La Palabra Del Día: "abismo"
abismo ( ah-bees'-moh )
noun ( abyss, chasm )
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1: Las medusas son solo una de las increíbles especies que viven en el abismo.
Jellyfish are just one of the many incredible species that inhabit the abyss.
2: El escalador se resbaló y casi se cayó al abismo.
The climber slipped and almost fell into the chasm.
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De eso a la realidad hay un abismo. / That could not be further from the truth.
En política hay un abismo entre ellos. / Politically they are worlds apart.
Para rescatar alguien del abismo del depresión hay que solicitar ayuda profesional, porque ya sabemos que lo es un enfermedad grave.
To rescue someone from the abyss of depression one should demand professional help, because we already know that it is a serious disease.
Le dio mucho miedo viendo en el abismo. Pudo imaginar caerse en el profundo y nunca se volvió a ver.
He was very afraid looking into the chasm. He could imagine falling into the deep and never being seen again.
En 2008, el mundo estaba al borde de un abismo financiero.
In 2008, the world was on the edge of a financial abyss.
Mientras estábamos en Costa Rica, fuimos a un parque donde mi esposa tuvo que cruzar un puente sobre un abismo, y no estábamos seguro de que pudiera hacerlo, pero sí, lo hizo de ida y vuelta. Sin embargo estuvo mucho más contenta cuando fuimos a la charca en el fondo de la cascada y nadamos.
While we were in Costa Rica, we went to a park where my wife had to cross a bridge over a chasm, and we were not sure that she would be able to do it, but she did, there and back. Nonetheless, she was much happier when we went to the pool at the bottom of the waterfall and swam.
Aparte de ser un término poético, el abismo es una parte real de océano. Se refiere a la zona de 4000-6000 metros de profundidad. El abismo no recibe la luz del sol.
Apart from being a poetic term, the abyss is a real part of the ocean. It refers to the zone 4000-6000 meters deep. The abyss receives no sunlight.
El Puente de gargantuan de Rio Grande se extiende por un abismo de 650 pies sobre el río abajo.
The Rio Grande Gorge Bridge spans a 650 foot abyss over the river below.
I think most of my earring backs have fallen into the abyss.
Creo que mayoría de las partes posterioras de mis aretes se han caído en el abismo.
Bolivian Road of Death
Para atravesar la “carretera de la muerte” en los andes bolivianos hay que tener nervios de acero. Los conductores de camiones y autobuses corren constantemente el riesgo de caer al abismo.
To cross the 'Road of Death' in the Bolivian Andes, you have to have guts. Truck and bus drivers constantly face the risk of falling into the abyss.
Mi hijo ama a absail abajo un abismo.
**My son loves to absail down an abys.
