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Operarse de las uñas


ROBINDESBOIS September 25, 2009 04:44 PM

Operarse de las uñas
 
A mi gata la operaron de las uñas.

She was operated on the nails??? SOunds funny
She had nails surgery _ Sounds funny too
She had her nails removed. Sounds ok to me, but the meaning is not quite the same.

pjt33 September 26, 2009 04:01 AM

Las uñas de una gata son "claws".

They operated on my cat's claws.

En general cuando en español dicen "a OI le V el/la/los/las OD" en inglés hay que decir "V OI's OD", y "a OI le V el/la/los/las S" -> "OI's S V".
E.g. "A Miguel le roban el coche": "They stole Miguel's car"
"Me duele la cabeza": "My head hurts"

ROBINDESBOIS September 27, 2009 08:53 AM

Well that is not absolutely true, Miguel has been stolen of his car, I have a terrible headache,
I guess My cat´s claws have been operated on , Is OK ?

pjt33 September 27, 2009 11:38 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ROBINDESBOIS (Post 53720)
Miguel has been stolen of his car

:thinking: That sentence definitely fails my correctness conditions; it might just be semantics but I think it's ungrammatical.

If your point was that "a OI le (V 3ª persona plural) el/la/los/las OD" can become "OI's OD (V pasivo)" then I accept it. "Miguel's car has been stolen." But you still need a possessive.

"My's cat's claws have been operated on" is OK.
"My cat had an operation on her claws" also.

ROBINDESBOIS September 27, 2009 12:07 PM

You´re right I got confused, it´s Miguel has been robbed of his car.

CrOtALiTo September 27, 2009 12:35 PM

Steal and stole meaning Robar in Spanish well just first one is robar in present and the second one meaning Robar but in past, but for there someone said that robbed meaning robo in English.

Is it correct?

Now Where is used that word?


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