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Arca


DailyWord January 16, 2010 09:16 AM
Arca
 
This is a discussion thread for the Daily Spanish Word for January 8, 2010

arca (feminine noun (uses el in the singular, las in the plural)) — chest, box, coffer, ark, tank, reservoir. Look up arca in the dictionary

Todos hemos escuchado la historia del Arca de Noé.
We have all heard the story of Noah's Ark.

Elaina January 16, 2010 01:54 PM
Some people refer to their underarm as arca....

:p

laepelba January 16, 2010 04:43 PM
The RAE says (amongst many other things) in the definition for "arca" that there is a saying: "arca llena y arca vacía" which is defined "Alternativa de abundancia y escasez de dinero o de otras cosas."

Does this mean something like "alternating between abundance and scarcity of material things"?

pjt33 January 16, 2010 05:05 PM
"Feast and famine" would be more idiomatic :p

laepelba January 16, 2010 05:06 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by pjt33 (Post 68766)
"Feast and famine" would be more idiomatic :p
Gracias!!

chileno January 16, 2010 05:14 PM
"El tiempo de las vacas gordas y de las flacas" :)

Also: "now you see it, now you don't" :wicked: :whistling:

laepelba January 16, 2010 05:16 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by chileno (Post 68771)
"El tiempo de las vacas gordas y de las flacas" :)

Also: "now you see it, now you don't" :wicked: :whistling:
I like the first. The second ... well, I don't think it applies......... :D

chileno January 16, 2010 05:18 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by laepelba (Post 68772)
I like the first. The second ... well, I don't think it applies......... :D
Well, not exactly...but did you smile?

laepelba January 16, 2010 05:21 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by chileno (Post 68773)
Well, not exactly...but did you smile?
I especially smiled because I think that you must have changed your post to add the second part between the time that I clicked on the link to the page and the time that I clicked on "quote" ... did you? Because I only saw the first on the page, but when I clicked "quote", I saw "now you see it, now you don't" and THAT was weird! When I clicked "back", my browser used the cached page, so it still didn't say "now you see it now you don't", and this happened a couple of times before I decided to reload the page from scratch when I finally actually saw it in your post.

SOOOOoooo, REALLY, now I see it, but then I didn't. :lol:

Besides ... I almost always smile at your comments! :D

chileno January 16, 2010 05:25 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by laepelba (Post 68775)
I especially smiled because I think that you must have changed your post to add the second part between the time that I clicked on the link to the page and the time that I clicked on "quote" ... did you? Because I only saw the first on the page, but when I clicked "quote", I saw "now you see it, now you don't" and THAT was weird! When I clicked "back", my browser used the cached page, so it still didn't say "now you see it now you don't", and this happened a couple of times before I decided to reload the page from scratch when I finally actually saw it in your post.

SOOOOoooo, REALLY, now I see it, but then I didn't. :lol:

Besides ... I almost always smile at your comments! :D
yes!

it was funny, because it was weird how you answered that fast! :D

laepelba January 16, 2010 05:27 PM
I thought maybe you knew something about hiding parts of posts that I didn't..... :lol:

chileno January 16, 2010 05:30 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by laepelba (Post 68780)
I thought maybe you knew something about hiding parts of posts that I didn't..... :lol:
:):D:lol:

bobjenkins January 19, 2010 12:21 PM
¿Arca así significa "bilge on a ship or boat"?

The bilge pump isn´t working we are taking on water

Las arcas viejas vos pueden electrocutar, tened cuidado si encontráis una
http://www.sullivanclinton.com/galle...Warehouse2.jpg

laepelba January 19, 2010 02:29 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by bobjenkins (Post 69174)
Las arcas viejas vos pueden electrocutar, tened cuidado si encontráis una
http://www.sullivanclinton.com/galle...Warehouse2.jpg
:applause:


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