La Palabra Del Día: "maleta"

Question

maleta ( mah-leh'-tah )

noun ( suitcase, bag )

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There are many native English speakers here, most of us can offer great suggestions to the English sentences. I will do my best to go through them all, too. For the Spanish sentences, edit your posts according to the native Spanish speaker's suggestions. Use today's Word of the Day in your own Spanish sentence (and include the English translation as well). Try to use the word in a completely new way and vote on the sentences you like best. The winner will be chosen based upon the correct use of the word as well as the number of votes.

Guidelines:

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: ¿Le ayudo con su maleta, señora?

Can I help you with your suitcase, ma'am?

2: ¿Cuándo vas a hacer la maleta?

When are you going to pack your bag?

Lol snoopy . Good morning amiga. :) - Nickelbackfan1, Jul 14, 2016

Gracias guapita. Have a badge :-)! - Jraider, Jul 14, 2016

Thanks Nickle and JR. xoxo - rac1, Jul 14, 2016

Rofl @it was an easy choice to make! (from Snoopy cartoon !) - FELIZ77, Jul 14, 2016

Thanks Feliz. :) - rac1, Jul 14, 2016

Hola mi amor. - ray76, Jul 15, 2016

Hla princesa xx - ian-hill, Jul 15, 2016

Hola Ray and Ian. xoxo - rac1, Jul 15, 2016

Answer 1

Cuando las maletas pierden o no reclamados van al cielo, se van al Centro de Equipaje no Reclamado en Scottsboro, Alabama, donde les doy un nuevo hogar ... para un descuento.

When lost or unclaimed suitcases go to heaven, they go to the unclaimed baggage center in Scottsboro, Alabama, where I give them a new home... for a discount.

Lol Do you really? :) - rac1, Jul 14, 2016

That's unique! - mstivers, Jul 14, 2016

Sí, es verdad. Vivo cerca de la frontera, en el lado de Tennessee. :) - jrschenk, Jul 14, 2016

Smart :-)! - Jraider, Jul 14, 2016

Great idea! - LuisCache, Jul 14, 2016

Of course, they sell what was in the suitcases, too. I have bought a few Spanish books and magazines from them over the years, too. - jrschenk, Jul 14, 2016

Cool, Jr! What was the strangest collection of goods you ever found in a suitcase? - FELIZ77, Jul 14, 2016

Feliz, they take everything out and organize it... it's more like shopping at Walmart, except the stuff is used. ;) - jrschenk, Jul 14, 2016

Answer 2

Lo siento, no puedes viajar en la maleta. Tienes que comprar tu propio boleto.

I'm sorry, you can't travel in the suitcase. You have to buy your own ticket.

Good one :-)! - Jraider, Jul 14, 2016

;) - jrschenk, Jul 14, 2016

Awww the poor kitty. :) - rac1, Jul 14, 2016

Answer 3

Mi buen amigo tiene una maleta lleno de problemas,

suficiente para los dos.

¿Qué tan bueno es esto ?

My good friend has a suitcase full of problems,

enough for both of us

How good is this ?

Should have kept the padlock on. :) - ian-hill, Jul 15, 2016

The cat , or is it pussy is out of the bag now mate. - ray76, Jul 15, 2016

Well illustrated problem, mate. ;) - jrschenk, Jul 15, 2016

Ray, Ray! - rac1, Jul 15, 2016

Answer 4

En el siglo 19 la gente viajaba con baúles pesados. Que suerte que ahora tenemos maletas ruedas.

In the 19th century people were traveling with heavy trunks. How lucky we now have suitcases with wheels.

;) - jrschenk, Jul 14, 2016

We would never leave if we had to struggle the way they did. :) - rac1, Jul 14, 2016

Yes, that they can try to cram into the overhead compartment :-(! - Jraider, Jul 14, 2016

You are right, Rac! - LuisCache, Jul 14, 2016

Gracias amigos - porcupine7, Jul 15, 2016

Answer 5

Mi esposa vio el avance de una película en la que hay una maleta mágica llena de muchas cosas raras y ha decidido que le gustaría verla, pero la verdad es que nunca ha sido capaz de ver cualquier película de Harry Potter sin dormirse.

