La Palabra Del Día: "sirena"
sirena ( see-reh'-nah )
noun ( mermaid, siren )
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Examples:
1: Cuando fui a Copenhagen, vi la estatua de la Sirenita.
When I went to Copenhagen, I saw the statue of the Little Mermaid.
2: Odiseo quiso escuchar la canción de las Sirenas.
Odysseus wanted to hear the Sirens' song.
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Debido a que la ciudad de Copenhague no permite que otras ciudades tengan copias de su estatua famosa de La Sirenita, Vancouver Canadá tiene una estatua de una chica en un traje de buzo y mi esposa y yo la vimos mientras dábamos un paseo durante nuestra luna de miel hace muchos años.
Because the city of Copenhagen does not permit other cities to have copies of its famous Little Mermaid statue, Vancouver Canada has a statue of a girl in a wetsuit and my wife and I saw it while we were taking a walk during our honeymoon many years ago.
El cuento de hadas de la sirena Melusina es una de más importantes historia del imaginario colectivo de la Europa medieval especialmente en la mitología celta y de los países bajos.
The fairy tale of the mermaid Melusine is one of the most important stories of the collective imagination of medieval Europe, especially in Celtic mythology and the Netherlands
..."is one of the most important stories".... "Europe, especially"...
Disney ha utilizado el cuento de la Sirenita para crear una película exitosa que despúes se convertío en una obra musical.
Disney has used the story of the Little Mermaid to create a successful film which later became a stage musical.
La Sirena es una palabra del argot aquí en Filipinas que significa homosexual.
Sirena is a slang word here in the Philippines which means gay.
Apparently some mermaids are very high techies.
Aparentemente, algunas sirenas son altas tecnologías.
Cuando el ladrón oyó la sirena de la policía, corrio.
When the thief heard the police siren he ran.
Una de las pinturas famosas de John William Waterhouse representa una sirena. La pintura se perdió durante varias décadas, pero ahora está alojada en el Academia Real.
One of John William Waterhouse's most famous paintings depicts a mermaid. The painting was lost for several decades, but is now housed at the Royal Academy.
¿Las sirenas tienen que subir a la superficie para respirar?
Do mermaids have to rise to the surface to breathe?
The mermaid's siren attracted many ships to their destruction.
La sirena de la sirena atrajeron a muchos barcos para su destrucción.
The head of the statue of the little mermaid in Copenhagen was cut off but a replacement head was available for that eventuallity.
La cabeza de la estatua de la Sirenita en Copenhague fue cortada sino una cabeza de repuesto estaba disponible para esa eventual existencia.
Según leyendas antiguas, se dice que sirenas cantan usando sus voces dulces para atraer hombres desprevenidos. Cuando llegan estos hombres, son atrapados por las sirenas. Sin embargo, se me olvidó lo que hacen con ellos...
According to ancient legends, it is said that sirens sing using their sweet voices to attract unsuspecting men. When these men arrive, they are trapped by the sirens. I forgot what they do to them, however...
Cerca de la costa en Napier, Nueva Zelanda se asienta la sirena Pania del arrecife.
Near the shore in Napier, New Zealand sits the mermaid Pania of the Reef.
The Pania of the Reef mermaid statue is clearly depicting her in her human form – with legs instead of a mermaid tail. Other notable mermaid statues that share this trait are the Havis Amanda mermaid statue in Finland, and the Undine mermaid statue in Austria.
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Lotería is a game of chance, similar to bingo, but using images on a deck of cards instead of plain numbers on ping pong balls. One of these images is the siren.
¡Con los cantos de sirena no te vayas a marear: la sirena!
Don't be swayed by the songs of the siren: the siren!
