La Palabra Del Día: "chispa"
chispa ( chees'-pah )
noun ( spark; bit )
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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: Huele un poco a calabaza quemada porque las velas están saltando chispas.
It smells a bit like burned pumpkin because the candles are throwing off sparks.
2: A veces a mi café le pongo una chispa de whisky.
Sometimes I put a bit of whiskey in my coffee.
11 Answers
No puedo decir que sea cierto por todas partes, pero en México cuando se espantan las mujeres a veces gritan "¡chispas!"
I can´t say that it may be true everywhere, but in Mexico when women become scared sometimes they shout "sparks!"
¿Quieres azúcar? — Si, una chispa.
‘Do you take sugar?’ ‘Yes please, just a bit.’
El viejo todavía tiene una chispa en sus ojos ,
y su novia un paso más ligero cuando ella ve la chispa.
The old man still has a spark in his eyes,
and his girlfriend a lighter step when she sees the spark.
Él tiene todavía la chispa de la vida .
He still has the spark of life.
Me gusta mucho este pastel con chispas de chocolate formando mi favorita persona de mismo apellido como el mío.
I like very much this cake with chocolate chips forming my favorite person of the same name as mine.
Me gusta solo una chispa de azucar en mi cafe.
I like just a bit of sugar in my coffee.
Los meteoritos parecián como chispas que cae de cielo.
The meteorites looked like sparks falling from the sky.
Jack pensó el comentario tenía chispa, pero Jill no era divertido.
Jack thought the comment was witty, but Jill was not amused.
Sólo hace falta un maestro con chispa para encender la llama de aprendimiento.
It just takes a teacher with spark to light the flame of learning.
¿Has probado café con una chispa de kahlúa?
Have you ever tried a coffee with spark of kahlua?
He tenido que reemplazar dos veces los quemadores de tubo de mi parilla de gas, pero después de cambiar el sistema que provee la chispa para encenderla varias veces, ahora simplemente uso un encendedor de butano largo.
I have had to replace the tube burners of my gas grill twice, but after changing the system that provides the spark to ignite it several times, now I simply use a long butane lighter.
En un verano largo y seco en el bosque solo hace falta una chispa pequeñito para encender un incendio forestal inmenso.
In a long hot summer in the forest it only takes a tiny spark to start a huge bushfire.