My wife saw the trailer for a movie in which there is a magical suitcase full of many strange things and has decided that she would like to see it, but the truth is that she has never been capable of watching any Harry Potter movie without falling asleep.

I have never seen a Harry Potter movie :-)! - Jraider, Jul 14, 2016

Is he any kin to Colonel Potter on M * A * S * H? - jrschenk, Jul 14, 2016

It's Hand!! - rac1, Jul 14, 2016

Well, it is "handsome" (arrrrrgh!) - Daniela2041, Jul 14, 2016

Or some hand. ;D - bosquederoble, Jul 15, 2016

Answer 6

Siempre estoy nervioso que la aerolínea va a perder mi maleta, pero solo me ha pasado una vez.

I am always nervous that the airline will lose my suitcase, but it's only happened to me once.

I worry that someone will steal my bag :-)! - Jraider, Jul 14, 2016

I worry that someone will hide ilegal substances in my bag. Unfortunately it has happened some times at the Mexico City international airport :( - LuisCache, Jul 14, 2016

I did lose mine, or rather, they did. - rac1, Jul 14, 2016

You all are giving me a marketing idea... bags that ward off bad guys... perhaps the letters DEA (Drug Enforcement Agency) in big letters on the side? Or "Fragile: Bio Hazard" on the side? - jrschenk, Jul 14, 2016

Answer 7

Ese portero es un maleta, le han metido cinco goles.

The goalkeeper is useless – he’s let in five goals.

Now I never knew that was used for a useless guy .Like the Irish word "Poltroon" which is a "footstool" so a poltroon is a weak person , used for a useless husband . - ray76, Jul 15, 2016

From the Italian "Poltrona" = footstool. - ray76, Jul 15, 2016

He must be working for the other team. - rac1, Jul 15, 2016

A lot of time I see "encajar" used for letting in goals "ha encajado cinco goles." - mstivers, Jul 15, 2016

And I have also heard "paquete" used in the same sense as you use "maleta" - mstivers, Jul 15, 2016

You've a suspicious mind, Rac! :) - LuisCache, Jul 15, 2016

Answer 8

En el aeropuerto internacional de Calgary, Canadá, agentes aduanales detuvieron a un contrabandista que trató de introducir casi 2 kilos de cocaína oculta en una maleta de doble fondo.

At the Calgary International Airport, Canadian Border officials have arrested a smuggler who tried to introduce nearly 2 kg of cocaine concealed in a false bottom suitcase.

Canadian customs agents are very strict :-)! - Jraider, Jul 14, 2016

I am very pleased that they are so strict about drugs and such stuff since drugs do sooo much damage to people's lives! - FELIZ77, Jul 14, 2016

Thank you for your comments; I have learnt a new term. :) - LuisCache, Jul 14, 2016

Who would be so stupid to put them in their luggage? They rip that stuff apart, plus they have the dogs that can sniff it out. - rac1, Jul 14, 2016

;) - jrschenk, Jul 14, 2016

You are right, Rac! - LuisCache, Jul 14, 2016

Answer 9

Cuando su jefe dice a empacar sus maletas, que podría no ser una buena cosa.

When your boss tells you to pack your bags, it might not be a good thing.

Experience speaking? Or just a sentence? - jrschenk, Jul 14, 2016

Yes jr, from experience, but it was a lousy job anyway. Do you remember Bunny Bread? - Jraider, Jul 14, 2016

I do remember! I got fired as a dishwasher as a teenager... my boss said, "Jeff, you get the dishes very clean, but I need them today." - jrschenk, Jul 14, 2016

Great post! :) - LuisCache, Jul 14, 2016

It's time to go from that place, bigger, better things ahead. :) - rac1, Jul 14, 2016

Answer 10

Once upon a time there were two nuns returning to their home in Ireland after a holiday in France where they had bought several bottles of excellent wine which they placed in holy water containers in their suitcases. When they arrived at the airport, the Customs inspector asked them if they had anything to declare as he opened their suitcases. When he saw the bottles, he asked them, "What's in the bottles, sisters?" "Just Holy Water, they replied" "Well, I'm going to check and see." as he opened the bottles. Upon smelling the wine, he exclaimed, "Well, sisters, it seems we have some wine here. How do you explain that?"

