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Yesterday, 12:48 PM
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You have legitimate reasons to feel a bit...
You have legitimate reasons to feel a bit stumped. All but the first sentence are odd and ambiguous to say the least.
Marta y Luisa se fueron antes de que la reunión terminará (the original order...
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Forum: Vocabulary
September 05, 2025, 08:22 PM
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al revés (remera/polo/playera/camiseta)
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al revés (remera/polo/playera/camiseta)
patas para arriba = cabeza abajo (cuadro/pintura, afiche/póster, mapa, plano)
dado vuelta (bolsa, prenda de vestir, todo lo anterior)
invertido =...
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Forum: Vocabulary
September 03, 2025, 04:01 PM
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Ring raje
I was reading about the tragedy in the state located north of the Gulf of Mexico and then learned the term ding dong ditch.
In Argentina and Uruguay is called ring raje or rinrraje, from slang...
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Forum: Vocabulary
September 03, 2025, 03:36 PM
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Forum: Vocabulary
September 03, 2025, 01:19 PM
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This goes beyond Mexican Spanish. I would be...
This goes beyond Mexican Spanish. I would be surprised to learn about a Spanish speaking country were estante weren't a single shelf and estantería weren't a shelving unit or a rack with many...
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Forum: Grammar
September 02, 2025, 07:31 AM
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Forum: Idioms & Sayings
August 31, 2025, 08:19 PM
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Not in this nation ...:D
Anyone trying to...
Not in this nation ...:D
Anyone trying to celebraste that will be captured by local ICE and sent to Pampean Guantánamo, or deported to El Salvador, South Sudan or any country with a really bad...
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Forum: Grammar
August 31, 2025, 11:23 AM
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I forgot the preterit/imperfect part.
It...
I forgot the preterit/imperfect part.
It would strictly be an ongoing action were the phrase "sus padres no estuvieran viniendo" ("their parents weren't coming" is the best match for that)
Yet...
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Forum: Idioms & Sayings
August 31, 2025, 09:33 AM
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Forum: Grammar
August 31, 2025, 09:27 AM
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Forum: Idioms & Sayings
August 30, 2025, 11:39 PM
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Forum: Idioms & Sayings
August 29, 2025, 03:05 PM
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Forum: Idioms & Sayings
August 29, 2025, 02:53 PM
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Forum: Translations
August 27, 2025, 09:17 AM
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Forum: Translations
August 27, 2025, 05:34 AM
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I think there's something about the logic of...
I think there's something about the logic of modal auxiliary verbs in English that is causing some interference here.
How would you translate...?
Nunca se dejaron estar
Nunca quisieron estar...
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Forum: Idioms & Sayings
August 23, 2025, 07:53 PM
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Forum: Idioms & Sayings
August 19, 2025, 07:50 AM
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Forum: Vocabulary
August 04, 2025, 07:17 PM
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Forum: Vocabulary
August 02, 2025, 05:58 PM
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Junior is an English word that is kept in it's...
Junior is an English word that is kept in it's original sound.
The only other word starting with J pronounced in English that comes to mind is Jury in "Jury de Enjuiciamiento", which is not an...
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Forum: Grammar
July 18, 2025, 10:48 AM
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Yes. And also "a quien te dirijas".
I'm not...
Yes. And also "a quien te dirijas".
I'm not aware of any rule that favours one choice over the other two.
Al que ----> suggests a wider variety
Al cual ----> suggests fewer choices, as if, for...
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Forum: Grammar
July 18, 2025, 08:09 AM
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Perfect!
There are many kinds of public and...
Perfect!
There are many kinds of public and you address one at a time, which one? It all depends... who knows? hence subjunctive
If you say
Depende del público al que te diriges, [something...
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Forum: Idioms & Sayings
July 18, 2025, 08:00 AM
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Forum: Idioms & Sayings
July 10, 2025, 01:27 PM
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Forum: Idioms & Sayings
July 09, 2025, 06:54 PM
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aquel tonto puede ser estafado con facilidad...
aquel tonto puede ser estafado con facilidad (=fácilmente) implies a legitimate, full-fledged tonto, un tonto fácil de engatusar, that is, easily deceived by flattery or snow jobs; while hacerse el...
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