Forum: Translations
February 12, 2024, 12:39 PM
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Forum: Translations
February 11, 2024, 08:03 PM
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Por cada
salíamos a una taberna por cada 175 individuos
Does this mean one of 175 taverns?
Is that a figurative or literal number?
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Forum: Translations
November 11, 2023, 12:08 AM
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Forum: Translations
November 10, 2023, 06:24 PM
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Forum: Grammar
December 21, 2022, 05:39 PM
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Forum: Grammar
December 20, 2022, 04:44 AM
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Tratara
A book I am reading contains
como si se tratara en un sueño
Should it be tratará
Could they mean future tense.
Doesn’t seem to fit
Why not just trata
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Forum: Idioms & Sayings
October 27, 2022, 04:36 AM
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Forum: Idioms & Sayings
October 20, 2022, 01:09 AM
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Forum: Idioms & Sayings
October 11, 2022, 05:40 AM
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Forum: Idioms & Sayings
October 07, 2022, 06:46 AM
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Forum: Idioms & Sayings
October 06, 2022, 04:17 AM
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La única cuerda
What does this mean?
¿ …. o era la única cuerda?
Could it be figuratively limited to a single musical note.
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Forum: Vocabulary
September 12, 2022, 07:13 AM
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Forum: Vocabulary
September 03, 2022, 07:21 AM
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Forum: Vocabulary
September 02, 2022, 06:34 AM
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Despedido
What does despedido mean in this extract from a novel.
The vehicle left the road and flew through the air landing in the water.
Is this a common usage?
“ estaba volando por los aires y salió...
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Forum: Translations
March 22, 2022, 12:28 AM
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Views: 2,808
Thank you
Thanks for responses
Makes perfect sense
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Forum: Translations
March 21, 2022, 04:46 AM
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Forum: Vocabulary
February 17, 2020, 04:18 AM
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Thank you Rusty
It seemed to me unlikely...
Thank you Rusty
It seemed to me unlikely that they threw something into his face so seems to me finding fault fits the situation better.
I often see literal translations that don't fit well but...
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Forum: Vocabulary
February 14, 2020, 07:44 PM
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Echaron en cara
Cuántas veces en los últimos años me echaron en cara las más distintas mujeres (sólo por no saber corresponder a sus sentimientos) que soy un engreído
Does this mean they have a look on their...
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Forum: Culture
February 13, 2020, 11:17 PM
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Thank you for the responses.
I didn't get the...
Thank you for the responses.
I didn't get the impression of a wealthy neighborhood. It is set in Czechoslovakia in the communist period and the author is just commenting on the view from the cinema...
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Forum: Culture
February 12, 2020, 04:21 AM
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Replies: 6
Views: 4,515
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Forum: Idioms & Sayings
January 20, 2020, 04:15 AM
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Forum: Idioms & Sayings
January 17, 2020, 03:37 PM
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con una sonrisa tirando a amarga
, con una sonrisa tirando a amarga
A search shows sonrisa amarga as a bitter or ironic smile, which makes sense but why " tirando a" . I assume amarga is an adjective so it just does not seem to...
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Forum: Translations
January 12, 2020, 12:13 AM
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Forum: Translations
January 11, 2020, 01:58 PM
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Forum: Translations
January 09, 2020, 06:38 PM
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Views: 1,666
¿Qué le cayó?
What does this mean?
It suggests. " What happened to him? " but I don't see how you get that and why would he think the other died, perhaps they usually only employ a new worker when the previous...
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