La Palabra Del Día: "bucear"

Question

bucear ( boo-seh-ahr' )

verb ( to scuba dive, to dive )

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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: Carlos e Iván bucearon para tomar fotos del arrecife de coral.

Carlos and Ivan scuba dived to take pictures of the coral reef.

2: Cuando buceamos en Holbox, vimos muchos tiburones ballena.

When we went diving around Holbox Island, we saw a lot of whale sharks.

Wow!! Is that real, or Photoshopped? - mstivers, Jun 4, 2016

Hi Am.ber - ray76, Jun 4, 2016

Hola Amber how are you , quiet isnt it . - ray76, Jun 4, 2016

Hola Mstivers y Raymon. This one is photoshopped, but they have some that are real, but not that good. - rac1, Jun 4, 2016

Digital art. - rac1, Jun 4, 2016

Answer 1

Me encanta bucear en Malasia.

I love going diving in Malaysia.

Do you dive or scuba dive? Either way, it would be fun. :) - rac1, Jun 4, 2016

I used to dive but cannot get a licence anymore so make do with snorkeling. - ray76, Jun 4, 2016

You have closer access to much better sites than I, Ray. :) - bosquederoble, Jun 4, 2016

Yes I do mate and I appreciate that priveledge. - ray76, Jun 5, 2016

Answer 2

Hay algunos gente muy valiente que ir a bucear con tiburones. Yo no sería uno de ellos.

There are some very brave people who go diving with sharks. I would not be one of them.

Nor me. :) - rac1, Jun 4, 2016

It's more dangerous than "Dancing with Wolves." - Daniela2041, Jun 4, 2016

Answer 3

Hay gente que bucea a pulmón , mejor dicho no utiliza botella de oxigeno y así hace buceo libre.

There are people who dive by lung they rather not use oxygen bottle and thus they make free diving.

More natural, "who dive without an oxygen apparatus, called free diving."... :) - rac1, Jun 4, 2016

Thanks Rac - porcupine7, Jun 5, 2016

It is very dangerous and some die. - jennysk, Jun 6, 2016

Answer 4

Nunca he buceado de verdad, pero he hecho esnórquel muchas veces, y mi esposa se ha acostumbrado a esperar en la playa, tomando bebidas tropicales, mientras sus amigas dicen "¿qué pasó con él?" y quienquiera que me acompañó regresa a la orilla y dice "lo perdí"- mi esposa simplemente dice "siempre vuelve, siempre vuelve".

I have never actually scuba dived, but I have snorkeled many times, and my wife has gotten used to waiting on the beach, drinking tropical drinks, while her friends say "What happened to him?" and whoever accompanied my returns to the shore and says "I lost him"- my wife simply says "he always comes back, he always comes back".

Have no fear, you will reappear. :) - rac1, Jun 4, 2016

She had a lot of fear the first time, as I will swim up and down a coast and not come to land for up to 4 hours, but she is used to it now. And now knows that I am capable of warm ocean swimming for hours on end. :) - bosquederoble, Jun 4, 2016

If something were to happen though, it could be awhile before anyone thinks to look for you. - rac1, Jun 5, 2016

True, but i could die driving down the road, I think the ocean is safer. :) - bosquederoble, Jun 5, 2016

And far more pleasant. :) - bosquederoble, Jun 5, 2016

Answer 5

Cuando uno vive cerca del océano Pacífico como yo, el buceo o bucear llega a ser uno de los deportes más preferidos.

When one lives as close to the Pacific Ocean as I do, snorkeling becomes one of the most favored sports.

It looks like a lot of fun. - rac1, Jun 5, 2016

Answer 6

A alguna gente le gusta bucear en una piscina más pequeña.

Some people like to dive in a smaller pool.

Hot tub anyone? lol - rac1, Jun 4, 2016

Answer 7

The two men scuba dived to take pictures of the elephant holding its rock load.

El buceo de dos hombres se zambulló para tomar fotos del elefante con su carga de rock.

He's in the circus. jeje - rac1, Jun 4, 2016

Answer 8

Hace quince años fuimos a Queensland para unas vacaciones. El punto culminante era buscear en la Gran Barrera de Coral. ¡Que hermosa era! Pero ahora las noticias es muy mal: la combinación del calamiento global y el fenómeno del clima que se llama El Niño ha blanqueado la mayoria del coral y se tiene peor que no va a recuperar. Es una tragedía para Australia y además para el mundo.

Fifteen years ago we went to Queensland for a holiday. The highlight was diving in the Great Barrier Reef. How beautiful it was! But now the news is very bad: the combination of global warming and the weather phenomenon known as El Niño has bleached most of the coral and it is feared that it won't recover. It is a tragedy for Australia and for the world.