Para evitar que hierva el aceite

[irmamar]

To avoid the oil to boil.

Sometimes it is difficult to translate subjunctive ... :thinking:

[JPablo]

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.

[Rusty]

To prevent the oil from boiling.

@JPablo: WAY more is closer to the truth.

[JPablo]

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!

[irmamar]

To prevent the oil from boiling.

@JPablo: WAY more is closer to the truth.

Thank you both.

Bur I don't understand what you told JPablo, Rusty. Would you mind explaining it to me? :thinking:

[wrholt]

To prevent the oil from boiling.

@JPablo: WAY more is closer to the truth.

Thank you both.

Bur I don't understand what you told JPablo, Rusty. Would you mind explaining it to me? :thinking:

In casual speech, "way more" is a common alternative to saying "a lot more", except that "way more" typically feels even more emphatic.

[Rusty]

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.

[Perikles]

In casual speech, "way more" is a common alternative to saying "a lot more", except that "way more" typically feels even more emphatic.That may be true in AmE, but not BrE. :)

[irmamar]

OK, now I understand it. Thank you all. :)