La Palabra del Día: Abarcar
Abarcar
to embrace, to cover; to view, to be able to see
Note: This word will be the official Word of the Day and will be posted November 18, 2011.
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My Example:
El lugar donde vivo es muy llano, pero hay lugares donde se abarca muchos árboles, y son muy bonitos en otoño.
The place that I live in is very flat, but there are places where you are able to see a lot of trees, and they are very beautiful in the fall.
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En California hay árboles tan grandes que no se les puede abarcar con los brazos. Son las Sequoia Gigantea.
In California there are trees so big that you can't embrace them. They are the Sequoia Gigantea.
El tiene un tatuaje que le abarca toda la espalda.
He has a tatoo that covers all his back.
El bebé abarca mucho todo el día y por eso queda muy cansado. The baby embraces many things all day and therefore becomes very tired.
My job embraces a lot of interesting things and one of them is a possibility to meet different people.
Mi trabajo abarca muchas cosas interesantes y una de las cosas es una posibilidad de conocer a las diferentes personas .
The view from my window spanned the valley below.
La vista desde mi ventana abarcó el valle abajo.
In Armenia we build our buildings so that we are able to see The Ararat Mountain from the window.
En Armenia construimos nuestros edificios para que abarcemos La Montaña Ararat desde la ventana.
Una aurora boreal abarca la noche con luz coloreada.
An aurora borealis covers the night with colored light.
Quien mucho abarca, poco aprieta. (Set phrase ) 
Do not bite off more that you can chew
The vine had covered the entire wall.
La parra ha abarcado la pared entera.
A veces no abarco todo lo que necesito hacer. ¡Ojalá hubiera más horas en un día!
Sometimes I don't cover everything that I need to. If only there were more hours in a day!
Y muchas arañas abarcar el país, cuando tomo vino.
And a lot of spiders cover the country, when I drink wine.
Desde la casa de Sarah Palin se abarca Rusia (y el Best Western). From Sarah Palin's house you can see Russia (and the Best Western).
Con lo malo que van las cosas en la economía mundial hoy en día, parece que una crisis global abarcará el mundo.
With respect to how bad things go in the world economy these days, seems like a global crisis will span the world.
¿Se cae el alma a los pies? cuando tu maestro de español dice; "el próximo examen abarcará las últimas cinco lecciones".
Does your heart sink when your Spanish teachers says, "the next test will cover the last five lessons.?"
The salesman was assigned to cover the whole city for his job.
El Al vendedor le fue asignado abarcar toda la ciudad por su trabajo.
