La Palabra Del Día: "abrocharse"
abrocharse ( ah-broh-chahr'-seh )
verb ( to fasten; to do up; to tie )
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Examples:
1: El conductor nos pidió que nos abrocháramos los cinturones de seguridad.
The driver asked us to fasten our seat belts.
2: Paquito estaba muy contento porque aprendió a abrocharse los cordones de los zapatos.
Paquito was really happy because he learned to tie his shoelaces.
9 Answers
Abróchate el abrigo. / Do your coat up.
Abróchame el vestido, por favor. / Can you do my dress up for me?
No lo puedo abrochar. / I can’t do it up.
Yo prefiero abrochar mis botas con laterales elásticos.
I prefer to fasten my boots with elastic sides.
¡Atención pasajeros! Pronto vamos a aterrizar. ¡Favor de enderezar sus asientos, y abrocharse los cinturones de seguridad!
Attention passengers! We are going to land soon. Please straighten your seats and fasten your seat belts!
Créelo o no, hay una manera correcta y una manera incorrecta de abrocharse los zapatos.
Believe it or not, there is a right way and a wrong way to tie your shoes.
Dudley podía ver a Snidely trabajando para abrocharse a Nell firmemente a las vías (vías del tren).pistas.
Dudley could see Snidely working to fasten Nell securely to the tracks.
Para los niños es una tarea difícil abrocharse los zapatos, pero me parece que para los perritos también.
For children it is a difficult task to tie shoes, but it seems that for little dogs too.
Desde que se inventó el Velcro, es más fácil para los niños abrocharse los zapatos.
Since Velcro was invented it is much easier for children to do up their shoes.
Algunas personas no pueden abrocharse el cinturón,
y utilizar en su lugar los apoyos (tirantes).
Some people can not buckle up their belts,and use instead braces.
Cuando regresamos de Kansas hace un mes, alguien tan gordo que no pudo abrocharse el cinturón de seguridad se sintió al lado de mi esposa (quien estaba en el asiento del medio), pero los auxiliares de vuelo lo ignoraron. Mi esposa se me arrimó el vuelo entero.
When we returned from Kansas a month ago, someone so fat that he was unable to fasten his seatbelt sat down next to my wife (who was in the middle seat), but the flight assistants ignored it. My wife snuggled with me the whole flight.
