La Palabra Del Día "extenderse"
extenderse ( ehk-stehn-DEHR-seh )
(verb) to extend, to stretch
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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: La cordillera se extiende hacia el norte.
The mountain range extends northward.
2: El río se extiende por el valle.
The river stretches across the valley.
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Debido a la hora perdida mi días se extenderá en las madrugadas.
Because of the lost hour my days will extend into the wee hours.
Cuando una especie exótica llega a un lugar en el que no tiene enemigos naturales, se puede extender rápidamente, y a veces hace mucho daño al medio ambiente.
When an exotic species reaches a place in which it does not have natural enemies, it can spread rapidly, and sometimes causes damage to the environment.
El año pasado estuve en España y extendí mis vacaciones para incluir quedarme con mi amigo Ian en Inglaterra.
Last year I was in Spain and extended my vacation to include staying with my friend Ian in England.
Sir Ian.
El los países occidentales la gente tiene la costumbre de extenderse la mano uno al otro como señal de amistad.
In Western nations people have the custom of extending their hand one to another as a sign of friendship
Nadie sabe extenderse como un gato.
No one knows how to stretch like a cat.
Cuando te extiendes tu mismo demasiado estrechamente, terminas por lograr muy poco. Elege sólo una técnica o método y enfoca en eso hasta entendértelo. Luego, puedes añadir algo más.
El Océano Pacífico es el océano más grande del mundo. Se extiende desde el Ártico en el norte, a la Antártida en el sur, en el oeste de Asia y Australia, a América en el este
The Pacific Ocean is the largest ocean in the world. It extends from the Arctic on North, to Antarctica on South,on West from Asia and Australia, to America.
Cuando voy de compras busco porlas ganga **las ofertas" para poder extenderse mi dólar estirar mi dinero.
When I go shopping I look for bargains so I can stretch my dollar.
The Amazon River extends for hundreds of miles.
El Río Amazonas se extiende para cientos de millas.
Un fermata indica que el cantante debe extender una nota más de lo normal.
A fermata indicates that the singer should extend a note longer than normal.
Mis alumnos siempre se emocianaban cuando extendían sus libros a la página correcta.
My pupils always became excited when they opened up their books to the right page.
In languages there is something called "Collocations" that is, how native speakers commonly use a combinations of two or more words. In Spanish the Collocation in this case is "Estirar + dinero" "Extender" and "dinero" is an odd combination of words.
Just like English, Spanish has thousands of collocations. Most of the times English collocations are different from the ones in Spanish, that's one the main reasons why some combinations of words in translations sound not natural to the native ears. This has happened to me so may times that I bought an English Collocations Dictionary. I`ve been there too, this not an exclusive issue for Spanish learners, it happens to us (English learners) very often.
"Cuando voy de compras busco las ofertas para poder estirar mi dinero", Native Spanish. "Cuando voy de compras busco las ofertas para poder extender mi dinero" Not natural.
"Muchos profesores de español se extienden en explicaciones inútiles" "Many Spanish teachers go on and on about useless explanations"
Panificadora están usando productos diferentes a extender los tipos de pan.
Bakeries are using different products to extend the types of bread
A New Wheat Flour Extender has emerged. A new wheat flour extender based on Cassava has been developed. Any off-flavour and taste is removed from fresh cassava roots in an automatic hygienic process providing a dry food ingredient as pure and tasty as the wheat flour itself. Test in our laboratory has proved its usefulness as a wheat flour extender.
Ella me extendió la mano para marcar el inicio de una nueva relación de negocios.
She extended her hand to me to mark the beginning of a new business relationship.
