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Palabra por palabra
Word by word? Word for word?
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No sé si estoy en lo cierto, pero depende del contexto.
John repitió lo que dijo mi hermano anoche, palabra por palabra (exactamente lo que dijo) sería: John repeated what my brother said last night word for word. (Mi hermano dijo: Me voy a Panama, y John dijo: Me voy a Panama). (Es un ejemplo un poco pueril pero no estoy inspirada ahora mismo.) Sin embargo, palabra por palabra=word by word cuando hay alguna dificultad para entender algo, memorizar. No sé si me explico. He went through the instructions again word by word as the table from Ikea was lopsided after he'd finished putting it together! Pero espera alguna sugerencia más de los anglos.
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"Desiderata" - ...be gentle with yourself.You are a child of this universe no less than the trees and the stars; you have a right to be here. ...sé amable contigo mismo. Eres una criatura de este universo al igual que los árboles y las estrellas; tienes derecho a estar aquí. |
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- Lou Ann, de Washington, DC, USA Específicamente quiero recibir ayuda con el español de latinoamerica. ¡Muchísimas gracias! |
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He listened carefully to the message several times, until he was sure he had written it down word for word, and then translated it word by word, looking each one up in the dictionary.
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An alternative to word for word is verbatim
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- Lou Ann, de Washington, DC, USA Específicamente quiero recibir ayuda con el español de latinoamerica. ¡Muchísimas gracias! Last edited by AngelicaDeAlquezar; January 18, 2010 at 05:30 PM. Reason: Merged back-to-back posts |
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- Lou Ann, de Washington, DC, USA Específicamente quiero recibir ayuda con el español de latinoamerica. ¡Muchísimas gracias! |
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Good on you, pjt33! That's exactly the message I was trying to convey but my brain was a bit slushy this morning.
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"Desiderata" - ...be gentle with yourself.You are a child of this universe no less than the trees and the stars; you have a right to be here. ...sé amable contigo mismo. Eres una criatura de este universo al igual que los árboles y las estrellas; tienes derecho a estar aquí. |
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COCA lists 45 instances of "word by word", and although a couple are not American speakers (e.g. one is a quote from an Israeli minister), the majority are not obviously not native AmE speakers. BNC lists 12 instances, and since it's a quarter of the size that doesn't suggest a widely different frequency of usage between BrE and AmE.
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