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Old December 16, 2008, 09:04 AM
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En cuanto

I think en cuanto means as soon as but I'm not sure.
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Old December 16, 2008, 09:15 AM
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en cuanto = as soon as
en cuanto a = as for, regarding
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Old December 16, 2008, 10:37 AM
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So, can you say Hablaré contigo en cuanto te veo. (I'll speak with you as soon as I see you)?
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Then If I want to say this phrase En cuanto termine de comer voy al super mercado, the translation would be As soon as I finish to eat , I'm going to the super market.

I don't know if my attempt is accurate but, if you have a better translation, please you correct me, if I'm a wrong like, you must correct me, so I can understand better the kinds and way of translate some sentences in English.

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Old December 16, 2008, 02:12 PM
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Then If I want to say this phrase En cuanto termine de comer voy al super mercado, the translation would be As soon as I finish eating , I'm going to the supermarket.

I don't know if my attempt is accurate, but if you have a better translation, please you correct me. If I'm a wrong, you must correct me, so I can understand better understand the way to translate Spanish sentences to English.

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OK. Now I see en cuanto takes the subjuctive. Thank you.
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So, can you say Hablaré contigo en cuanto te veo. (I'll speak with you as soon as I see you)?
As you correctly stated, this would be:

Hablaré contigo en cuanto te vea.
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In a phrase such as «¿En cuánto se los deja el vendedor?» does "en cuanto" still signify "as soon as"? If not, can you explain the meaning of this question?

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So, can you say Hablaré contigo en cuanto te vea. (I'll speak with you as soon as I see you)?
Just one correction, the subjunctive usage.

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In a phrase such as «¿En cuánto se los deja el vendedor?» does "en cuanto" still signify "as soon as"? If not, can you explain the meaning of this question?

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Here it means "how much"

How much will the seller ask for it?
(Not sure how idiomatic is this in English, fix it as applicable, but the sense is "how much is the seller going to be asking for it"... after some back and forth...)
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This makes sense in the context, as they were bargaining for a price.

Would an appropiate response be somewhere along the lines of «El vendedor se los deja a él en ciento cincuenta pesos.»?

Gracias por su ayuda. <--(Did I write that correctly?)
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Yes, and yes.

A side note: please note that "¿En cuánto se los deja?" has an accent, and "en cuanto lo vea,..." doesn't.
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