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Old August 03, 2009, 07:23 AM
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¿Se puede decir cuchillo agudo en lugar de cuchillo afilado?
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@Lou Ann: "Filo" is a substantive and "afilado"/"amellado" are adjectives.
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I had to look up "substantive". It makes sense to me ... but feels awkward that way. Interesting.........
Right, the normal translation of sustantivo is noun, not substantive.
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Thank you for the correction, David... Mi cerebro parece estar haciendo San Lunes desde ayer.


@Poli: nunca he escuchado referirse al filo de un cuchillo como "agudo". En todo caso, es mejor "un cuchillo filoso".
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