La Palabra Del Día "quiquiriquí"
quiquiriquí ( kee-kee-ree-KEE )
(noun) cock-a-doodle-doo, crowing, crow
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1: El gallo soltó un quiquiriquí y se dirigió hacía el gallinero.
The rooster let out a cock-a-doodle-doo and walked toward the chicken coop.
2: Hoy me despertó el quiquiriquí de los gallos.
The crowing of the roosters woke me up this morning.
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El quiquiriquí del gallo es su manera de dicho "Buenos días."
The cock-a-doodle-doo of the rooster is his way of saying "Good morning."
Cuando mi esposo y yo estábamos en Loja, Ecuador, nos manteníamos despiertos por un gallo muy confuso que comenzaba su quiquiriquí al anochecer y cantaba toda la noche.
When my husband and I were in Loja, Ecuador, we were kept awake by a very confused rooster who started its crowing at sunset and sang all night long.
Todavía puedo recordar el día que a mi padrastro le hartó el quiquiriquí de uno de sus gallos y decidió darlo una lección por disparar sus plumas de cola, pero desafortunadamente no tuvo en cuenta que cuando un gallo cacarea, su cabeza mueva hacia atrás, y cenamos gallo aquella noche.
I still remember the day my step-father got fed up with the cock-a-doodling of one of his roosters and decided to teach it a lesson by shooting its tail feathers, but unfortunately he did not keep in mind that when a rooster crows, its head moves back, and we dined on rooster that night.
Hay muchas gallinas que piensan que son gallos y gritan quiquiriquí como un gallo.
There are many hens who think they are roosters and scream cock-a-doodle-doo like a rooster.
It is not rare in humans either, or is it ?
Q: Can hens REALLY crow?
A: Yes! It's not even that rare, either! In all-female flocks, or flocks in which the ratio of females to males is greater than 10:1, in many cases one female will take on male characteristics and become the "protector" of the rest of the flock. In addition to coming out with a half-crow, she'll usually cease laying, and she may even develop spurs to rival a male's. Strange, but true!
A: Yes! It's not even that rare, either! In all-female flocks, or flocks in which the ratio of females to males is greater than 10:1, in many cases one female will take on male characteristics and become the "protector" of the rest of the flock. In addition to coming out with a half-crow, she'll usually cease laying, and she may even develop spurs to rival a male's. Strange, but true!
I prefer the sound of rooster over the alarm clock in the morning. Prefiero el quiquiriquí del gallo sobre el despertador por la mañana.
The crowing of the roosters woke me up this morning. I don't want the alarm clock.
Yo quisiera los gallos y el quiquiriquí en la madrugada. No quiero el despertador.
Érase una vez que un hombre de la ciudad quien visitaba un pequeño pueblo donde cada día fue despertado por el quiquiriquí de un gallo. Meditaba que vaya tomar un somnífero, pero después daba el somnífero al gallo y a partír de entonces el hombre durmió tranquilamente .
Once upon a time a man of the city, who visited a small village, where every day was awakened by the crowing of a rooster. He was meditating on taking a sleeping pill, but then he gave the sleeping pill to the rooster and thereafter the man slept peacefully.
Un concurso se celebra cada año en nuestra feria estatal para eligir el gallo con la mejor quiquiriquí.
A contest is held every year at our state fair to choose the rooster with the best cock-a-doodle-doo.
Hoy en día en los Estados Unidos, un quiquiriquí es menos molesta que un tweet temprano en la mañana.
A cock-a-doodle-doo is less annoying than an early morning tweet these days in the United States of America.
A rooster's cock-a-doodle-doo is a wake up call for many people in the country parts of the state, but closer to the city roosters are illegal due to noise levels.
El quiquiriquí de un gallo es una despertar llaman a muchas personas en las país partes del estado, pero más cerca a la ciudad los gallos son ilegales debido a niveles del ruido.
Look at me
I'm a preening cock-a-doodle do.
using EU money.
Mírame soy un quiquiriquí que arreglaba mis plumas con dinero de la UE.
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Un gallo dice, "Quiquiriqui," y una gallina cacarea. "Cacareando" es además el título de una milonga bastante famosa. (Milonga es una especie de tango.)
A rooster says, "Cock-a-doodle-doo!" and a hen clucks. "Cacareando (Clucking)" is also the name of a famous milonga. (A milonga is a type of tango.)
Gallo de mi vecino clama quiquiriquí no sólo en la madrugada, sino también por la tarde y la mitad de la noche.
My neighbor's rooster cries out cock-a-doodle-do not only at dawn, but also in the afternoon and the middle of the night.
Generalmente el quiquiriquí más fuerte viene del gallo más pequeño.
Usually, the loudest crowing comes from the smallest rooster.
