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June 17, 2008, 03:15 AM
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This is a discussion thread for the Daily Spanish Word for June 17, 2008
vela -feminine noun (la), candle. Look up vela in the dictionary Es bueno tener unas velas y cerillos en casa por si se va la luz. It's good to have some candles and matches at home in case the power goes out.
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#2
June 17, 2008, 04:29 AM
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- Menudas velas tiene. ¿Por qué no le limpias?
- Me quedé a dos velas. - ¿Tenemos que llevar al velón a todas partes?
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June 17, 2008, 04:48 AM
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Better to light a candle than to curse the darkness.
Es mejor encender una vela, por pequeña que sea, que maldecir las tinieblas. I love this Chinese proverb and I wanted to share it with you.
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"When the first baby laughed for the first time, the laugh broke into a thousand pieces and they all went skipping about, and that was the beginning of fairies." from Peter Pan by J.M.Barrie
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#4
June 17, 2008, 05:44 AM
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Velar y velatorio vienen de vigilar, no de vela. Pero en todos los velatorios (velorios en Argentina) se vela un cadáver, y suele haber velas. Si velar significa vigilar, ¿es que puede marcharse el cadáver?
Gemma, me gusta mucho el proverbio chino que has escrito.
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I welcome all corrections to my English. Salu2 desde Madrid, Alfonso
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June 17, 2008, 05:58 AM
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Es la primera vez que oí la palabra velatorio (parece un laboratorio donde producen nuevos tipos de velas, tal vez algunos que hielen a fresa artificial
 ). Velorio se usa en latinoamerica--no solo Argentina. En inglés velatorio es candle light vigil. ¿Piensas tener uno para el difunto Jaimito?
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#6
June 17, 2008, 06:11 AM
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Conozco velorio por la literatura de Cortázar. No creo que se pueda extender a toda Sudamérica. Es demasiado grande como para pensar que comparten una sola forma para velatorio /velorio / ...
Jammie left written and signed his last wish of being incinerated. I tried to change his little mind... unsuccessfully. I've kept vigil for him all night long. I've got no more tears. It seemed like he was suddenly to wake up and tell us all had been a joke. But such a thing didn't happen. Salomé (his daughter) and Pelayo (his son-in-law) also came to the vigil. They offered us their best songs... unsuccessfully.
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I welcome all corrections to my English. Salu2 desde Madrid, Alfonso
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June 17, 2008, 06:28 AM
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You should write a novel: Jamie's wake.
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"When the first baby laughed for the first time, the laugh broke into a thousand pieces and they all went skipping about, and that was the beginning of fairies." from Peter Pan by J.M.Barrie
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June 17, 2008, 06:36 AM
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Oh, so you bird wrote. How interesting. ¿Te dejo un botín?
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June 17, 2008, 07:42 AM
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Oh, pleeease! Did he pay you to say that, Rusty?
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"When the first baby laughed for the first time, the laugh broke into a thousand pieces and they all went skipping about, and that was the beginning of fairies." from Peter Pan by J.M.Barrie
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