La Palabra Del Día "manto"
manto
cloak
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There are many native English speakers here, most of us can offer great suggestions to the English sentences. I will do my best to go through them all, too. For the Spanish sentences, edit your posts according to the native Spanish speakers suggestions. Use today's Word of the Day in your own Spanish sentence (and include the English translation as well). Try to use the word in a completely new way and vote on the sentences you like best. The winner will be chosen based upon the correct use of the word as well as the number of votes.
Guidelines:
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.
Examples
1: Para la Noche de Brujas me compré un manto negro como el que usa Drácula.
For Halloween I bought a black cloak like the one Dracula wears.
1: El detective se puso el sombrero y el manto y salió en búsqueda de la aventura.
The detective put on his hat and cloak and set out in search of adventure.
12 Answers
In films, the cloak is associated to the medieval period. En las películas, el manto está asociado a la época medieval.
En invierno cuando hay una gran nevada, el manto blanco es maravilloso, pero la vida se convierte un poco complicada.
In the winter when there is a great snowfall the white mantle is wonderful, but life becomes a bit complicated.
Fue un hecho trágico en mi vida pero ahora he echado un manto de olvido a ese tema.
It was a tragic event in my life but now I've sent it into oblivion.
It was a tragic event in my life but now it has fallen into oblivion.(like it?)
Please correct my use of the word oblivion. What would be the best collocation?
Sherlock Holmes a menudo llevaba un manto de tweed y una lupa.
Sherlock Holmes often wore a tweed cloak and carried a magnifying glass.
Okay, here goes a whole new sentence:
Dracula se puso su manto y salió para beber sangre.
Dracula put on his cloak and went out to drink blood.
Still not right. I give up.
Hubo un manto de nieve afuera, así que decidió quedarse dentro y leer una manto y daga novela de capa y espada.
There was a covering of snow outside, so he decided to stay inside, and read a cloak and dagger novel.
El manto es una estructura importante en los moluscos- puede secretar una concha y también crear una cavidad del manto que protege las branquias en muchas especies. En el molusco básico, el manto es la parte dorsal, y el pie la parte ventral (normalmente muy musculosa) pero muchas especies se desarrollan de una manera que puede alterar esto, y en la sepia el manto forma la mayoría de la parte trasera.
El manto es una estructura importante en los moluscos- puede secretar una concha y también crear una cavidad en el manto que protege las branquias en muchas especies. En el molusco básico, el manto es la parte dorsal, y el pie la parte ventral (normalmente muy musculosa) pero muchas especies se desarrollan de tal manera que puede alterar esto, y en la sepia el manto forma gran parte de la parte trasera.
Except for "en el manto"...suggestions on style, nice bosque 
The mantle is a very important structure in mollusks- it can secrete a shell and also create a mantle cavity that protects the gills in many species. In the basic mollusk, the mantle is the dorsal part and the foot is the ventral part (normally very muscular) but many species develop in a way that can alter this, and in the cuttlefish the mantle forms the majority of the rear part.
El manto de invisibilidad se puso por Harry Potter fue poseído por La Muerte a si misma.
Corrected: El manto de invisibilidad usado por Harry Potter perteneció una vez a la misma Muerte.
The Cloak of Invisibility worn by Harry Potter was once owned by Death itself.
Se dice que Sir Walter Raleigh coloca su manto sobre un charco para impedir que la reina Isabel I de embarrar se embarrara sus zapatos, pero él no tenía problemas para ensuciarse con una de las damas de honor de la reina, y más tarde fue decapitado.
It is said that Sir Walter Raleigh placed his cloak over a puddle to prevent Queen Elizabeth I from muddying her shoes, but he had no trouble getting dirty with one of the queen's maid-of-honor, and he was later beheaded.
N?o? m?e? c?u?l?p?o? e?l? m?a?n?t?o? d?e? D?r?.? S?t?r?a?n?g?e? p?o?r? s?e? e?n?a?m?o?r?a?n?t?e? c?o?n? B?e?n?e?d?i?c?t? C?u?m?b?e?r?b?a?t?c?h?.?
No culpo al manto del Dr. Strange por enamorarse de Benedict Cumberbatch..
I do not blame Dr. Strange's cloak for falling in love with Benedict Cumberbatch.
Hi everybody! I am new here and trying to join in. I wanted to get more practice using Spanish and this seems like the perfect place! I think I messed up how to say "falling in love" a little, lol.
Echo ya ha mencionado el manto de invisibilidad de Harry Potter, pero tengo un también. La imagen de abajo me muestra usándolo.
Echo has already mentioned Harry Potter's cloak of invisibility, but I have one too. The below image shows me wearing it.
The word "manto" means cloak but cloak can also be what we call "capa" maybe much more often than" manto" A "capa" is like an overcoat but without sleeves. Something like mantle or cloak.
At the same time I think the word Mantel in German is something like overcoat.
Would you say the word mantle in English is easy to use? How would you use it?
In short, it's not such an easy word to use. Don't you think so? Because as it's not a garment we often wear today, we could use it mostly like in "un manto de olvido", metaphorically.
Caperucita Roja llevó un manto rojo cuando visitó a su abuelita.
Little Red Riding Hood wore a red cloak when she visited her grandma.
