Foro: El vocabulario
Hoy, 12:28 AM
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Bien parado (etymology)
Hi,
De la auditorÃa habÃan salido bien parados en lugar de ir a la cárcel.
The meaning is obvious, yet I'd like to know which shade of the parar/parado meaning is implied here.
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Foro: La gramática
March 31, 2024, 01:32 PM
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¿A que sÃ, Junior?
Hi,
Sometimes, it's no trivial task to feed the context to dictionaries :) . I think it's Isn't it, Junior? or Is it so, Junior?. Is it correct?
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Foro: La gramática
March 21, 2024, 11:21 PM
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Ayúdalo
Hi,
Ayúdalo a contar las monedas
Why not ayúdale?
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Foro: La gramática
March 17, 2024, 12:04 AM
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Foro: La gramática
March 15, 2024, 11:53 PM
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Yes, I meant computer science all along :o
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Yes, I meant computer science all along :o
So, we split strings on/at spaces, and into substrings. Still unclear: is it possible to split a string by words? I'm really interested in a short...
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Foro: La gramática
March 15, 2024, 02:07 PM
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Split by, split on
Hi,
This is a distinction I'm not at all sure of. The following is my guess, not a certainty.
Here's a string of words:
"alfa bravo charlie delta"
This is the string split:
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Foro: El vocabulario
March 12, 2024, 03:38 AM
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Foro: El vocabulario
March 11, 2024, 10:17 PM
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Bury (noun)
Hi,
Somehow I haven't been able to find it online. I mean places like Banbury Cross and Bury St Edmunds.
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Foro: La gramática
March 05, 2024, 04:08 AM
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Thanks!
I'm so sorry that being terse I led...
Thanks!
I'm so sorry that being terse I led you to believe that I have no idea what it's all about. Made you explain the idea to me... The only thing that baffled me was the meaning of raya in the...
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Foro: La gramática
March 05, 2024, 03:30 AM
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Obrer! Camperol! Unitat
Hi,
This is from a Spanish Civil War poster:
Obrer!
Camperol!
Unitat per la Victoria!
What is it, except for the last three words?
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Foro: La gramática
March 04, 2024, 07:12 AM
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La tienda mi raya
Hi,
Should be la tienda de raya, but the lyrics run so:
Con 16 toneladas de que sirvió
La tienda mi raya me descontó
San pedro no me llames cierra tu portón
Que mi alma ya se la llevó el...
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Foro: El vocabulario
February 10, 2024, 10:46 AM
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Una cucaracha pinta
le dice a una colorada...
I tried everything, including the RAE dictionary. Pinta as an adjective is either nonexistent or irrelevant. JudÃa pinta certainly exists, but its etymology is uncertain....
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Foro: La gramática
January 30, 2024, 11:02 PM
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Foro: La gramática
January 29, 2024, 09:58 AM
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Se robaron a mi abuelita
Hi,
Context Reverso gives they stole my granny;
Translates it back: me robaron a mi abuela;
Translates they stole from my granny: le robaron a mi abuela;
Finally, they stole it from my...
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Foro: Cultura
January 09, 2024, 10:02 AM
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Green blood
Hi,
In La increÃble y triste historia de la cándida Eréndira y su abuela desalmada the grandma in question turned out to have green blood:
Ulises asestó un tercer golpe, sin piedad, y un chorro...
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Foro: La gramática
December 22, 2023, 02:59 AM
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Foro: La gramática
December 20, 2023, 05:20 AM
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Foro: La gramática
December 19, 2023, 06:28 AM
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Derógese
Hi,
Is it to be repealed?
It's indeed a title of a list of documents.
UPD
It's worse, actually :) . Deróguese. What is it, grammatically?
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Foro: La gramática
December 09, 2023, 12:47 AM
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I can't understand :D .
All these starters...
I can't understand :D .
All these starters may happen in the gray area (wish, hope, etc.). Suppose I know nothing about this printer and its present state. How do I know that it's happily printing...
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Foro: La gramática
December 08, 2023, 02:20 AM
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Subjunctive again
Hi,
From Duolingo:
It's good that the printer is working.
Es bueno que la impresora esté funcionando.
Why not está? There is nothing conditional or unfulfilled in the printer state.
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Foro: La gramática
December 08, 2023, 02:13 AM
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Foro: La gramática
December 06, 2023, 11:20 PM
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Thanks! Fantastic :D
Technically: should be...
Thanks! Fantastic :D
Technically: should be pásenles and addressed to a lot of people (or did the say "the pronoun adds no meaning"?).
In practice: one can address pásenle to a single person,...
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Foro: La gramática
December 06, 2023, 07:26 AM
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Pasenle
Hi,
This one is from a movie (subtitles). What is it, exactly? People look like they either greet each other, or suggest something to each other.
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Foro: La gramática
December 04, 2023, 10:44 PM
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Foro: La gramática
December 04, 2023, 08:18 AM
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