Manantial
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DailyWord
May 22, 2009, 03:10 AM
This is a discussion thread for the Daily Spanish Word (http://daily.tomisimo.org/) for May 22, 2009
manantial (masculine noun (el)) — spring, fountain, source, origin, wellspring. Look up manantial in the dictionary (http://www.tomisimo.org/dictionary/spanish_english/manantial)
Aún existen algunos manantiales de agua pura.
A few springs with pure water still exist.
María José
May 22, 2009, 03:13 AM
One can usually see: agua fresca de manantial on water bottles. Hope it's true...
Marsopa
May 22, 2009, 09:06 AM
Depende de manantial, verdad? :yuck:
laepelba
May 22, 2009, 09:17 AM
Se dice que el manantial de humanidad está ("estuvo"? o "es"? o "fue"?) en África.
CrOtALiTo
May 22, 2009, 10:48 AM
How is translated Manantial?
Tomisimo
May 22, 2009, 03:12 PM
How is translated Manantial?
Hay cinco traducciones en el primer mensaje o puedes consulatar el diccionario. manantial.
AngelicaDeAlquezar
May 22, 2009, 10:44 PM
Se dice que el manantial de la humanidad está ("estuvo"? o "es"? o "fue"?) en África.
@Lou Ann: "Está" or "estuvo" would be correct. :thumbsup:
Still, there is something that bothers me about that use of "manantial" as "origin". Also when used in a figurative sense (not that often, btw.), "manantial" is the origin from where something flows and in this case I feel humanity as a product, not as a streaming current.
Las ideas de Platón son el manantial de la filosofía.
Plato's ideas are the source of philosophy.
So, for reasons of style, I would use "se dice que el origen de la humanidad está/estuvo en África"... Less poetic, but more accurate. ;)
laepelba
May 23, 2009, 06:01 AM
Thanks, Malila. You gave me exactly the answer that I was looking for. "Estar" not "ser" ... and that stylistically "manantial" wouldn't be used in that sense. Is it "estar" because "estar" is used for location?
By the way, I personally like "está" and not "estuvo" when I'm thinking about this ... but am still thinking in English......
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