La Palabra Del Día: "murciélago"
murciélago ( moor-see-eh'-lah-goh )
noun ( bat )
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1: Los murciélagos salieron en búsqueda de insectos.
The bats went out in search of insects.
2: No, hijo, los murciélagos no se convierten en vampiros al caer la noche.
No, son, bats don't turn into vampires at nightfall.
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Por un momento, tuvimos murciélagos en nuestro granero, que era muy preocupante por que pueden transmitir la rabia al ganado.
For a while we had bats in our barn, which was very worrisome because they can transmit rabies to livestock.
Este año visité Borneo y vi millones de murciélagos en la cueva más grande
del mundo,en el Parque Nacional de Mulu. Sarawak.
This year I visited Borneo and saw millions of bats in one of the worlds
largest caves , in Mulu National Park Sarawak.
Me gusta mucho este coche y si puediera tener uno , ni siquiera me molestaría que se llama Murcielago.
I like this car very much and if I could have one, it wouldn't bother me even if it was called Murcielago (Bat).
Viví en las Filipinas por un año cuando era niño. Veíamos murciélagos volando durante el día, y tirábamos piedras pequeñas en el aire para atraerlos.
I lived in the Philippines for a year when I was a boy. We used to see bats flying during the day, and we would throw little stones in the air to attract them.
Los hijos de la noche incluyen gatos, murciélagos, lobos, y búhos.
The children of the night include cats, bats, wolves and owls.
Los murciélagos son los únicos mamíferos capaces de vuelo verdadero. El ala del murciélago se parece a una mano humana con dedos extremadamente largos palmeados.
La mayoría de los murciélagos comen insectos, pero algunos comen fruta. En octubre, decoramos con imágenes de murciélagos y disfrutar de historias sobre los raros murciélagos vampiros. 
Bats are the only mammals capable of true flight. The bat's wing resembles a human hand with extremely long webbed fingers. Most bats eat insects, but some eat fruit. In October, we decorate with images of bats and enjoy stories about the rare vampire bats.
El Hombre Murciélago es uno de mis personajes favoritos del cine.
Batman is one of my favorite characters in the movies.
When the police arrived he left like a bat out of hell.
Cuando llegó la policía se fue como que un murciélago del diablo.
He tratado de convencer a mi esposa de que yo debería construir un refugio para murciélagos debido a que comen insectos como mosquitos, pero ha rechazado esto, y se queja de los excrementos que dejen los pájaros que he atraído con las casas de pájaros que he construido.
I have tried to convince my wife that I should build a bat house because they eat insects like mosquitoes, but she has rejected this, and complains about the droppings that the birds that I have attracted with the birdhouses that I have constructed leave.
Debido a que los murciélagos son espeluznante, han cobrardo importancia como un símbolo de la Noche de Brujas.
Because of the fact that bats are spooky, they have taken on importance as a symbol of Halloween.
El es ciego como un murciélago sin gaffas.
He is blind as a bat without glasses.
Para todos los estudiantes, en finales somos murciélagos. Estudiamos sin fin y vemos el amanecer. 
To all students that are in finals, we are bats. We study without end and we see the break of dawn.
A pesar de su imagen desagradable, dicen que los murciélagos son en realidad muy importantes para la agricultura, pues polinizan las flores para que den frutos.
Despite their ugly aspect, it is said that bats are in fact very important for agriculture, because they polinize flowers so they can give fruits.
Las casetas en Wrigley Field que son como las cuervas están llenas de murciélagos (¿O es el término bates?). 
The dugouts at Wrigley Field which are like caves are loaded with bats (Or is the term bats?).
Hombre murcielago - batman
