Forum: Vocabulary
September 17, 2024, 10:05 PM
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Forum: Grammar
September 17, 2024, 10:02 PM
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You may always ask here and we'll be happy to...
You may always ask here and we'll be happy to help. :D
Rusty beat me to reply, but another answer won't harm, I guess. ;)
But if you need a quick answer, you can check the Spanish dictionary...
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Forum: Vocabulary
September 13, 2024, 12:50 PM
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Forum: Vocabulary
September 13, 2024, 12:46 PM
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Forum: Vocabulary
September 07, 2024, 11:28 PM
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Views: 950
I agree with Rusty.
If the sentence were "los...
I agree with Rusty.
If the sentence were "los tenía en su escritorio", it wouldn't be clear whether he kept them on top of the desk or inside a drawer.
But since the author says "los guardaba",...
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Forum: Vocabulary
August 20, 2024, 10:01 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 1,513
I agree with Poli.
The word here, seems to...
I agree with Poli.
The word here, seems to work just as its equivalent in English.
I suppose the author used the word to underline the fact that saints should be consistent in their private and...
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Forum: Grammar
August 19, 2024, 09:45 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 1,609
This is a saying alluding the Catholic Monarchs...
This is a saying alluding the Catholic Monarchs of Spain, Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand.
As I understand, King Ferdinand used the Gordian knot as an emblem. This is the knot that Alexander the...
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Forum: Grammar
August 16, 2024, 08:16 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 1,609
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Forum: Translations
August 07, 2024, 08:02 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 5,403
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Forum: Grammar
August 02, 2024, 11:31 PM
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The author has already stated that this is a...
The author has already stated that this is a legend. So he is using "habría solicitado", since we don't have so many certainties about the actual life of Homer.
The sentence would mean something...
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Forum: Grammar
July 31, 2024, 08:15 PM
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Replies: 1
Views: 1,585
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Forum: Idioms & Sayings
July 27, 2024, 10:22 PM
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Forum: Translations
July 25, 2024, 08:53 PM
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Views: 5,403
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Forum: Translations
July 24, 2024, 10:34 PM
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I think I'll need someone to give you a better...
I think I'll need someone to give you a better answer here, but I'll give it a try:
When the idea of "miss" is that you weren't able to take advantage of something, to profit of something, you...
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Forum: Translations
July 18, 2024, 08:08 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 1,269
"Que coma menos" is better.
Otherwise, I'd...
"Que coma menos" is better.
Otherwise, I'd prefer something like:
- Me mandó a comer menos.
- Hay que comer menos.
- (Que) tengo que comer menos.
"A comer menos" is not wrong, but the...
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Forum: Grammar
July 14, 2024, 11:55 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 2,384
It's not wrong, but there would be need for...
It's not wrong, but there would be need for context. :)
Personally, I'd say "Dios no quiera que se despeje", to add the impersonal construction to the sentence.
Also "despejarse", could also...
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Forum: Grammar
July 14, 2024, 11:50 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 2,882
As Rusty said, "Yo conocía bien la historia"...
As Rusty said, "Yo conocía bien la historia" means that the subject is well known to the narrator, whether it was already told by his father or because he had read about it before. But as the author...
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Forum: Grammar
July 14, 2024, 11:12 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 2,384
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Forum: Vocabulary
July 13, 2024, 05:12 PM
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Replies: 2
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I think this is a thing related to Flamenco...
I think this is a thing related to Flamenco contexts. I don't know if it's used ever in daily speech, or if it's a regional thing.
I only remember the expression being used in a song I listened to...
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Forum: Vocabulary
July 13, 2024, 05:06 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 3,112
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Forum: Grammar
July 13, 2024, 04:57 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 2,384
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Forum: Vocabulary
June 28, 2024, 11:02 PM
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Views: 2,996
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Forum: Grammar
June 28, 2024, 10:53 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 4,284
Exactly. It's like saying: "The computer got...
Exactly. It's like saying: "The computer got broken"; it did it by itself, I didn't take part. ;)
When I was in high school, once I forgot a book at home. I obviously went "Es que se me olvidó en...
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Forum: Grammar
June 26, 2024, 07:12 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 4,284
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Forum: Grammar
June 25, 2024, 08:06 PM
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Replies: 5
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"Que se le queme la carne" is a construction...
"Que se le queme la carne" is a construction where "se" adds the idea that the fact that he can't cook meat is not his fault. We use this kind of sentences a lot, because we don't assume we do bad...
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