ivy, too, wouldn’t you?” In English when they are said together rapidly that syllable appear to be nonsense.
Un vez que la hiedra empieza crecer en tu casa, es practicamente imposíble quitarla.
Once ivy starts to grow on your house, it is practically impossible to get rid of it.
The ivy that crawled up the side of the white wall was fed by the glowing sunlight.
La hiedra que se arrastró por el lado de la pared blanca fue alimentada por la brillante luz del sol.
He pasado muchas horas en mi jardín español tratando de eliminar la hiedra que crece aquí, crece como crecen los pepinos de noche .
I've spent hours here in my Spanish garden trying to eliminate the Ivy, which grows so well around here ( like a cucumber at night).
Ok, cucumber at night doesn't exist as an English expression, but there is not that much Ivy in Southern Spain either, it is a freak around here, we have a high water table and a cooler climate on the Atlantic side..
Should yedra really be hiedra?
Yedra debe ser realmente hiedra?
Si va a acampar este fin de semana, cuidado com la yedra venenosa.
If you go camping this weekend, watch out for poison ivy.
Cuando nos mudamos a nuestra casa, planté yedra, porque a mi esposa le gusta mucho, pero después de darme cuenta de que se considera una mala hierba invasiva en mi estado, la arranqué hace muchos años. Hoy en día de vez en cuando la encuentro en mi jardín, pero nunca cerca de donde la mía crecía, y sospecho que viene de uno alguno de mis vecinos u otro.
When we moved to our new house, I planted ivy, because my wife likes it a lot, but after I realized that it is considered an invasive weed in my state, I ripped it all out a long time ago. Nowadays every once in a while I find it in my garden, but never near where mine was growing, and I suspect it comes from one of my neighbors or another.
Me encanta el aspecto de las cabañas cubierto de yerda.
I love the look of cottages covered in ivy.
The Ivy vines grew down at the end of the pasture, down by the horse barn. You had to be careful not to go by them running, they like to grab your legs and make you fall into them.
Las vides de la hiedra crecían hacia abajo al final de la Dehesa, abajo por el establo del caballo. Tenías que tener cuidado de no ir por ellos corriendo, les gusta agarrar las piernas y hacer que caiga en ellos.
La yedra es el sujeto de muchos de los adornos del hogar como este papel pintado.
Ivy is the subject of many home decorations like this wallpaper.
Me gusta la canción de Navidad, "El Acebo y La Yedra."
I like the Christmas song, "The Holly and The Ivy."
Nunca plantaría la yedra en mi jardín porque he tenido tantas batallas con ella en los jardines anteriores.
I would never plant ivy in my garden because I have had so many battles with it in previous gardens.
