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Old February 05, 2010, 09:28 AM
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Question Los jugadores presienten ya la victoria.

Los jugadores presienten ya la victoria.

English: The players already predicted the victory.
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Old February 05, 2010, 09:36 AM
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presentir = to sense beforehand, as in presentiment of death.

The players already sense victory.
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Presentar and presentarse have very different meanings.
Presentarse means to show up as in the following:
Se presentaron con síntomas de fiebre y tos.
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presentir = to sense beforehand, as in presentiment of death.

The players already sense victory.
Right. Here it is called "feeling".
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Presentar and presentarse have very different meanings.
Presentarse means to show up as in the following:
Se presentaron con síntomas de fiebre y tos.
Huh? I think that the verb here is "presentir". Isn't that different than "presentar"?
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Huh? I think that the verb here is "presentir". Isn't that different than "presentar"?
Yes. Probably poli needs more coffee this morning.
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Poli! Do as the Chilean guy says ... get some more coffee!!!
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I think poli wanted to underline that those are different verbs, since they can be easily confused. (Only one letter makes the difference)
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Yes. Probably poli needs more coffee this morning.
This is weird - I'm about to open the evening wine .

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I think poli wanted to underline that those are different verbs, since they can be easily confused. (Only one letter makes the difference)
But think what a difference just one chromosome makes.

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