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This is a discussion thread for the Daily Spanish Word for August 24, 2009
dormir (verb) — to sleep, spend the night, stay the night. Look up dormir in the dictionary Después de cruzar las montañas en coche desde Francia, dormimos en Madrid. After driving over the mountains from France, we spent the night in Madrid.
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In Spanish we use the expression dormirse en los laureles meaning abandonarse, descuidarse en una actividad que se había emprendido, por estar satisfecho con los resultados ya obtenidos y confiar demasiado en el éxito.
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In English, it's the same:to rest on one's laurels
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I know, and also in French:s'endormir sur ses lauriers ...
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Why there says spent instead of sleep.
Really I don't understand it.
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spent the night = slept (overnight) |
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I mean, Why did you correct me?
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I've written = he escrito I written I corrected your sentence because it's not valid English. Here are other ways to ask the same thing: Why does the first post say spent instead of sleep? Why does that post say spent instead of sleep? Why is spent used there instead of sleep? Why are you using spent there instead of sleep? The first sentence clearly establishes which post is in question, and it's OK to use any one of these main verbs with the auxiliary verb: say/read/list/have/use The second sentence can be used once 'the first post' is clearly understood. The only ways I could think of to use the word there are shown in the last two sentences. But, before you can use the word there, 'in the first post' needs to be understood. Last edited by Rusty; August 24, 2009 at 03:50 PM. |
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And refer to your other answer. Thank you, I got it.
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Crotalito,
There is no worng information given. It seems you are not understanding... To spend the night means pasar la noche. Spent is the past tense of spend... Get it now? Do not get frustrated, ask people if they can rephrase it for you... etc. |
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dormir, spend the night, stay the night, to sleep |
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