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Peste


DailyWord October 07, 2009 10:13 PM

Peste
 
This is a discussion thread for the Daily Spanish Word for October 7, 2009

peste (feminine noun (la)) — plague, epidemic, stench, stink. Look up peste in the dictionary

En ese campo había varios animales muertos que causaban una peste insoportable.
There were several dead animals in that field that were causing a horrible stench.

CrOtALiTo October 07, 2009 10:28 PM

It stink.

Eso huele mal

It's correct?

It has a stench.

pjt33 October 08, 2009 04:41 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CrOtALiTo (Post 55183)
It stink.

Eso huele mal

It's correct?

It has a stench.

It stinks. (Bastante fuerte)
It smells bad. (Más general).

chanman October 11, 2009 03:00 PM

So, is peste a false friend, or can it also mean pest?

Elaina October 11, 2009 03:37 PM

I don't know about false friend (I don't think so)

I also don't think it can be used for "pest"......

But interestingly, I've always heard people use the word as "masculine"

por ejemplo......

aquí hay un peste

Asi que hoy aprendí algo nuevo!

AngelicaDeAlquezar October 11, 2009 04:51 PM

@Elaina: creo que es un uso erróneo. "Peste" siempre es femenino. :thinking:


@chanman: I think "peste" can be "pest" when it refers to an epidemic disease associated with high mortality, but not when it's a synonym of "plague". That should be "plaga" in Spanish.

bobjenkins October 11, 2009 09:11 PM

Hace mucho tiempo la gente creía que la peste había lanzado(no estoy seguro) por los dioses del cielo , pero ahora sabemos que las ratas la han llevado

irmamar October 12, 2009 12:38 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bobjenkins (Post 55771)
Hace mucho tiempo la gente creía que la peste había lanzado(no estoy seguro) por los dioses del cielo , pero ahora sabemos que las ratas la han llevado

Hace mucho tiempo, la gente creía que la peste la habían enviado los dioses del cielo, pero ahora sabemos que son las ratas las causantes (o las portadoras).

;)

bobjenkins October 12, 2009 12:55 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by irmamar (Post 55781)
Hace mucho tiempo, la gente creía que la peste la habían enviado los dioses del cielo, pero ahora sabemos que son las ratas las causantes (o las portadoras).

;)

¡gracias de nuevo :D ¿cómo se dice "always helpful"? Siempre me ayudas:)

irmamar October 12, 2009 01:01 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bobjenkins (Post 55788)
¡gracias de nuevo :D ¿cómo se dice "always helpful"? Siempre me ayudas:)

No hay de qué ;)

Pues eso, "siempre me ayudas" :D. Bueno, puedes decir "siempre tan amable", pero amable no es exactamente helpful, más bien es kind. Y si dices "útil" tampoco queda muy bien, porque una información es "útil", pero aplicado a una persona puedes hacerla sentir como un objeto.

Yo diría "siempre tan amable", aunque no es exactamente helpful. :thinking: :)

chanman October 12, 2009 04:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by AngelicaDeAlquezar (Post 55747)
@Elaina: creo que es un uso erróneo. "Peste" siempre es femenino. :thinking:


@chanman: I think "peste" can be "pest" when it refers to an epidemic disease associated with high mortality, but not when it's a synonym of "plague". That should be "plaga" in Spanish.

... I'm lost now, because a plague is an epidemic disease associated with high mortality...

Pest, in English, means a nuisance, usually small animals, like bugs or rats.

poli October 12, 2009 06:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by chanman (Post 55967)
... I'm lost now, because a plague is an epidemic disease associated with high mortality...

Pest, in English, means a nuisance, usually small animals, like bugs or rats.

Pest is related to the English word pestilence which is the effects of the plague often spread by pests. It is related to the Spanish word peste.

CrOtALiTo October 12, 2009 09:29 PM

Pestilence translated into of the Spanish is pestilencia.


But anyhow that word is used likely when the meet is dead and also mucky.

Mucky is podrido in English, please if you're lovable then you correcting me.

poli October 13, 2009 05:25 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CrOtALiTo (Post 56003)
Pestilence translated into of the Spanish is pestilencia.


But anyhow that word is used when you are nearly dead :bad:and also mucky.:bad:

Mucky is podrido:bad: in English, please :bad:if you're lovable:bad:(if you are nice) correct me.

Mucky significa sucio con lodo nada más y tiene poco de ver con peste.:)

chanman October 15, 2009 08:41 PM

okay, so coming back to my original question.

Can "peste" mean "pest" in the sense of annoying little animals?

poli October 16, 2009 05:46 AM

No it doesn't.

AngelicaDeAlquezar October 16, 2009 10:07 AM

@Chanman: those are "plagas".


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