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Foro: Modismos y Dichos May 16, 2021, 06:32 AM
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No, es el avión mismo. Whoop es onomatopeya y...

No, es el avión mismo. Whoop es onomatopeya y representa el sonido de la alarma.
Foro: La gramática March 20, 2021, 03:36 AM
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Ah! A form of "Full astern" which was used a...

Ah! A form of "Full astern" which was used a couple of centuries ago. Since it's shouted, both words are probably stressed.
Foro: El vocabulario March 18, 2021, 01:32 PM
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The particular connotation of career politician...

The particular connotation of career politician which I picked up in the UK is someone who goes from university (where they probably studied politics) to working for a political party to running for...
Foro: La gramática March 18, 2021, 04:36 AM
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I don't recognise it as a meaningful phrase at...

I don't recognise it as a meaningful phrase at all, so I'm not sure that the question can be answered.
Foro: Traducciones March 09, 2021, 03:42 AM
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es posible que is synonymous with puede que. You...

es posible que is synonymous with puede que. You can use either, but not both.

Also, mientras manejaba or mientras iba manejando (or on this side of the pond with conducir instead of manejar).
Foro: Modismos y Dichos February 27, 2021, 04:36 PM
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Mea culpa. I didn't mentally process the 's as is.

Mea culpa. I didn't mentally process the 's as is.
Foro: Modismos y Dichos February 24, 2021, 01:02 AM
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Not really. "He thinks he's God's gift to women",...

Not really. "He thinks he's God's gift to women", "he thinks he's the bees knees", etc.

See also https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zero_copula
Foro: Modismos y Dichos February 15, 2021, 07:18 AM
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I think that both are commonly used in various...

I think that both are commonly used in various contexts. In the medical system in Spain, dar la baja is when a doctor signs someone off work and dar el alta is when they say that you're fit to work,...
Foro: La gramática January 22, 2021, 10:37 AM
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Some quick research indicates that the song was...

Some quick research indicates that the song was the title song of a film, which was itself an adaptation of a book. I've managed to turn up...
Foro: El vocabulario December 07, 2020, 12:59 PM
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I don't believe I've ever heard it.

I don't believe I've ever heard it.
Foro: El vocabulario December 04, 2020, 07:00 AM
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Wouldn't that be a prueba de fuego?

Wouldn't that be a prueba de fuego?
Foro: El vocabulario November 21, 2020, 04:41 PM
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I'm not sure that even "express" carries a strong...

I'm not sure that even "express" carries a strong enough connotation of speed. I'd suggest instant deportation.
Foro: El vocabulario November 17, 2020, 12:50 PM
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Según el Oxford English Dictionary (omitiendo las...

Según el Oxford English Dictionary (omitiendo las acepciones marcadas como obsoletas, pero no me fío de que ninguna de estas acepciones sea actual), crack como sustantivo en inglés y refiriéndose a...
Foro: La gramática October 25, 2020, 10:13 AM
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Those are two different constructions (and I'm...

Those are two different constructions (and I'm not sure about the la in the first one).

I think that the first is an example of pasarse (reflexive): to go too far (I think #60 in DRAE: pasar...
Foro: El vocabulario October 10, 2020, 03:59 PM
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DRAE says which doesn't sound very positive.

DRAE says
which doesn't sound very positive.
Foro: La gramática October 10, 2020, 06:43 AM
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?? Surely the irrealis of go is went? Besides...

?? Surely the irrealis of go is went? Besides which, it's the other phrase (goes the spoils) which indicates that some people treat it as singular.



The X is many sounds bad full stop because...
Foro: La gramática October 09, 2020, 04:02 AM
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Interesting question. etymonline.com says that...

Interesting question. etymonline.com says that "spoils" is a collective singular. The British National Corpus doesn't have enough relevant data to say anything, but the Corpus of Contemporary...
Foro: Charla Libre September 11, 2020, 07:48 AM
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Me parece que la palabra clave que necesitas es...

Me parece que la palabra clave que necesitas es callejero.
Foro: La gramática August 15, 2020, 05:56 AM
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That doesn't feel like a full Spanish sentence to...

That doesn't feel like a full Spanish sentence to me: without context, I would guess that an ojalá has been elided. In that case, at a big stretch, I could see "I would have had" being used as...
Foro: La gramática August 11, 2020, 01:22 PM
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I suspect that what's confusing you here is not...

I suspect that what's confusing you here is not Spanish but American English, which (at least in some dialects) appears to use would to indicate the pluperfect.
Foro: La gramática August 08, 2020, 02:52 PM
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I can't speak to the first half, but the second...

I can't speak to the first half, but the second half of that sentence is incorrect. You may be getting mixed up with another named variant of third person pronoun usage, laísmo, using la when the...
Foro: La gramática July 21, 2020, 06:35 AM
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I would go with fuera del alcance, but that's not...

I would go with fuera del alcance, but that's not to disagree with the other suggestions.
Foro: Cultura July 21, 2020, 03:51 AM
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Non-native Spanish speakers are a sufficiently...

Non-native Spanish speakers are a sufficiently heterogenous group that I would be very cautious about making any generalisation about them.
Foro: La gramática July 20, 2020, 07:28 AM
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Yes.

Yes.
Foro: El vocabulario July 02, 2020, 07:35 AM
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For me, the word "stewardship" does not fit in...

For me, the word "stewardship" does not fit in that example. I think that the core sense of stewardship is about managing a resource for the benefit of others, so it makes sense to talk of...
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