"Saints presarve us!", they cried, "'Tis a miracle!

Había una vez dos monjas que volvían a su casa en Irlandia después de unas vacaciones en Francia donde habían comprado varias botellas de vino lo que metieron en frascos para agua bendita, y los frascos en sus maletas. Cuando llegaron al aeropuerto el Inspector de Aduanas, les preguntó si tenían algo que declarar mientras abría sus maletas. Cuando vio las botellas, les preguntó: "Qué hay en las botellas, hermanas?" "Sólo agua bendita," contestaron las monjas." "Pues, voy a chequearlas", mientras abría las botellas. Al oler el vino, exclamo: "Bueno, hermanas, se me hace que tenemos vino aquí. ¿Cómo explican eso?

"¡Válgame Dios!" gritaron. "¡Es un milagro!"

:D - LuisCache, Jul 14, 2016

Did you mean, "preserve us"? - rac1, Jul 15, 2016

I attempted to write it with an Irish accent. :) - Daniela2041, Jul 15, 2016

Great story. :) - bosquederoble, Jul 15, 2016

Answer 11

"What's that strange man doing, over there, mummy?" Asked the little girl. "Oh, he's just packing his suitcase. Answered her mother. "He must be crazy exclaimed her teenage daughter while rolling her eyes! "He should have done that before he got to (arrived at) the airport!" "He always does that, dear! Responded a lady standing near them. "That guy is such a pain!"

Con correcciones:

¿Qué hace aquel hombre extraño, ahí, mamá? Preguntó la niña pequeña. "Ah, solo está haciendo su maleta" respondió su madre. "¡Él tiene que estar loco!" Exclamó su adolescente mientras pone los ojos en blanco!" ¡Lo debería haber hecho antes que llegó al aeropuerto!" "¡Siempre él hace eso, querida!" Respondió una señora que estaba de pie cerca de ellas. "¡Qué maleta la de ese tipo! "

Hola, Feliz: ...aquel hombre... Tiene que estar loco (o Debe de estar loco). Saludos! - LuisCache 17 mins ago

Muchas gracias por tus correcciones, Luis

Corrijan mi español si necesario, por favor

Original sentence/s: (Spanish only): ¿Qué hace aquello hombre extraño, ahí, mamá? Preguntó la niña pequeña. "Ah, solo está haciendo su maleta" respondió su madre. "¡Él tiene que ser loco!" Exclamó su adolescente mientras pone los ojos en blanco!" ¡Lo debería haber hecho antes que llegó al aeropuerto!" "¡Siempre él hace eso, querida!" Respondió una señora que estaba de pie cerca de ellas. "¡Qué maleta la de ese tipo! "

:) - LuisCache, Jul 14, 2016

Hola, Feliz: ...aquel hombre... Tiene que estar loco (o Debe de estar loco). Saludos! - LuisCache, Jul 14, 2016

¡Hola, Luis. ....muchas gracias! :) - FELIZ77, Jul 14, 2016

People are so nosy. lol - rac1, Jul 14, 2016

:) - jrschenk, Jul 14, 2016

Saludos, Feliz! :) - LuisCache, Jul 14, 2016

Answer 12

Voy a salir por avión el miercoles que viene y ya he estado haciendo la maleta por una semana. Me da miedo que vaya a olvidar algo.

I am leaving by plane next Wednesday and already I have been packing my case for a week. I am afraid I am going to forget something.

I know, I do that too. Hopefully, you won't forget underwear. jeje - rac1, Jul 15, 2016