La Palabra Del Día "contemplar"
contemplar ( kohn-tehm-PLAHR )
verb ( to contemplate, to gaze at )
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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: Contemplamos el agua cristalina del lago desde el muelle.
We gazed at the crystalline water of the lake from the dock.
2: La astróloga subió a la torre para contemplar las estrellas.
The astrologist went up to the tower to contemplate the stars.
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No necesitamos contemplar la situación más, es una crisis, ¡necesitamos tomar acción!
We don't need to contemplate the situation any more, it is a crisis, we need to take action!
I gazed at the countless diamonds in the black sea as I lay under the night sky.
Yo contemplar los innumerables diamantes en el mar negro como he tendido bajo el cielo de la noche.
Me encanta la natura, pero no me gustan los escritos sobre la natura porque me parecen demasiado como contemplar el ombligo.
I love nature, but I don't care for nature writing because it seems too much like navel-gazing to me.
Siempre me ha preguntado lo que este hombre estaba contemplando.
I have always wondered what this guy was contemplating.
Esta mejor contemplar el tiempo presente que contemplar el pasado.
It is better to contemplate the present than to contemplate the past.
Algunas personas contemplan toda pero hacen nada .
Some people contemplate everything but do nothing.
Contemplar el amor es una causa noble ,y muy valliosa.
Contemplating love is a noble cause, and very worthwhile .
Mientras él contemplaba las estrellas, se preguntó si otro ser en un planeta que orbita una de esas estrellas, también podría estar mirando las estrellas y contemplando el universo.
While he was contemplating the stars, he wondered if another being on a planet that orbits one of those stars might also be looking at the stars and contemplating the universe.
Pasé horas en el Vaticano contemplando la escultura maravillosa de Michelangelo.
I spent hours in the Vatican contemplating the wonderful sculpture of Michelangelo.
A day spent without the sight or sound of beauty, the contemplation of mystery, or the search of truth or perfection is a poverty-stricken day; and a succession of such days is fatal to human life.
-Lewis Mumford
Un día sin el vista o el sonido de la belleza, la contemplación del misterio o la búsqueda de la verdad o perfección es un día de la pobreza; y una sucesión de esos días es fatal para la vida humana.
-Lewis Mumford
Mis padres contemplando en comprar una casa nueva.
My parents have contemplated buying a new house.
