La Palabra Del Día "chaleco salvavidas"
chaleco salvavidas ( chah-LEH-koh sahl-bah-BEE-dahs )
(noun) life jacket
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Examples:
1: Todo viajero debe llevar un chaleco salvavidas.
Each traveler must wear a lifejacket.
2: El perrito llevaba chaleco salvavidas y gafas protectoras.
The little dog wore a lifejacket and goggles.
12 Answers
Si quieres ir en el barco, debes usar un chaleco salvavidas.
If you want to go on the boat, you must wear a lifejacket.
Soy un mal nadador, así que siempre uso un chaleco salvavidas cuando salgo en un barco.
I'm a poor swimmer, so I always wear a life jacket when I go out in a boat.
Jimmy Spithill se alegrará de tener un chaleco salvavidas si tiene que nadar a casa a Australia mañana 
Jimmy Spithill will be glad of his life jacket if he has to swim home to Australia tomorrow
Life jackets are an essential, life-saving accessory for marine transportation. Los chalecos salvavidas son un accesorio imprescindible, vital para el transporte marítimo.
Un chaleco salvavidas también se llamó un Mae West durante la guerra mundial 2.
A lifejacket was also called a Mae West during world war 2
No necesito un chaleco salvavidas, porque nunca voy a subirme en esa barca.
I don't need a life jacket, because I am never getting into that boat.
En este deporte peligroso la gente debe llevar siempre un chaleco salvavidas.
In this dangerous sport people should always wear a life jacket.
Un chaleco salvavidas no es tu talla puede igual de peligroso tan no lo ponerse.
A life jacket that is not your size can be just as dangerous as not wearing one.
Soy capaz de nadar en el océano durante horas sin regresar a la orilla, pero si alguien me dice que tengo que usar un chaleco de salvavidas, lo hago sin discusión, porque siempre es mejor pecar de precavido.
I am capable of swimming in the ocean for hours without returning to shore, but if someone tells me that I have to wear a life vest , I do it without argument, because it is always better to err on the side of caution.
Los gatos no requieren un chaleco salvavidas porque son capaces de nadar naturalmente, pero la mayoría de los gatos odian entrar en el agua.
Cats don't require a life jacket because they are able to swim naturally, but most cats hate getting into the water.
Hay muchas anuncios dirigido a los pescadores de rocas, diciendo que deben llevar un chaleco salvavidas, porque es peligroso estar de pie tan cerca del mar profundo donde hay las grandes olas. Desafortunademente, muchas pescadores lo no hacen caso de este aviso y cada año algiuen ahogan.
There are many notices directed at rock fishermen, saying that they ought to wear a life jacket, because it is dangerous to stand so close to the deep ocean where there are large waves. Unfortunately, many fishermen ignore this advice and every year someone drowns.
Why in a plane trip from Bilbao to Sevilla the flight assistant explains how you must use the life jacket in case of air craft if you will not fly over the sea?. May be in case you are so lucky of falling over a lake?
¿Por qué en un vuelo de Bilbao a Sevilla el asistente de vuelo explica como se debe usar el chaleco salvavidas en caso de accidente aéreo, si no se va a volar sobre el mar?puede ser por si eres tan afortunado de caer en un lago?
Please correct my English
A question. Introduces instead explains would be ok in the upper sentence? .
Corrections.
I have mixed all corrections trying to find a more literall way of saying my Spanish sentence hopping it works . Thanks mates.
"Why, in a flight from Bibao to Seville, does the flight assistant explain how to use the life jacket, in case of an accident if you are not going to fly over the sea? Maybe It's in case you are lucky enough to crash into a lake?
(To crash into a lake it is not acurate to my Spanish sentence but I think it is funny.)
One question: Would introduces instead of explain be ok in the sentence above. Many thanks again mates. Gracias
