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Para evitar que hierva el aceite
To avoid the oil to boil.
Sometimes it is difficult to translate subjunctive ... |
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To prevent the oil from boiling over ?
I believe Spanish uses subjunctive way more than English... Let's see what the English natives have to say.
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To prevent the oil from boiling.
@JPablo: WAY more is closer to the truth. |
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WAY!
Ah, I had to do a second (third, fourth) take, to get it! Ah, if I were not such a recalcitrant Spaniard, I would get it at first sight!
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Bur I don't understand what you told JPablo, Rusty. Would you mind explaining it to me? |
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And written in all caps means that I thought that emphasis was lacking still. The subjunctive is used WAY more in Spanish than it is in English.
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That may be true in AmE, but not BrE.
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OK, now I understand it. Thank you all.
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