La Palabra Del Día "leña"
leña ( leh'-nyah )
noun ( firewood; flak; hiding )
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Examples:
1: Tenemos leña suficiente para un buen rato.
We've got enough firewood for a good while.
2: Mi mamá te va a dar leña si te ve comiendo sus chocolates.
Mom's going to give you a hiding if she catches you eating her chocolates.
8 Answers
Durante una sesión por Skype el viernes pasado mi amiga de Zaragoza, España me mostró la leña quemando en su chimenea. Hacía una calor noche de verano en Sídney, Australia y yo intentaba imaginarme el invierno allí y que yo estuviera allí sentándome a lado del fuego.
During a skype session last Friday my friend from Zaragoza, Spain showed me firewood burning in her chimney. It was a hot summer evening in Sydney, Australia and I tried to imagine the winter there and that I was there sitting next to the fire.
No tenemos ninguna leña en la casa porque nunca utilizamos la chiminea.
We don´t have any firewood in the house because we never use the fireplace.
En las noches de invierno es muy agradable de sentarse al lado de chimenea y echarle leña al fuego .
On winter nights it is very pleasant to sit by the fireplace and throw firewood on the fire.
Hace uno o dos años que decidí que tenía que talar un árbol que había plantado demasiado cerca de mi casa y que estuvo creciendo rápidamente, y debido a que sólo la usamos para una hoguera en el patio trasero todavía queda mucha leña.
A year or two ago I decided that I had to fell a tree that I had planted too close to my house and that was growing rapidly, and due to us only using it for a fire pit on the back patio a lot of firewood is left still.
Ancient Buddhist proverb says, "Before enlightenment, chop wood carry water. After enlightenment chop wood carry water.
Hay un antiguo proverbio Buddista que dice: "Antes de la iluminación, cortar leña y llevar agua. Después de la iluminación, cortar leña y llevar agua."
Así es la "cotton pickin' vida, ¿No?
Después de hacer todo su decoración de Navidad en un día, ella estaba hecho leña.
After doing all her decorating for Christmas in one day, she was pooped (exhausted).
(Yo sé que esa es Rosanne, pero estaba el mejor ilustración que podía encontrar.)
No me gusta leña en el juego de hockey.
I do not like rough play in hockey.
Cada vez que hay un gran viento, mi marido sale en el coche con su motosierra para buscar árboles o ramas que se han caído. Es entusiasta para la leña, ¡tal vez obsessivo! Creo que tenemos suficiente leña para varios años.
Every time there is a strong wind, my husband goes out in the car with his chainsaw to look for trees or branches that have fallen. He is an enthusiast for firewood, obsessed even! I think we have enough firewood for several years.
