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In english "We learnt from the receptionist...." which means "we came to know from the receptionist that.....".
In spanish what is the equivalent for "learnt from.." |
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I cannot understand what you mean by receptionist here. Does it matter the profession of whom you learn from? Can you learn from a cooker, a fireman, a gardener...?
If not, as I suposse, I would say: nos dijo el recepcionista que es mejor ir a la playa con la marea baja. A litteral translation wouldn't work on this context.
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The verb learn is usually aprender, but in this case I would use something like "the receptionist told us..."
We learned from the receptionist ...
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I think you can say "la recepcionista nos enseñó y aprendimos."
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Alfonso, to learn something from someone can mean enterarse de algo a través de alguien.
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OK, David. That makes sense. Thanks a lot!
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