La palabra del día - "lamentar"
lamentar (lah-mehn-tar’)
(verb) to regret
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Write sentences at least 5 words long, but don't write a paragraph either. Write your Spanish sentence, but include the English translation as well. Make the corrections suggested by other users and moderators in the comments section (try not to use personal pronouns unless absolutely necessary). Use your own words! (Don't use a translator, copy from a book, use song lyrics, etc.) Have fun experimenting with Spanish.
Examples:
** 1. Lamento haberte hecho daño. Te juro que no fue mi intención herirte con mis acciones.**
- I regret having hurt you. I swear it wasn't my intention to do you any wrong with my actions.*
** 2. Hacía ya 15 años que Enrique trabajaba como distribuidor de comida con su padre. Pero no fue hasta ese día fatídico que lamentó su decisión de quedarse en el negocio.**
It had been 15 years that Enrique worked with his father as a food distributor. But it wasn't until that fateful day that he regretted his decision to stay in the business.
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11 Answers
Sería agradable si podría decir que no lamento nada en la vida, pero había varias cosas que habría hecho diferentemente.
It would be nice if I could say that I don't regret anything in life, but there were things that I would have done differently.
"Speak when you are angry and you will make the best speech you'll ever regret."(Ambrose Bierce)
Habla cuando estés enojado y harás el mejor discurso que jamás lamentarás.
¡cesa de lamentar y haz algo!
Stop complaining and do something!
Yo no lamento de nada .
¡Sólo bromeando!
I do not regret anything .
Only joking !
It seems that we would be close to contentment if we could think about yesterday without regret and tomorrow without fear. Parece ser que nos estaría cerca de la alegría si podríamos sin lamentar en ayer y mañana sin pesar sin temor.
Más vale prevenir que lamentar.
An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.
Literally: It is better to prevent than to lament.
He has not regretted that he heeded his mother's advice.
No ha lamentado que hizo caso del consejo de su madre.
Desafortunadamente no sirve de nada lamentarse de la situación.
Unfortunately it's no use to complain about the situation.
They cursed their bad luck, not realising that what happened was caused by their own actions.
Se lamentaron de su mala suerte, no se dando cuenta de que sus acciónes causaron lo que ocurrió.
Creo que hay muchas personas que van a lametar sus tatuajes en las años que viene. Este es sólo en la espalda, pero hay muchos que son en lugares mucho más visible, por ejemplo en la cara.
I think there are many people who are going to regret their tatoos in years to come. This one is only on his back, but there are many that are much more visible, for example on the face.
Yo lamento que yo no ha encuentre este pregunta antes.
I regret that I didn't find this question sooner.
