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Old March 24, 2008, 10:30 AM
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Sorry, but I don't understand the part about ¿qué trae el sandwich? meaning you are fed up with always eating the same thing. That meaning is totally lost on me.Sorry
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LOL. Maybe you're right. I'm just trying to explain that, as it's not very common to say ¿qué trae el sandwich? and, in this case, you are using the language in a forced way, a derogatory nuance is easily conveyed, meaning, for example, what you could imagine (I gave you two examples, but it doesn't matter which one you choose apart from them). But I also said, upper or lower, that the same phrase said with a sincere and frank smile will not have an ironic or sarcastic meaning.
So, I think a proper way will be ¿Qué lleva el sandwich? But you cannot say that ¿Qué trae el sandwich? is incorrect.
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Old March 24, 2008, 10:53 AM
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LOL. Maybe you're right. I'm just trying to explain that, as it's not very common to say ¿qué trae el sandwich? and, in this case, you are using the language in a forced way, a derogatory nuance is easily conveyed, meaning, for example, what you could imagine (I gave you two examples, but it doesn't matter which one you choose ). But I also said, upper or lower, that the same phrase said with a sincere and frank smile will not have an ironic or sarcastic meaning.
So, I think a proper way will be ¿Qué lleva el sandwich? But you cannot say that ¿Qué trae el sandwich? is incorrect.
Sorry, I had not understood the "upper, lower" thingy. Well, I'm still not sure I understand it now.
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Thanks a lot for your greenish corrections. It's really hard to read them, but that's the way to get the punishment I deserve.
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Couldn't we use....

¿Que trae el sandwich?

To find out what else is included with the sandwich? Or what other ingredients are in the sandwich? For example,

Jose and Maria are at a restaurant deciding what to eat.

Maria: Este restaurante tiene muchos sandwiches en la carta. Mira tienen el Mona Lisa, el Shakespeare, el VanGogh, etc...

Jose: ¿El Mona Lisa, qué trae el sandwich?

I think it could work, wouldn't it?

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Old March 25, 2008, 05:25 AM
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Of course, Elaina, it works, as much ¿qué trae el sandwich? as ¿qué lleva el sandwich? or, even, ¿de qué es el sandwich? or ¿de qué está hecho el sandwich? (this one less common in a restaurant, but can be used in a kitchen or in giving a recipe).
All of them are correct. I think there may be slight differences in the speaker's intention. Anyway, all of them are interchangeable.
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Of course, Elaina, it works, as much ¿qué trae el sandwich? as ¿qué lleva el sandwich? or, even, ¿de qué es el sandwich? or ¿de qué está hecho el sandwich? (this one less common in a restaurant, but can be used in a kitchen or in giving a recipe).
All of them are correct. I think there may be slight differences in the speaker's intention . Anyway, all of them are interchangeable.
Alfonso,
Cambié usas frases. No tengas pena de preguntar si necisitas saber la razón que lo corrigé.
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¿En España no se usa bocadillo en lugar de sandwich? ¿Sabe que bocadillo
tiene otro significado en Latinoamerica?
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Well, I think the word sandwich, although understood by all no matter where you are, is a very western word.

I think emparedado would be more appropriate but might be construed as a "stuffy" word.

It also has something to do with ribbon or material, algo asi.

Bocadillo, from where I have studied is a snack. Does it also mean sandwich in Spain? ¡Que interesante!



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Old March 25, 2008, 06:15 AM
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Thanks a lot, Poli. I think I can understand pretty well your corrections.

Greenish? Have yours in pink:

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Cambié unas frases. No tengas pena de preguntar si necesitas saber por qué las corregí.
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¿En España no se usa bocadillo en lugar de sandwich? ¿Sabes que bocadillo tiene otro significado en Latinoamerica?
I highlighted pena in blue because for me it's a very funny use of the word. For me, the meaning of pena is pity. So, I don't feel any pity to ask you. But I know that, at least in Colombia, pena means shyness.

Any Spaniard would say: No te dé vergüenza preguntar.

In Spain we distinguish between bocadillo and sandwich depending on the kind of bread it's made of. If the bread is made into a tin (pan de molde, Bimbo is a brand), we call it sándwich (the accent is to distinguish it from the English word).

No, I don't know the meaning of bocadillo in Latinoamérica. Come on, pls, tell me!
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Old March 25, 2008, 06:20 AM
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I'm sorry I couldn't read Elaina's post before posting mine.
Yes, I remember now that bocadillo, at least in Mexico, I think, is snack. We don't use it in Spain that way. Moreover, emparedado is not used here in Spain, but easily understood.
So, here we have three words with different meanings depending on the country where you are: bocadillo, sándwich, emparedado.
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