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La Palabra Del Día "ventanilla"

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Ventanilla

window


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Examples:


1: La señora de la primera ventanilla es bien buena onda. ¡Ojalá me toque con ella!

The lady at the first window is really nice. I hope I get her!

2: El siguiente cliente puede pasar a la ventanilla 23.

The next customer can go to window 23.


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updated Aug 16, 2017
edited by rac1
posted by rac1
buenos días, cielo, tómate las cosas con calma...mañan aes domingo :) - 006595c6, Aug 12, 2017
Hola Amber , don't you think that the examples here are a little risque. - ray76, Aug 12, 2017
Gracias princesa xx - ian-hill, Aug 12, 2017
Buenos dias a todos. :):):) - rac1, Aug 12, 2017

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Vaya a la ventanilla donde pone "Información".

Go to the window where it says ‘Information’.

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updated Aug 16, 2017
edited by ian-hill
posted by ian-hill
Goodnight modmate. - ray76, Aug 12, 2017
Yes...whether they have it or not. lol - rac1, Aug 12, 2017
:) - 006595c6, Aug 12, 2017
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Hay ventanillas y ventanillas wink

there are windows and windows ..

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updated Aug 13, 2017
posted by 006595c6
Lol - rac1, Aug 12, 2017
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Intenté a conseguir una copia de mi certificado de nacimiento al palacio de justicia, pero me tuvieron todo el día de ventanilla en ventanilla.

I tried to get a copy of my birth certificate at the courthouse, but they gave me the run-around all day.

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updated Aug 13, 2017
edited by Echoline
posted by Echoline
That's what they are best at. jeje - rac1, Aug 12, 2017
intenté conseguir ..en el Registro Civil :) - 006595c6, Aug 12, 2017
Thank you, Heidi. We don't have Registro Civiles here in the States, we go to the courthouse to get these records. - Echoline, Aug 13, 2017
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Most people that travel prefer to sit by the window of a vehicle. La mayoría de la gente que el viaja prefiere sentarse por en la ventanilla de un vehículo.

updated Aug 13, 2017
edited by NKM1974
posted by NKM1974
I know I do. :) - rac1, Aug 12, 2017
Yo tambien :) - ian-hill, Aug 12, 2017
gente que viaja prefiere sentarse en la - 006595c6, Aug 12, 2017
Gracias por la corrección. - NKM1974, Aug 12, 2017
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Los ojos son la ventanilla al alma.

The eyes are the window to the soul.

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updated Aug 13, 2017
edited by ray76
posted by ray76
Nice sentiment. :) - rac1, Aug 12, 2017
Dónde está ventanilla? - NKM1974, Aug 12, 2017
jeje, nkm, eso digo yo, ventanilla no es lo mismo que ventana ;) - 006595c6, Aug 12, 2017
Thanks guys , and Heidi I think that I now see the subtle difference so that in my sentence "ventanilla " is better . so thanks - ray76, Aug 13, 2017
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Los pelotas de béisbol y las ventanillas de cristal los coches no se mezclan bien.

Baseballs and glass windows do not mix well.

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updated Aug 13, 2017
edited by AnnRon
posted by AnnRon
las pelotas de béisbol...ana, esto no es una ventanilla sino una ventana - 006595c6, Aug 12, 2017
Not at all. :) - rac1, Aug 12, 2017
Heidi, I was hoping a car window qualified as a ventanilla. No? - AnnRon, Aug 12, 2017
well, it actually is a car window...but I thought this was the windscreen...but it could be the other windwo, so all is good, we might add car window, otherwise it sounds odd. - 006595c6, Aug 13, 2017
y las ventanillas de los coches no se llevan bien- - 006595c6, Aug 13, 2017
Okay, good idea. Thanks. - AnnRon, Aug 13, 2017
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Muchas veces te sale mejor el tipo de cambio en una casa de cambios que en ventanilla.

Many times you get a better exchange rate at an exchange office than at a bank.

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updated Aug 13, 2017
posted by 005faa61
hmmm, pero el tipo ese también está en una ventanilla...no hace falta decir banco? en mi tierra sí - 006595c6, Aug 12, 2017
I've heard that too. :) - rac1, Aug 12, 2017
En México por lo menos "ventanilla" en este caso se refiere a lo bancario y no al negocio particular. Obviamente hemos topado con otro regionalismo - 005faa61, Aug 13, 2017
claro, eso me imaginaba, un abrazo - 006595c6, Aug 13, 2017
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En Septiembre, cuando vayamos a Alaska, podremos ver el océano mientras estamos en nuestra terraza privada, al contrario a la última vez que tomé un crucero, cuando mi habitación no tiene ni una ventanilla, solo un advertencia que decía: Uranio empobrecido al otro lado.

