La Palabra Del Día: "tiritar"
tiritar ( tee-ree-tahr' )
verb ( to shiver, to tremble )
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1: Los polluelos de búho tiritaban de frío.
The owlets were shivering with cold.
2: ¡Estás tiritando! Pasa de una vez para que entres en calor.
You're trembling! Come in quick and get warm.
10 Answers
Cuando tuve la malaria empecé a tiritar mucho, pero no porque el tiempo era frío
A tritar es una característica de la enfermedad.
When I had malaria I started to shiver a lot, but not because the weather was cold
To shiver is a characteristic of the disease.
Estoy tiritando ya mirando a esta foto, y si debiera andar allí , me pusiera llorar.
I'm shivering even looking at this picture, and if I should go there, I would weep.
Se ha puesto a tiritar a causa de la fiebre.
He’s got a fever and he’s started to shiver.
Los perros Chihuahua menudo tiritiban sin razón aparente.
Chihuahua dogs often tremble for no apparent reason.
Una jugada bella en fútbol me hace tiritar con placer.
A beautiful play in soccer makes me tremble with pleasure.
I wore my warmest clothes to the ski meet, but still I shivered.
Yo llevaba la ropa más caliente a la competición esquí, pero aún tiritaba.
Estoy tiritando por que mi oficina está fría.
I am shivering because my office is always cold.
Era el invierno. Había nieve en la tierra. La batalla estaba para estallar. El soldado tiritaba por el frío, y por el temor que sentía.
It was winter. There was snow on the ground. The battle was about to break out. The soldier shuddered because of the cold and the fear that he felt.
Una vez, hace mucho, un colibrí entró a nuestra casa y no pudo encontrar un método de escaparse. Mi hijo tuvo que atraparlo con una toalla y cuando lo soltó afuera, el colibrí se quedó en su mano tiritando por un rato hasta que se dio cuenta de que pudo huir.
Once, a long time ago, a hummingbird entered our house and could not find a way of getting out. My son had to capture it with a towel, and when he released it outside, the hummingbird stayed in his hand trembling for a while until it realized that it was able to flee.
Cuando teníamos un perro, odiaba mucho haciendo un baño. Cuando oía el agua corriendo, solía esconder y cuando la encontramos comenzaba a tiritar todo el tiempo hasta el baño había terminado.
When we had a dog, she hated having a bath. When she heard the water running she used to hide and when we found her she started to shiver all the time until the bath was over.
