La Palabra Del Día "bellota"
bellota
acorn
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Los soldados usaron bellotas para reemplazar el café.
The soldiers used acorns as a coffee substitute.
La ardilla agarró la bellota y se fue corriendo.
The squirrel grabbed the acorn and ran off.
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No solo a los cerdos les gustan mucho las bellotas , sino es un buen juguete para los niños, ellos fabrican animales y otras figuras de ellas.
Not only pigs like acorns, but it is a good toy for children, they make animals and other figures out of them.
Una bellota está formada por el cartílago tiroideo que rodea la laringe.
An Adam's apple is formed by the thyroid cartilage that surrounds the larynx.
"No desprecia pequeños comienzos" [como Zacarías dijo también], porque la pequeña bellota podria convertirse en un poderoso roble.
"Don't despise small beginnings" [as Zechariah also said], for the little acorn could become a mighty oak.
El jamón ibérico de bellota viene de cerdos que se alimentan solo de bellotas durante la última parte de sus vidas. Nunca lo he probado, y sospecho que como con muchas cosas de lujo, sería difícil para mí disfrutar de algo tan caro, porque siempre pienso en otras cosas que pudiera hacer con el dinero.
Iberian acorn-fed ham comes from pigs that are fed only with acorns during the last part of their lives. I have never tried it and I suspect that like with many luxury items, it would be difficult for me to enjoy something that expensive, because I always think about other things I could do with the money.
The squirrels cache acorns for their winter food supply. Las ardillas esconden las bellotas para su suministro de alimentos de invierno.
En otoño, los osos aman disfrutan comiendo las bellotas.
In autumn, bears love to eat acorns.
Si eres un jovencito pobre y débil, nunca te desanimes y siempre cree en ti mismo. Piénsate una bellota........ es pequeña y modesta, pero no debería ser subestimada, que ¡puede convertirse en un gran roble!
If you are a poor and weak child, never give up hope and always believe in yourself. Think of yourself as an acorn.... it is small and unassuming, but should not be underestimated; it can become a mighty oak!
With corrections:
Si eres un jovencito pobre y débil, nunca te desanimes y siempre cree en ti mismo. Piensa en ti mismo como una bellota........ es pequeña y modesta, pero no debería ser subestimada, que ¡puede convertirse en un gran roble!
Las bellotas contienen una substancia que puede envenenar a las vacas si comen demasiadas.
Acorns contain a substance that can poison cattle if they eat too many.
Arnold Schwarzenegger se llamaba el Roble Austríaco.
Arnold Schwarzenegger was known as the Austrian Oak.
Aquí está hay una foto de la Bellota Austriaca.
Here is a picture of the Austrian Acorn.
Bellotas de mar adheridos a un mejillón.
Small barnacles stuck to a mussel.
(barnacle is not the correct word, but I can't find any other translation on the web...any suggestions?
this is a barnacle in reality. Very expensive, very delicious 
In Spanish: percebe
El camarero dice que está bien comer el cerdo porque él solo come bellotas así es vegetariano.
Esto realmente me sucedió en España.
The waiter says it's okay to eat the pork because it only eats acorns so is vegetarian .
This actually happened to me in Spain.
En la Segunda Guerra Mundial el café se hacía con bellotas, era horrible.
In World War II coffee was made from acorns, it was horrible.
Nueve pasos para hacer café de bellota .
Nine steps for making acorn coffee.