En septiembre, cuando vayamos a Alaska, podremos ver el océano desde nuestra terraza privada, al contrario de la última vez que tomé un crucero, cuando mi habitación no tenía ni siquiera una ventanilla, solo una advertencia que decía: Uranio empobrecido al otro lado.

In September, when we go to Alaska, we will be able to see the Ocean while we are on our private veranda, unlike the last time I took a cruise, when my room did not even have a little window, only a warning that said: Depleted Uranium on other side.

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updated Aug 13, 2017
edited by 006595c6
posted by bosquederoble
This looks super! - rac1, Aug 12, 2017
It took my wife over 25 years to convince me to go back on a ship. I always said, I took a cruise across the Pacific and Indian Oceans all the way to the Persian Gulf. That was enough. But this does look a step up. :) - bosquederoble, Aug 12, 2017
such a shame the famous corner does not exist anymore, amigo mío, jejeje, septiembre!! - 006595c6, Aug 12, 2017
Hmm, It is like when I wrote miyo instead of mío over and over again, even though I knew it was wrong. Ay Caramba. Gracias, Heidita. :) - bosquederoble, Aug 12, 2017
If I had my druthers, there would be no such thing as capital letters. - bosquederoble, Aug 12, 2017
mistakes edited in post - 006595c6, Aug 12, 2017
druthers.wow, new word! - 006595c6, Aug 12, 2017
Gracias, Heidita. :) - bosquederoble, Aug 12, 2017
in spanish: si fuera por mí...no habría mayúsculas - 006595c6, Aug 12, 2017
Thanks, I would not have know the first part. Some of my mistakes were quite stupid. In my defense I was paying more attention to my visiting grandson. :) - bosquederoble, Aug 12, 2017
hey! that is a V E R Y good excuse, lol, :) - 006595c6, Aug 12, 2017
Is your ship going to tie up in my town, bosque? - AnnRon, Aug 12, 2017
No, I don't think we are going that far, we get this: Ports: Seattle, Juneau, Glacier Bay, Sitka, Ketchikan, Victoria, Seattle - bosquederoble, Aug 12, 2017
That is a beautiful cruise. You will have to go back again and do the interior. It is a breathtakingly beautiful State! - Echoline, Aug 13, 2017
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Cuando hace calor es preferible no bajar la ventanilla , sino utilizarlo como parasol y poner en marcha la climatización.

When it is hot it is preferable not to lower the window, but to use it as a sunshade and to start the air conditioning.

updated Aug 13, 2017
posted by porcupine7
:) - jrschenk, Aug 12, 2017
utilizarLA como...el aire acondicionado. so true! - 006595c6, Aug 12, 2017
..."but use it as a sunshade and start the air conditioner." :) - rac1, Aug 12, 2017
I would say put on the air-conditioning but that is a rare event in the UK except to demist windows in the cold. - Mardle, Aug 12, 2017
I would have said, "turn on the air conditioner, but wanted to stay as close as possible to her original sentence. My point was really to say she didn't need the, "to" there or in the last part of the sentence, - rac1, Aug 12, 2017
Gracias amigos - porcupine7, Aug 13, 2017
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Solamente he visto una ventanilla de quejas en las viñetas, nunca en la vida real.

I have only seen a complaint window in cartoons, never in real life.

updated Aug 13, 2017
posted by mstivers
That's because it is only loosely translated; most places call it Customer Service. ;) - jrschenk, Aug 12, 2017
lol, first choice for best answer!!! still laughing; en España: ventanilla de reclamaciones. en viñetas - 006595c6, Aug 12, 2017
I've seen complaint boxes, but never a complanit window. :) - rac1, Aug 12, 2017
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¡Ve a través de la vida con tus ventanillas abajo!
Mejor: ¡Atraviesa la vida con las ventanillas bajadas¡
Go through life with your windows down!

La vida

updated Aug 13, 2017
edited by jrschenk
posted by jrschenk
mejor: atraviesa la vida con las ventanillas bajadas, it would be "las ventanillas" , that's a good advice, amigo schenk - 006595c6, Aug 12, 2017
Love my windows open, in my house and car. :) - rac1, Aug 12, 2017
Gracias a ambos. - jrschenk, Aug 12, 2017