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Old October 14, 2009, 02:24 AM
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Hacer un sorteo
How can we say in English Hacer un sorteo in the following context.

Para saber quien sale primero a cantar podemos hacer un sorteo.
LOs pisos los concedieron por sorteo.
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Old October 14, 2009, 05:31 AM
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I have heard raffle or lottery.
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Si se trata de quien gana un premio es "to raffle". Si se trata del orden (para saber quien sale primero a cantar) dices cómo se hace: "to pull names out of a hat", "to draw straws", etc.

We'll pull names out of a hat to decide who sings first.
The flats were allocated by random draw.
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In the dictionary they say to make a draw is that correct?
ANd to draw lots for....
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Yes, draw lots is often used.
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Just somedays ago I made a little raffle in my house with my parents and my brothers, the that I raffled in my house was a Ipod and well my father wons.

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Perdona me, no hablo mucho español.

Just the other day, I had a raffle in my house with my parents and my brothers. I raffled an iPod and my father won.

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«wons» no es un verbo en inglés. «Won» es el mismo para el primero, el segundo, y el tercero persona, singular y plural, en el pretério. Es fácil, ¿Sí? Lo siento. Los verbos, en español e inglés, son muy difícil.
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Is make a draw correct ?
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Me suena raro.
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by a drawing we will know the name of the first singer.
the apartments were given by a drawing

¿Quién sabe si es correcto?
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by a drawing we will know the name of the first singer.
the apartments were given by a drawing

¿Quién sabe si es correcto?
No est correcto. a Drawing puede ser un dibujo, y por lo tanto by a drawing no tiene mucho sentido. Tiene que ser

by drawing lots we will know the name of the first singer

para evitar este confusion entre drawing (sustantivo)=dibujo y drawing (participio presente).
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by drawing lots we will know the name of the first singer
Así se entiende, pero no me parece idiomático.

We will choose/select/determine/pick the first singer by drawing lots.

("Determine" y "select" me parecen bastante formales; "pick" es bastante informal).
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We will choose/select/determine/pick the first singer by drawing lots.
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What about:

We will make a draw to choose the first singer.
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Ya he dicho que "Make a draw" me suena raro. "Hold a draw" sería correcto, pero "to draw" me parece más natural.
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es que lo ví en el diccionario, en fín Serafín.
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No est correcto. a Drawing puede ser un dibujo, y por lo tanto by a drawing no tiene mucho sentido. Tiene que ser

by drawing lots we will know the name of the first singer

para evitar este confusion entre drawing (sustantivo)=dibujo y drawing (participio presente).
'lots'

O olvidé ponerlo o se perdió durante el viaje.
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