La Palabra Del Día "zarza"
zarza
blackberry bush
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Examples
1:La zarza está llena de fruta madura.
The blackberry bush is full of ripe fruit.
2: El camino al hotel está bordeado por zarzas.
The path to the hotel is lined with blackberry bushes.
14 Answers
La zarza es considerada una mala hierba nociva y necesita erradicar.
The blackberry bush is considered a noxious weed and needs to be eradicated.
Blackberry infestation.
Infestación de zarza.
En la Biblia podemos leer que el Señor comunicó su voluntad por medio de una zarza ardiente a Moisés.
In the Bible we can read that the Lord communicated His will from a burning bush to Moses.
Zsa Zsa puede haber sido espinosa, pero definitivamente no era una zarza.
Zsa Zsa may have been prickly, but she definitely wasn't a blackberry bush.
En Australia las zarzas son hierbas malísimas y muy dificiles de destruir.
In Australia blackberry bushes are very bad weeds and hard to destroy.
The bramble bush have is a rough, prickly shrub. La zarza tiene es un arbusto áspero y espinoso.
Hay muchas zarzas por aquí. Me gusta ir caminando con mi nieta y recoger la jugosa fruta madura. Entonces nos la llevamos a casa, la lavamos y ¡horneamos una tarta de mora deliciosa!
There are lots of blackberry bushes around here. I like to go walking with my granddaughter and pick the juicy ripe fruit. We then take it home, wash it and bake a delicious blackberry pie!
Las zarzas crecieron silvestres donde crecí, y donde había zarzas había niguas.
Blackberry bushes grew wild where I grew up, and where there were blackberry bushes there were chiggers.
Mi perro Vincent solía comer las moras, evitando con cuidado las espinas de la zarza.
My dog Vincent used to eat blackberries, carefully avoiding the thorns on the blackberry bush.
Las moras son deliciosas, pero es muy difícil manejar las zarzas.
Blackberries are delicious, but it is very difficult to manage the bushes.
Tengo algunos amigos en Smuckers que saben cómo convertir la fruta de la zarza en oro.
I have some friends over at Smuckers who know how to turn the fruit of the blackberry bush into gold.
Se clasifica la zarza como una especie invasora en Oregón, pero muchos tienen recuerdos entrañables de niño de recoger zarzamoras silvestres y la verdad es que he permitido que una zarza sobreviva en un rincón del jardín, y recogí las últimas moras esta mañana. Pero, sí, se comporta de manera invasora y pienso en arrancarla.
The blackberry vine is classified as an invasive species in Oregon, but many have fond childhood memories of picking wild blackberries and the truth is that I have allowed a blackberry plant to survive in a corner of the garden, and picked the last berries this morning. But, yes, it behaves in an invasive manner and I am thinking of ripping it out.
The one I have heard a lot is "la zarza ardiente" from the Bible.Exodus Chapter 3 verse 2 to 4.
We don't use the word zarza but we use it in the expression "la zarza ardiente"
Apart from that I had always thoughy of "bush" as "arbusto".
I wonder if the word "zarza" is widely used in Spain and other Spanish-speaking countries.
Las zarzas se cultivaban tradicionalmente en Nuevo Mexico por su fruta, con fines medicinales, y como setos para mantener los intrusos fuera.
Blackberry bushes were traditionally grown in New mexico for their fruit, for medicinal purposes, and as hedges to keep out intruders.
Hay muchas zarzas en las fueras de la ciudad.
There are many black berry bushes in the outskirts of the city.
