La Palabra Del Día: "murmurar"
murmurar ( moor-moo-rahr' )
verb ( to murmur, to whisper; to mutter )
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1: El riachuelo parecía murmurar secretos mientras pasaba por el bosque.
The creek seemed to murmur secrets as it wound its way through the forest.
2: Dejen de murmurar. Si no les gusta cómo están las cosas, ¡hagan algo al respecto!
Stop muttering. If you don't like the way things are, do something about it!
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Siempre anda murmurando del jefe a sus espaldas.
He’s always running down the boss behind his back.
Siempre anda murmurando. / He goes round muttering all the time.
¿Qué murmuras? / What are you muttering about?
Me gusta murmurar dulces palabras al oído .
¡Pero no siempre!
I like to whisper sweet nothings in her ear.
But not always.
Cuando el patito feo y su hermanos nacieron todos los patos, patas y patitos se acercaron para conocer a los nuevos; pero pronto comenzaron a murmurar: — ¡Qué feo es ese pato! Y sabemos muy bien que él se convirtió en un cisne muy hermoso.
When the ugly duckling and his brothers were born all ducks, ducklings came to meet the new ones; but soon they began to whisper: - How ugly is that duck! And we know very well that he became a beautiful swan.
Cuando el actor olvidó sus lineas, la audiencia empezó a murmurar.
When the actor forgot his lines, the audience began to murmur.
Los miembros de los bancos de atrás en el parlamento a menudo
murmuran entre ellos y crean la disidencia.
Members of the back benches in parliament
often mutter among themselves and create dissent.
El bateador mumuró en voz baja cuando el árbitro llamado el tercer strike.
The batter muttered under his breath when the umpire called strike three.
Los niños tienen derecho a mantener sus propios secretos murmurados.
Children have the right to keep their own whispered secrets.
De niño solía sentarse al lado del arroyo y escuchar el corriente murmurando, pero la vida interpuso, y tenía que mantener su familia con su empresa, y cuando la hora llegó, lo pavimentó y construyó un hotel rosado, una boutique y un estacionamiento.
As a child he used to sit at the side of the creek and listen to the current murmuring, but life interposed, and he had to support his family with his business, and when the time arrived, he paved it and constructed a pink hotel, a boutique and a parking lot.
Las hojarascas murmuran y dispersan cuando el viento otoñal sopla.
The fallen leaves murmur and scatter when the autumn wind blows.
Cuando su maestra les dio malas calificaciones en sus tarjetas de informe, los chicos murmuraron tristemente al salir de la clase.
When their teacher gave them bad grades on their report cards, the children murmured sadly on leaving the class.
"¿Qué es lo que dijiste? Si murmuras no te puedo oír. ¡Habla alto!"
"What's that you said? If you mutter I can't hear you. Speak up!"
La gente murmura cuando vea a la bikina por su tristeza.
People whisper when they see the bikini girl because of her sadness.
Aquí está la historia completa:
Here is the complete story:
