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August 25, 2024, 03:50 PM
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Forum: Grammar
March 19, 2024, 03:07 PM
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Forum: Grammar
March 16, 2024, 09:28 PM
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"Split a string by words" doesn't sound as...
"Split a string by words" doesn't sound as natural to me as "split a string into words".
"Split a string into words" describes the end result of splitting a string. "Split a string by words"...
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Forum: Grammar
March 15, 2024, 05:54 PM
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Forum: Vocabulary
November 03, 2023, 11:47 PM
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I haven't found anything specific about the...
I haven't found anything specific about the expression "correr por parte de", but based on the context I think one could translate the phrase "su traslado desde Santiago hasta la finca corría por...
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Forum: Grammar
October 16, 2023, 10:32 PM
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Forum: Vocabulary
September 14, 2023, 10:06 PM
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Forum: Translations
September 03, 2023, 09:22 AM
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Typical equivalents in English of the relative...
Typical equivalents in English of the relative pronouns el/la/los/las/lo que include "that which...", "he/she/they/those that/who..." and "the one/ones that/who...". These pronouns have gender and...
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Forum: Grammar
August 26, 2023, 08:47 PM
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Forum: Grammar
August 20, 2023, 11:01 PM
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Forum: Grammar
August 10, 2023, 02:21 PM
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No, this is a different usage that is typically...
No, this is a different usage that is typically called "no fault se" or "accidental se" in English.
This pattern is often used with several verbs. If you search "no fault se" in the forums here in...
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Forum: Vocabulary
August 03, 2023, 02:12 PM
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He aquí can also mean "here is", as in your...
He aquí can also mean "here is", as in your sentence from El Conjugador.
It is used in modern Spanish, and I think it is used more often in contexts where some degree of formal language is...
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Forum: Grammar
July 19, 2023, 10:40 PM
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This is an interesting passage, and I hope that...
This is an interesting passage, and I hope that AdA or another native speaker offers their opinion. However, I perceive the sentence in question as describing Pascal's behavior during the period of...
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Forum: Grammar
July 16, 2023, 04:57 AM
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Forum: Introductions
June 26, 2023, 04:45 PM
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Forum: Grammar
June 20, 2023, 11:10 PM
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"No tienes de qué preocuparte" = "You have...
"No tienes de qué preocuparte" = "You have nothing to worry about."
"No tienes que preocuparte" = "You don't have to worry."
"Tener que" and "tener de qué" are not synonymous expressions, and...
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Forum: Grammar
June 07, 2023, 11:09 PM
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Forum: Grammar
May 04, 2023, 11:29 PM
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Forum: Vocabulary
April 11, 2023, 12:59 AM
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A related term, also original coined by US...
A related term, also original coined by US military, is "fubar", which also is an acronym for "fouled up beyond all recognition".
"Fubar" (slightly respelled as "foobar") is also the source for a...
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Forum: Grammar
March 26, 2023, 12:48 AM
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Yup, I've heard that pronunciation a fair bit,...
Yup, I've heard that pronunciation a fair bit, too, and not only from Costa Ricans.
One of the textbooks for my university course in Spanish phonetics and phonology described a lot of regional...
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Forum: Grammar
March 24, 2023, 01:37 PM
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Regarding how Puerto Ricans pronounce Puerto...
Regarding how Puerto Ricans pronounce Puerto Rico, I mostly have heard /puel-to xi-ko/; "r" before a consonant pronounced like 'l', and 'rr' pronounced like French or Brazilian Portuguese 'r',...
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Forum: Grammar
March 04, 2023, 09:14 PM
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It's an old usage of the past subjunctive (or...
It's an old usage of the past subjunctive (or imperfect subjunctive) with the -ra endings as an equivalent of saying the modern pluperfect tense (lo) había golpeado = "had hit (him)".
In one of my...
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