La Palabra Del Día "mérito"
mérito ( meh'-ree-toh )
noun ( merit, worth )
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1: Estas fotos tienen más mérito para mí que cualquier otra cosa que tenemos.
These pictures have greater worth to me than anything else we own.
2: Hay mucho mérito en reconocer tus debilidades, te gusten o no te gusten.
There's a lot of merit in recognizing your weaknesses, like them or not.
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Él es el hombre quien consiguió algo muy importante por sus propios méritos.
He is the man who got something very important on his own merits.
En los deportes, en los negocios, en la vida... el equipo con más mérito no siempre gana. Se involucra mucha suerte.
In sports, in business, in life... the team with the most merit doesn´t always win. There´s a lot of luck involved.
Cinco votos y tu vale una insignia, pero eres mérito más que una insignia para mí.
Five votes and your worth a badge , but you merit more than a badge to me .
Quizás haya mérito para algunos en leer este cuento de un joven musulmán que no se trató bien al llegar a los Estados Unidos, pero a pesar de eso que mostró una moral impecable en su trato con un ciudadano del país al que vino para asistir a la universidad. Yo creo que nunca debemos suponer que todos en cualquier grupo son iguales, y que todos deben ser considerados por sus propios méritos.
There might be merit for some in reading this story of a young Moslem Muslim man who was not treated well upon arriving in the United States, but despite this that showed impeccable morals in his dealing with a citizen of the country to which he came to attend college. I think that we should never assume that everyone in any group are the same, and that each should be judged on their own merits.
El cuento (en inglés):
The story (in English):
http://www.oregonlive.com/living/index.ssf/2017/01/tom_hallman.html
Nada es más valioso que el mériro de un veradero amigo.
Nothing is more valuable than the worth of a true friend.
El arte tiene su propio mérito inherente.
Art has its own inherent worth.
Hay un gran número de personas que creen que la construcción de un gran muro entre Los Estaedos Unidos y México es una idea que no tiene mucho mérito.
There is a large number of people who believe that the building of a great wall between The United States and Mexico is an idea that is worthless.
(Note: This is just a fact. No opinion here. Some people are "fer it" some are "again' it," so there!!)
El valor neto de Señior Trump es más que todos los otros presidentes. A mí, su mérito es nada.
Mr. Trump is richer than all the other presidents. To me, he is worth nothing.
El mérito es de cien dólares.
The worth is one hundred dollars.
Falta de méritos
Un tribunal dictó falta de méritos a Juan N, acusado de ser el autor intelectual del asesinato de tres empresarios.
Esto significa que no hay elementos suficientes para sostener la hipótesis de que fue el autor intelectual de los hechos que se le imputan.
A court dictated the lack of merit to Juan N, accused of being the mastermind of the killing of three businessmen.
This means that there are not enough evidence to support the hypothesis that he was the author of the alleged crimes.
Gracias, Rac, Ray!
