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Old July 28, 2011, 09:40 AM
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Just a note on wrholt's link: There must be a distinction between "cómo" and "como".

"Como que no pudiste" is a sarcastic expression saying "it seems you couldn't do it."

"¿Cómo que no pudiste?" is expressing my disconcertment as I expected you could do something but you couldn't in the end.
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