Capaz
This is a discussion thread for the Daily Spanish Word for February 28, 2009
capaz - adjective - capable, competent, fit, roomy, spacious. Look up capaz in the dictionary El presidente de la compañía es capaz de tomar buenas decisiones y llevar adelante esta empresa. The company president is capable of making good decisions and improving this business. |
This may not be the appropriate place for this question, since it's slighly off topic. David - please let me know if you want it moved... :)
Anyway - my question is more about the sample sentence than about the word of the day. Will someone please break down the "llevar adelante" phrase for me? I don't quite follow how that becomes "improve"... Thanks! |
llevar adelante algo (idiomatic expression)
= to carry something through llevar a cabo algo (idiomatic expression) = to carry something through (to bring about, to bring to pass) |
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Thanks to both of you! :)
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Rusty and David are very right... "llevar/sacar adelante algo" gives the idea of something that will make progress thanks to one's decisions and actions, even through difficult times. So "to improve" is not a "loose translation", but a very accurate one actually. ;)
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I moved one post from this thread to this thread: To be able to.
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