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Forum: Grammar November 28, 2025, 07:27 AM

Replies: 4 un actor comiquísimo Views: 105 Posted By aleCcowaN Much better translations, but I have to say we'd... Much better translations, but I have to say we'd never ask those question that way. You can't elicit a superlativo absoluto by asking that way. - ¿Quién es para ti un comediante talentoso? - Ali...

Forum: Grammar November 28, 2025, 05:03 AM

Replies: 4 un actor comiquísimo Views: 105 Posted By aleCcowaN The denomination "superlativo absoluto" is... The denomination "superlativo absoluto" is somewhat misleading, as it implies the highest degree without in fact posing any comparison, contrary to what happens with larga-más larga-la más larga. ...

Forum: Grammar November 27, 2025, 12:49 PM

Replies: 2 'bueno' in pre-position and post-position Views: 83 Posted By aleCcowaN As a general rule, an adjective before a noun... As a general rule, an adjective before a noun qualifies the noun as having the implied characteristic Los verdes árboles del parque ("all" the trees are green, as a general rule) An adjective...

Forum: Idioms & Sayings November 19, 2025, 11:30 AM

Replies: 7 Qué tan vs Cuán Views: 235 Posted By aleCcowaN Here it's the most common mistaken way to say it... Here it's the most common mistaken way to say it too. But, to use an example in American English, it's like saying these (which I heard many times this year) That doesn't pass constitutional...

Forum: Grammar November 17, 2025, 04:36 PM

Replies: 5 The stressed disjunctive conjunction o Views: 137 Posted By aleCcowaN I totally agree, and add that ó should be used... I totally agree, and add that ó should be used even when there's only one number written with digits ("3 ó cuatro días"). However RAE dissagrees, and from the 2010 reform on, o is never written...

Forum: Idioms & Sayings November 17, 2025, 02:12 AM

Replies: 7 Qué tan vs Cuán Views: 235 Posted By aleCcowaN Cervantes se revuelve en su tumba. Sólo... Cervantes se revuelve en su tumba. Sólo Zombie Cervantes puede revolcarse en su tumba (o la tumba de otro) revolcarse = to roll around / to wallow (non figuratively)

Forum: Idioms & Sayings November 14, 2025, 03:31 PM

Replies: 7 Qué tan vs Cuán Views: 235 Posted By aleCcowaN qué tan is a synonym of cuán By the way,... qué tan is a synonym of cuán By the way, that "qué tan fuerte es el poderio..." looks so Spanglishy to me. In Latin America ¿Qué tan (kinda informal)/ Cuán (kinda formal) poderosas son las...

Forum: Grammar November 14, 2025, 02:55 PM

Replies: 2 The “there be” existential construction vs. the passive reflexive construction Views: 137 Posted By aleCcowaN There were .... built implies both existence... There were .... built implies both existence and the act of them being built. There is no suggestion the parks built themselves nor information about who did build them. An amusement park...

Forum: Grammar November 09, 2025, 11:18 AM

Replies: 1 the periphrastic IR vs. the independent IR Views: 98 Posted By aleCcowaN 1, 2, 3, 8 and 11 are clearly independient. 6 and... 1, 2, 3, 8 and 11 are clearly independient. 6 and 7 are clearly periphrastic uses as there's a progresión of events. 4 is a non periphrastic use with future to express conjecture ( try with "dónde...

Forum: Vocabulary November 09, 2025, 10:47 AM

Replies: 7 Booth Seating Views: 244 Posted By aleCcowaN Never heard of Lucho Mellera. I don't watch nor... Never heard of Lucho Mellera. I don't watch nor hear local media, network nor social, but printed press. I only remember 4 places with that kind of seating, all of them previous to 1985, all got...

Forum: Vocabulary November 08, 2025, 02:25 PM

Replies: 7 Booth Seating Views: 244 Posted By aleCcowaN En la Argentina no les conozco un nombre... En la Argentina no les conozco un nombre específico. Al espacio yo lo llamo (y siempre lo he oído llamar) box. El box puede tener bancos (duros, de madera) o butacones (tapizados y acolchados, como...

Forum: Grammar November 07, 2025, 12:56 PM

Replies: 5 the subjunctive in the adjective clause Views: 178 Posted By aleCcowaN Tenemos una computadora que funciona. No... Tenemos una computadora que funciona. No tenemos una computadora que funcione. Había lagos allí que no estaban contaminados. No había lagos allí que no estuvieran contaminados. In both pairs...

