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Old August 28, 2011, 08:38 AM
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Jamás leído, escuchado ni dicho algo así.
No me atrevo a decirle a nadie que es un tren y yo no me siento con tanta fuerza para andar parando trenes.
¿Y por qué trenes?
Te ves tan linda! Como para detener el tráfico...
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Old August 28, 2011, 10:51 AM
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@ pinosilano: El diccionario no saca palabras en plural..


raíl o rail.

(Del ingl. rail).

1. m. Carril de las vías férreas.

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La palabra que yo conozco y que uso es "riel", que viene del latín, no del inglés..
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Old August 29, 2011, 01:41 PM
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@ pinosilano: El diccionario no saca palabras en plural..
Tienes toda la raz♀n. Estaba pajareando.

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La palabra que yo conozco y que uso es "riel", que viene del latín, no del inglés..
Lo mismo digo yo

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Old August 29, 2011, 02:37 PM
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Tienes toda la raz♀n. Estaba pajareando.
¿Qué quiere decir 'pajarear'?
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Old August 29, 2011, 02:59 PM
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¿Qué quiere decir 'pajarear'?
paired up perhaps?
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Pajarear: Estar distraído, como mirando los pájaros volar.
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Pajarear: Estar distraído, como mirando los pájaros volar.

Been there, done that!
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Pajarear: Estar distraído, como mirando los pájaros volar.
Muchas gracias . Nunca lo había oído. Miré en el DRAE y dice "cazar pájaros"..

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Been there, done that!
Me too!! But I've never used that word.. Oh well..
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Pajarear: Estar distraído, como mirando los pájaros volar.
Then I was way off, lol
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It's used in Spain with the verb 'estar', never with 'ser' (it wouldn't make any sense in this case).

I have no idea why the train is mentioned. It's very colloquial, as you can imagine.
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