La Palabra Del Día: "hipocampo"
hipocampo ( ee-poh-kahm'-poh )
noun ( seahorse, sea horse; hippocampus )
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1: Cuando buceamos en Cozumel, vimos un hipocampo amarillo.
When we went scuba diving in Cozumel, we saw a yellow sea horse.
2: Me sorprendí cuando vi el modelo del hipocampo porque en verdad se parece a un caballito de mar.
I was surprised when I saw the model of the hippocampus because it really does look like a seahorse.
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La parte de mi hipocampo que se dedica a las relaciones espaciales es, obviamente, poco desarrollados.
The portion of my hippocampus dedicated to spatial relationships is obviously under-developed.
Debido a una serie de eventos muy raros, su hipocampo y su amígdala cerebral trabajaron juntos para crear una fobia muy fuerte a los hipocampos (caballitos de mar), y tuvo que consultar con un psicólogo durante unos pocos meses. Due to a very strange series of events, his hippocampus and his amygdala worked together to create a very intense fear of sea horses, and he had to consult with a psychologist for a few months.
**El macho caballito de mar da a luz a creis.
The male sea horse gives birth to their young.
But why are they called ," el hipocampo "
In my dctionary they are - el caballito de mar.
Los chinos comen masas de caballito de mar seco.
**The Chinese eat masses of dried sea horse:
Acabo de aprender el significado de “hipocampo” - un género de pez, una parte del cerebro y en inglés una una criatura de mítica griega. Con la ayuda de mi hipocampo voy a recordar esto, o no.
I just learned the meaning of the word hippocampus - a genus of fish, a part of the brain and in English a mythical Greek creature. With the help of my hippocampus I’m going to remember that, or not.
En Tasmania hay un lugar donde los hipocampos se crian. He visitado allí, es una atracción turistica y me fascinó mucho.
In Tasmania there is a place where seahorses are bred. I have visited it, it is a tourist attraction and it was fascinating.
Uno de los juguetes favoritos de mi hija es un juguetes del baño el la forma de uno hipocampo.
One of my daughter's favorite toys is a bath toy in the shape of a seahorse.
We had a dried seahorse in our china cabinet which my dad brought back from WWII.
Tenemos un hipocampo seco en nuestra vitrina que mi papá lo trajo de la guerra mundial 2.
El hipocampo también conocido como caballito de mar es un pez que es considerado como uno de los animales más extraños.
The hippocampus also known as seahorse is a fish that is considered one of the strangest animals.