Forum: Grammar November 07, 2025, 09:02 AM

Replies: 2 Ir a comprar Views: 121 Posted By aleCcowaN I don't quite understand what you are talking... I don't quite understand what you are talking about. The periphrasis "ir a + verb" implies future va a comprar = he/she/it/they is going to buy Va a comprar un automóvil cuando termine de...

Forum: Grammar November 06, 2025, 01:48 PM

Replies: 5 the subjunctive in the adjective clause Views: 178 Posted By aleCcowaN I find the "to be/not to be a type" not to really... I find the "to be/not to be a type" not to really be a thing in these matters. And all about emotive verbs, bipolar, black and white (fallacy?), etcetera, to be out of place. Necesitamos una...

Forum: Idioms & Sayings November 06, 2025, 01:03 PM

Replies: 2 "Son" lo peor ... Views: 114 Posted By aleCcowaN Isn't "they are the worst thing that happened to... Isn't "they are the worst thing that happened to the country" a correct sentence? It includes plural subject "they" and singular "thing". All words ending with "ismo" are masculine: extremismo,...

Forum: Grammar November 05, 2025, 08:56 AM

Replies: 5 the subjunctive in the adjective clause Views: 178 Posted By aleCcowaN I'm going to reply in several posts because it's... I'm going to reply in several posts because it's a long topic. First, you should replace FOCUSED with NO NEED TO DEFOCUSE and immeadiately stop using it, because things that happen or exist in...

Forum: Grammar November 02, 2025, 01:11 PM

Replies: 6 From A YouTube Video Views: 181 Posted By aleCcowaN Thank you for the link. It was very emotive to... Thank you for the link. It was very emotive to me. The kind of things I was told year after year suddenly came alive. In the final moments, the presenter said "una pena no poder ver, porque el campo...

Forum: Grammar November 01, 2025, 03:44 PM

Replies: 6 From A YouTube Video Views: 181 Posted By aleCcowaN There are no grammar issues there but cultural... There are no grammar issues there but cultural ones. I've heard lots of familiar uses in that video, first because of the strong Galician immigration in Argentina (in 1960, Buenos Aires was said...

Forum: Idioms & Sayings October 31, 2025, 05:36 AM

Replies: 2 En la flor de la edad/ de la vida Views: 139 Posted By aleCcowaN Thank you, Rusty! I even agree with your... Thank you, Rusty! I even agree with your descripción of "in the prime of (one's) life" not being strictly about youth to be applied to "en la flor de la vida" too, no matter what RAE has to...

Forum: Idioms & Sayings October 30, 2025, 08:48 PM

Replies: 2 En la flor de la edad/ de la vida Views: 139 Posted By aleCcowaN En la flor de la edad/ de la vida En la flor de la edad (when a person is young, healthy, full of energy and ready to develop their full potential) I found this traslated as "in the flower of one's youth" and "in the bloom of...

Forum: Idioms & Sayings October 30, 2025, 08:21 PM

Replies: 8 Very old times Views: 245 Posted By aleCcowaN del tiempo del miriñaque (crinoline, similar to a... del tiempo del miriñaque (crinoline, similar to a hoop skirt but much more unwieldy and cumbersome) Cultural note: "del año del jopo" comes from the hair style developed in the 20's that lasted...

Forum: Idioms & Sayings October 30, 2025, 06:11 PM

Replies: 8 Very old times Views: 245 Posted By aleCcowaN del año del pedo [caution with pedo] = From the... del año del pedo [caution with pedo] = From the times when the first dude got plastered. From the times the first spirits become widely available (caña -similar to rhum, 18th century)

Forum: Idioms & Sayings October 30, 2025, 05:56 PM

Replies: 8 Very old times Views: 245 Posted By aleCcowaN En esos tiempos no había fotocopiadora y había... En esos tiempos no había fotocopiadora y había que usar el mimeógrafo o la gelatina [hectográfica]. Mimeografiar, ese sí que es un verbo del año del jopo (quiff). Y el hectógrafo y el daguerrotipo...

Forum: Idioms & Sayings October 30, 2025, 03:08 PM

Replies: 8 Very old times Views: 245 Posted By aleCcowaN Thank you, Rusty and poli! That's a whole... Thank you, Rusty and poli! That's a whole collection of "older than/as old as" examples, most of which have (almost) exact matches in Spanish más viejo que Matusalén más viejo que la injusticia...

Forum: Idioms & Sayings October 29, 2025, 08:21 PM

Replies: 8 Very old times Views: 245 Posted By aleCcowaN Very old times I realized I don't know an American phrase to talk about ancient times. I know the British and Commonwealth expression "donkey's years" which I learn from Count Arthur Strong season 1 episode 2 (you...

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