La Palabra Del Día "calabaza"
calabaza ( kah-lah-bah'-sah )
noun ( pumpkin, squash, gourd )
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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: Mamá, ¿por qué compraste tantas calabazas?
Mom, why did you buy so many gourds?
2: Voy a echar calabaza y papas a la sopa.
I'm going to put squash and potatoes in the soup.
10 Answers
El jinete sin cabeza guardaba muchas calabazas en su calabozo para siempre tener una de repuesta.
The headless horseman would always keep a lot of pumpkins in his dungeon so that he always had a replacement.
Es interesante que dar calabazas significa rechazar a un enamorado en español, mientras la misma expresión en nuestro país: dar un canasta a alguien.
It is interesting that giving pumpkins means to reject a lover in Spanish, while the same expression in our country is: give someone a basket
Un año cosechamos una gran cosecha de calabazas ,más grande que lo normal.
Mi esposa dijo que tenemos que comer todas las cabazas para ahorrar dinero.
Comimos calabazas para tres meses, nunca quiero comer una calabaza nunca más en mi vida .
Esta es una historia real.
One year we harvested a larger than normal crop of pumpkins.
My wife said we have to eat all the pumpkins to save money.
We ate pumpkins for three months, I never want to eat a pumpkin ever again in my life.
This is a true story.Mi esposa era de la U S A.
Un año, cuando mi hija era pequeña, tiramos las entrañas de su lámpara de calabaza en el jardín. El próxima año tenemos calabazas en todas partes, hasta colgado de los tallos de maíz.
One year when my daughter was small we threw the insides of her jack'o'lantern into the garden. The next year we had pumpkins everywhere, including hanging from the cornstalks.
Mi postre más favorito es el pastel de calabaza, con un montón de crema batida encima.
My most favorite dessert is pumpkin pie with a pile of whipped cream on top.
En la temporada de las fiestas parece como si todo tenga el sabor de calabaza.
In the holiday season it seems as if everything has the flavor of pumpkin.
Cualquier persona que ha tratado de cultivar calabazas sabe lo que parece los bichos de calabaza.
Anyone who has tried to grow pumpkins knows what a squash bug looks like.
Voy a una tienda minorista para comprar una calabaza.
I am going to a retail outlet to buy a pumpkin.
Hacer un pastel de calabaza desde cero es más fácil de lo que pensaría.
Making a pumpkin pie from scratch is easier than you'd think.
Como un pieza de tarta de queso con calabaza hoy. Estuvo muy riquísimo! Quizás como dos piezas...
I ate a piece of pumpkin cheesecake today. It was delicious! Maybe I ate two pieces...
