La Palabra Del Dia: "arrastrar"
arrastrar ( ah-rrah-strahr' )
verb ( to drag, to pull; to sweep away )
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1: El cangrejito se agarró de la roca para que las olas no lo arrastraran.
The little crab clung to the rock so the waves wouldn't sweep it away.
2: No arrastres así tu mochila o se va a ensuciar.
Don't drag your backpack like that or it will get dirty.
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The math teacher was always groveling to try to win his ex back.
El profesor de matemáticas siempre estaba arrastrándose frente a su ex para ganarla otra vez.
Algunas personas simplemente arrastran sin cesar sobre sus problemas.
Some people just drag on and on about their problems.
Nadie sabe de verdad cómo las estatuas en la Isla de Pascua se arrastraron fueron arrastradas a sus sitios actuales, pero esto no impide que gente proponga y pruebe teorías.
No one knows for sure how the statues on Easter Island were dragged to their current sites, but this does not stop people from proposing and testing theories.
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En el cómic "Peanuts," Linus es el personaje que siempre arrastra una mantita.
In the comic "Peanuts", Linus is the character that is always dragging a blanket around.
No arrastres los pies. / Don’t drag your feet.
El viento nos arrastraba. / The wind was sweeping us away.
La corriente lo arrastró mar adentro. / The current swept him out to sea.
Ya ha llegado el otoño, las noches son frescas y en el jardín el viento arrastra los hojas amarillos que han caído de los árboles. Muy pronto van a llegar las primeras lluvias de la temporada. Estoy pensando en comprarme unas botas de agua nuevas..
Autumn has now arrived, the nights are chilly and in the garden the yellow leaves that have fallen from the trees are blown about by the wind. Soon the first rainfall of the season will arrive. I'm thinking of buying myself some new Wellington boots ( wellies).
Cuando primero me levanto por la mañana, todavía tengo mucho sueño y tengo que arrastrarme a la cocina para tomar mi primera taza de café.
When I first get up in the morning I am still very sleepy and I have to drag myself to the kitchen to have my first cup of coffee.
La gente de Siria está sufriendo atrocidades horrorosas y aquellos que no pueden arrastrarlo más huyen como su expectativa última.
The Syrian people are suffering horrifying atrocities and those who can no longer bear it are fleeing as their last hope.
Solía tener una buena reputación, pero entonces mi reputación consiguió arrastrado por el barro, y la no ha sido la misma desde entonces.
I used to have a good reputation, but then my reputation got dragged through the mud, and it hasn't been the same since.
No me gusta nada esta costumbre de los hombres de arrastrar así a las mujeres, pero creo que ahora las mujeres se están resistiendo a tal tratamiento.
I hate this habit of men, dragging women, but I think now women are resisting such a treatment.
Estaba en un mercado al aire libre. Me sorprendió que un mago arrastró a muchas personas a su espectáculo.
I was at an outdoor market. I was amazed that a magician drew many people to his show.
El aire acondicionado arrastra mucha corriente.
The air conditioner uses a lot of power.
Es una lastima cuando a alguien no le gusta su trabajo y tiene que arrastrarse a la oficina todos los días. Es el tiempo para encontrar un trabajo diferente, si se puede eso.
It's a shame when someone doesn't like their job and has to drag themselves to the office every day, It's time to find a different job if that's possible.
By the way, in SpanDict's definition of arrastrarse, this example is provided: "La víctima se arrastró hasta la puerta-The victim dragged himself to the door." Shouldn't that be "herself," not "himself"?
By the way, in SpanDict's definition of arrastrarse, this example is provided: "La víctima se arrastró hasta la puerta-The victim dragged himself to the door." Shouldn't that be "herself," not "himself"?
