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el cometa

kite, comet, commit (a mistake, a crime)

k o ˈm e t a
comet to commit, to make (a mistake) + a usted command / 3rd-person singular subjunctive
noun · masculine Uncommon #23,007
kite
SP: El niño voló una cometa en la playa.
EN: The boy flew a kite on the beach.
comet
SP: Anoche vimos un cometa en el cielo.
EN: Last night we saw a comet in the sky.
Declension of cometa
cometacometas

No confunda un cometa con un asteroide.

Don't confuse a comet with an asteroid.

Esto fue antes del cometa.

This was before the comet.

— Your Name (2016)

Tal vez pueda llegar a tiempo si usa su cometa.

Perhaps he can arrive on time if he uses his kite.

— Nausicaä del valle del viento (1984)

Un cometa.

A comet.

— Your Name (2016)

Hay demasiada gente en esta calle, para que pueda volar a mi cometa.

There are too many people on this street for me to fly my kite.

— La increíble historia de David Copperfield (2019)

Tu tía me dio esa cometa para animarme a salir de casa de vez en cuando.

Your aunt gave me that kite to encourage me to get out of the house once in a while.

— La increíble historia de David Copperfield (2019)

No confundas un cometa con un asteroide.

Don't confuse a comet with an asteroid.

No puede volar su cometa aquí.

You can't fly your kite here.

— La increíble historia de David Copperfield (2019)

Pero en algún momento me encontré extrañamente atraído al incidente del cometa.

But at some point, I found myself strangely drawn to the comet incident.

— Your Name (2016)

El Clarke es un cometa, tonto, no un asteroide.

Clarke is a comet, you fool, not an asteroid.

— Greenland: El último refugio (2020)

Tu cometa ya no sirve ahora ¡Cómo se ha cortado!

Your kite is no good anymore. Look how it’s been cut!

— हम दिल दे चुके सनम (1999)

Clarke no era una estrella, era un cometa.

Clarke wasn't a star, he was a comet.

— Greenland 2 (2026)

Creo que algo raro está pasando con este cometa.

I think something strange is happening with this comet.

— Greenland: El último refugio (2020)

Volaremos esta cometa.

We will fly this kite.

— La asistenta (2025)

verb · third singular · imperative Rare #42,941
commit (a mistake, a crime) Verb form of «cometer» (e.g., present subjunctive or formal command). Not related to «cometa» meaning “comet” or “kite.”
SP: Espero que él no cometa ese error.
EN: I hope he doesn't make that mistake.
Conjugation of cometer
Imperative
SingularPlural
Second comete —
Third cometa —

Debemos encontrarlo antes de que cometa una estupidez.

We have to find him before he does something stupid.

Ya que el presidente es un ser humano, es posible que cometa errores.

Since the president is a human being, it is possible that he may make mistakes.

No cometa errores.

Don't make mistakes.

Entonces no cometa error, hijo de puta.

Then don't make a mistake, you son of a bitch.

— Gangs of Wasseypur. Parte 1 (2012)

No quiero que Tom cometa el mismo error que cometí.

I don't want Tom to make the same mistake I made.

Sounds similar to

comete k o ˈm e t e cometo k o ˈm e t o coleta k o ˈl e t a