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Old July 28, 2008, 09:15 PM
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Originally Posted by Elaina View Post
David, quizás yo esté en un error pero yo no usaría la palabra "contraer" en este caso. Aunque puedes "contraer" una enfermedad o hasta matrimonio, creo que uno se contagia con piojos.

Am I too far into left field with this one?

Elaina
Hmm, I don't know. I think it sounds fine (if I didn't then I wouldn't have written it), but it would be nice to have a native speaker's opinion?

¿Se puede "contraer" piojos? ¿O usarías otro verbo?
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