Lienzo

[CrOtALiTo]

Originally Posted by irmamar

Yes, lienzo is a cloth. I think you are catholic; surely you've ever heard about "la Sábana Santa" (el lienzo en el que envolvieron a Jesús).

Not really I have never heard about thus thing, but thank you for clarifying my doubt.

[chileno]

Originally Posted by Perikles

Chileno - it is stumped, not stomped. I don't know why I find the mistake so funny. Sorry.

By the way, I never thanked you for noticing it. I am still laughing at this...

[chileno]

Originally Posted by irmamar

About your last question, I've looked it up in a dictionary and I've found "to canvass", but it's something related to "hacer campaña" when there are elections. Without knowing the meaning of this word in this sentence I had translated your sentence into the following: "la policía acordonó el área para buscar al convicto fugado". But I can't see any relation to the elections in my sentence

"Lienzo" is a word related to construction. You can see a "lienzo" here

http://www.andaluciaimagen.com/foto-...44633I0IA0.htm

Thanks Irma for that link. This is new to me.

[pjt33]

Originally Posted by chileno

"send a self-stomped antelope" (self stamped envelope)...!

Shouldn't that be a self-obsessed stomped antelope? Otherwise how will they know where to deliver it?

[chileno]

Originally Posted by pjt33

Shouldn't that be a self-obsessed stomped antelope? Otherwise how will they know where to deliver it?

That's how it got to be used back then. It is a tagline...

[irmamar]

Originally Posted by poli

Is that St. Veronica's veil or the shroud of Turin?

The shroud of Turin. But St. Veronica's veil is also a "lienzo". It not depends on the size, but on the material it is made of.

[Perikles]

Originally Posted by irmamar

It not depends on the size, but on the material it is made of.

It does not depend on...

[irmamar]

I think it's "depends of", isn't it?

[laepelba]

Originally Posted by irmamar

The shroud of Turin. But St. Veronica's veil is also a "lienzo". It not depends on the size, but on the material it is made of.

Originally Posted by Perikles

It does not depend on...

Originally Posted by irmamar

I think it's "depends of", isn't it?

No - he's right. (We're being very picky with you here.) Your sentence should be as follows: "It does not depend on the size, but on the material it is made of."

IN FACT, the old-fashioned folks will say that you can't use a preposition at the end of a sentence. So, if you want to be sure not to offend any old-fashioned grammarians, you should have said: "It does not depend on the size, but on the material of which it is made."

[irmamar]

¡Cómo puedo ser tan tonta a veces! (doesn't!!!!)

I didn't know the preposition at the end of the sentence is old fashioned, I've seen similar sentences many times.

What about: "what are you listening to?"