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Rusty
People,
How do you say rusty in Spanish, in the sense that "My Spanish is rusty." Is it the same from country to country? Dean |
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I know this has nothing to do with the thread but when I first saw this I thought it was about Rusty, not the word rusty
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rusty = oxidado
They use the word like we do - to describe oxidation and to mean 'not up to snuff'. Mi español está oxidado. You can also say: Tengo un poco olvidado el español. Lo tengo algo olvidado. Mi español no es muy bueno. |
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What Rusty says is right. Here are some other options:
I speak Spanish, but I'm pretty rusty. Hablo el español, pero me falta mucha práctica. My Spanish is pretty rusty. Se me ha olvidado mucho de mi español. My Spanish is pretty rusty. Mi español está bastante oxidado.
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Yes, also I thought that the thread was above Rusty, but the Rusty people, then I found pretty much meanings to the word Rusty, I will put them in this thread, I saw, Rusty saids that the word Rusty meaning Oxidado, but I don't know if I'm in the correct with this meaning that I now will put in this post.
SpanishEnglish enmohecidaADJrustyADJ enmohecidoADJrustyADJ entorpecido por falta de usoADJrustyADJ herrumbrosaADJrustyADJ herrumbrosoADJrustyADJ mohosaADJrustyADJ mohosoADJrustyADJ olvidadaADJrustyADJ olvidadoADJrustyADJ oxidadaADJrustyADJ Rusty people, please you let me How is the correct meaning of the word.
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Yes, all the options you posted are valid translations of the word rusty. It depends on context.
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Last edited by Rusty; January 14, 2009 at 09:04 PM. |
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Mi español esta en pañales
En español solo se decir cuatro cosas. Te va a crecer la nariz, Silopanna The meaning is too emphatic, you would say that if everything you can say is hola, adios, y me llamo silopanna. If that's the case, well, foot in the mouth Cheers PH Last edited by Planet hopper; January 14, 2009 at 10:27 PM. |
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I got it. Rusty.
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Diamond,
This structure that you used seems so strange to me: "Se me ha olvidado mucho de mi español." The part in in parentheses is unusual for me: Se me "ha" olvidado de "mi" español. Why not change ha to he: "he olvidado de mi Español."??? Similarly, I ask: Se me olvidó? or Se me olvidé? Excuse the pestering, but it is these details that slay me. Thanks, Dean |
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