La Palabra Del Día: "acometer"
acometer ( ah-koh-meh-tehr' )
verb ( to tackle; to overcome; to attack )
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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: Lulu no sabía cómo acometer la tarea de escribir la bibliografía de su trabajo de inglés.
Lulu didn't know how to tackle the task of writing the bibliography for her English paper.
2: Me acometió el sueño en medio de mi clase de redacción.
I was overcome by sleep in the middle of my composition class.
10 Answers
Es hora de acometer esta pila gigante de lavanderia.
It's time to tackle this giant pile of laundry.
A menudo acometo a ayudar alguien cuando están en problemas ,
pero a veces no quieren ayude.
I often rush to help someone when they are in trouble,
but sometimes they do not want help.
Los Bears de Chicago utiliza diagramas de juego de fútbol (americano) para ayudar a los jugadores acometer la tarea de vencer sus contrincantes. ¡Vamos Bears!
The Chicago Bears use (American) football play diagrams to help the players undertake the task of defeating their opponents. Go Bears!
El equipo acometió al contrario con brío. / The team attacked the opposition furiously.
Me acometió el sueño/miedo. / I was overcome by sleep/fear.
Cuando era más joven, solía tratar de realizar una lista larga de quehaceres cada día que no tuve que trabajar, pero con el tiempo, he aprendido poco a poco a tolerar todas las cosas inacabadas que me rodean y a acometer sólo lo que podré disfrutar haciendo ese día.
When I was young, I would try to accomplish a long list of chores every day that I did not have to work, but with time, I have learned little by little to tolerate all the unfinished things that surround me and to attack only what I will be able to enjoy doing that day.
Le acometió el sueño en plena reunión. Por suerte ella no es el miembro del gobierno de Corea del Norte , porque puediera pagado por esto con su vida.
She was overcome by sleep in full meeting. Luckily she is not the member of the government of North Korea, because she would have paid for this with her life.
A veces, cuando pienso en malas decisiones que hice en mi juventud, me acomete arrepentimiento, pero entonces me doy cuenta que ahora estoy exactamente donde quiero estar, asi que tal vez después de todo esos decisiones no estaban tan mal.
Sometimes, when I think of some bad decisions I made in my youth, I am overcome with regret, but then I realize that now I am right where I want to be, so maybe those decisions weren't so bad after all.
Hoy es el primer día del mes y tengo que acometer unos billetes.
Today is the first day of the month and I have to tackle some bills.
Cuando pienso en mi juventud, es increíble los desafíos que solía acometer. Simplemente pensar en ello me cansa mucho.
When I think of my youth, it is incredible the challenges I used to tackle. Just thinking about it makes me very tired.
Ya es Septiembre y tengo que acometer los impuestos. Me gustaría que mi marido lo haga pero sea más confuso que yo.
It is already September and I have to tackle the tax. I would like my husband to do it but he is more confused than me.
