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Old July 02, 2010, 03:41 PM
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Originally Posted by LibraryLady View Post
¿Puede alquien ayudarme a traducir "cómo una"? I can't seem to get that part right. Although I understand, generally speaking, what is being expressed I can't figure out the correct English equivalent. I would say: "just one?" or "only one?" but does that fit with "cómo una?"
"¿Cómo?" can be used to indicate that you haven't heard someone or that you think you must have misheard them. "What do you mean, one?" is how I would prefer to translate "¿Cómo una?" here.
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