La Palabra Del Día "lanzarse"
lanzarse ( lahn-sahr'-seh )
verb ( to undertake, to embark upon )
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Guidelines:
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: Este año me voy a lanzar a la tarea de hacer mi propio negocio.
This year I'm going to embark upon the task of starting my own business.
2: Paco decidió lanzarse a recorrer el país en bicicleta.
Paco decided to undertake a journey around the country by bicycle.
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Hace unos años me lanzé a aprender español y todavía voy a las clases y trato de practicar todos los días. Es más difícil de lo que me di cuenta.
Some years ago I embarked on learning Spanish and I still go to classes and try to practice each day. It is more difficult than I realised.
Es difícil creer que el iPhone se lanzó hace menos que diez años; ha cambiado tanto al mundo.
It is difficult to believe that the iPhone was launched less than ten years ago; it has changed the world so much.
Me lanzo en una aventura nueva con mi hija mientras la transicionamos a una cama de "niños grandes".
I am embarking on a new adventure with my daughter as we transition her to a big kid's bed.
Él se lanzó a la piscina y ahora reflexiona qué vaya a hacer; va a salir trepando o va a disfrutar del agua tibia .
He threw himself into the pool and now reflects what he is going to do; Is going to climb out or going to enjoy the warm water.
¿Qué se va a lanzar este año?
What are you going to undertake this year?
Colin embarked upon a project to tidy his house in January 2017 ...but .his worried next door neighbours called the police four weeks later and told them that the last time they saw him ...he was buried under a mountain of paper! 
Day 2
¡Colin se lanzó un proyecto para organizar (arreglar) su casa en enero 2017, pero sus vecinos preocupados de al lado llamaron a la policía después* de cuatro semanas y les dijeron que la última vez que le vieron, fue enterrado debajo de un montón de papeles!
Perhaps: cuatro semanas más tarde* would be better (?)
Editor's note/s: I have decided to intentionally include a series of 5 pictures to show the sequence (progression) of events from Colin's first day until his unfortunate disappearnce! I hope that have succeeded in injecting some gentle humour into a situation that is common to many of us ...being (or feeling) overwhelmed by mounatins of paperwork! The moral of my caption is: 'Look before you leap! (picture 2) Seriosuly, before attempting to deal with paperwork, please don't take on too much at once or warn your friends and family and keep your phone close to you in case you get lost lol!
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Anoche mi esposa y yo vimos el balón descendió en Nueva York a las nueve en CNN, y le dije que fue el mismo descenso que iba íbamos a ver en ABC a la medianoche, y me preguntó cómo podía ser. Le dije que tenía algo que ver con la relatividad y viaje a través del tiempo, y me dijo que podía ser que la botella de champán se lanzara contra mi cabeza, pero por fin decidió que era más importante que algún champán se quedaran para la medianoche.
Last night my wife and I watched the ball descend in New York at nine on CNN, and I told her that it was the same descent we were going to see on ABC at midnight, and she asked me how that could be. I told her it had something to do with relativity and time travel, and she told me that the bottle of champagne might be launched against my head, but in the end decided that it was more important that some champagne remain for midnight.
Este año voy a lanzarme (de nuevo) al estudio de esperanto, la lengua planeada y creación del optamólogo polaco, el Dr. Ludwig Zamenhof.
This year I'm going to once again throw myself into the study of Esperanto, the planned language and creation of Polish opthamologist Dr. Ludwig Zamenhof
El Doctor Zamenhof
