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Old July 11, 2017, 09:20 PM
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Dar largas a

Does it mean hacer caso omiso or postergar or something else?
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To delay doing something or hold up finishing something or making a deal, generally because of indecision, mediocrity or even on purpose. Some person is expecting something to happen or be done in due course or in a reasonable time, but that isn't happening because another person (instrumental to that end and never just interfering) is just "dando largas al asunto".
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Old July 12, 2017, 09:07 PM
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I agree with Alec.

If you want, Poli, I give you this link, for your "edification"

-Vuelva usted mañana -nos respondió la criada-, porque el señor no se ha levantado todavía.
-Vuelva usted mañana -nos dijo al siguiente día-, porque el amo acaba de salir.
-Vuelva usted mañana -nos respondió al otro-, porque el amo está durmiendo la siesta.
-Vuelva usted mañana -nos respondió el lunes siguiente-, porque hoy ha ido a los toros.

http://www.cervantesvirtual.com/obra...5ce6064_2.html
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Thank you JPablo. The Spanish is nice and clear for an article nearly 190 years old! The content in amusing, but I have a question about the imperfect subjunctive usage of the less common "se" ending as opposed to the "ra" ending. I believe the 'se' ending is invariably used in the piece. Do you know if this was common usage in those years, or was it reserved for written pieces?

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You're welcome, Poli.

Interestingly enough, or rather, sadly enough, we have not changed much in many counts.

The subjunctive with "se", is still very much in use in Peninsular Spanish.

As in,

[...] siempre que seriamente trajese otro fin que no fuese el de pasearse. Admirole la proposición, y fue preciso explicarme más claro.

The only "archaic" part of the above is "Admirole". And even today, we could use this way of expression in a sarcastic or facetious way.

About matters of "age", Mariano José and I go back a long way...
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-se forms are the norm in Andalusian Spanish. Even grammar has been tweaked to admit its use as conditional (only the form with -ra were "tolerated" before -it is indeed the "norm" but in Spain: a past action that wouldn't be performed calls for imperfect subjunctive, not conditional-): "si me hubiese/ra enterado les hubiera avisado" --->(but in Andalusia, Canary Islands) "si me hubiese enterado les hubiese avisado"
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Some possible translations for "dar largas a alguien":

to put someone off
to give someone the runaround
to ignore someone
to delay
to stonewall
to pass the buck
to beat around the bush
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