Forum: Idioms & Sayings
January 04, 2018, 04:08 PM
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Also with another connotations, it could be...
Also with another connotations, it could be "dubious".
una persona de gustos muy discutibles — a person of very dubious tastes
Also, in the line of "that's debatable" from Rusty, "that's a...
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Forum: Vocabulary
January 04, 2018, 03:58 PM
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Forum: Translations
December 27, 2017, 11:43 AM
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Well, in my view, I think that the DRAE...
Well, in my view, I think that the DRAE definition that could apply here is simply this one,
11. conj. Precede a oraciones no enlazadas con otras. ¡Que sea yo tan desdichado! Que vengas pronto....
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Forum: Vocabulary
December 26, 2017, 11:04 AM
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Forum: Idioms & Sayings
December 13, 2017, 07:15 PM
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Totally agree with Rusty.
DRAE (Diccionario...
Totally agree with Rusty.
DRAE (Diccionario de la Real Academia Española) gives the right definition (# 5)
http://dle.rae.es/?id=KOGiy39
5. m. y f. U. como expresión de cariño entre las...
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Forum: Translations
December 04, 2017, 09:30 PM
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Forum: Idioms & Sayings
November 16, 2017, 10:16 PM
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Forum: General Chat
October 29, 2017, 08:50 PM
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Bueno, Piv, bienvenido a los foros.
Te digo...
Bueno, Piv, bienvenido a los foros.
Te digo algunas de las cosas (contradictorias a veces) que yo hago en Navidad:
Celebro la Navidad con alguna excursión a las montañas, comiendo opíramente...
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Forum: Grammar
September 24, 2017, 11:21 PM
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The translation above seems right to my ear.
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The translation above seems right to my ear.
I would not translate "John" to "Juan", otherwise, it seems totally correct to me. :)
Not sure if I can explain why or how, :thinking: but that's...
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Forum: Grammar
September 24, 2017, 11:16 PM
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Forum: Translations
September 24, 2017, 11:11 PM
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Forum: Translations
September 24, 2017, 05:31 PM
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Forum: Grammar
September 14, 2017, 09:52 PM
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http://dle.rae.es/?id=L6lME04
7. f. Opinión,...
http://dle.rae.es/?id=L6lME04
7. f. Opinión, sentimiento, juicio que algo o alguien suscitan, sin que, muchas veces, se puedan justificar. Tengo la impresión de que quiso engañarnos.
There...
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Forum: Vocabulary
September 01, 2017, 07:00 PM
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Totally agree with Angelica.
Oxford...
Totally agree with Angelica.
Oxford bilingual also gives examples,
(resultar conocido)
me suena tu cara — I know your face from somewhere
¿de qué me suena ese nombre/esa canción? — where...
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Forum: Grammar
August 25, 2017, 01:18 PM
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Forum: Grammar
August 25, 2017, 12:38 PM
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That is the case.
Definition 1 in DRAE,
...
That is the case.
Definition 1 in DRAE,
a2
Del lat. ad.
1. prep. Precede al complemento directo cuando este es de persona determinada o está de algún modo personificado. Respeta a los...
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Forum: Translations
August 24, 2017, 07:04 PM
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Forum: Idioms & Sayings
August 20, 2017, 03:37 PM
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Forum: Idioms & Sayings
July 13, 2017, 10:01 PM
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You're welcome, Poli.
Interestingly enough,...
You're welcome, Poli.
Interestingly enough, or rather, sadly enough, we have not changed much in many counts.
The subjunctive with "se", is still very much in use in Peninsular Spanish.
As...
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Forum: Idioms & Sayings
July 12, 2017, 09:07 PM
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I agree with Alec.
If you want, Poli, I...
I agree with Alec.
If you want, Poli, I give you this link, for your "edification"
-Vuelva usted mañana -nos respondió la criada-, porque el señor no se ha levantado todavía.
-Vuelva usted...
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Forum: Idioms & Sayings
July 08, 2017, 03:59 AM
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Forum: Idioms & Sayings
July 01, 2017, 12:04 PM
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Forum: Idioms & Sayings
June 29, 2017, 06:06 PM
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Bueno, pues a mí me gusta... ;-) (Todas...
Bueno, pues a mí me gusta... ;-) (Todas inventadas a bote pronto)
"No se trata de lo que diga el almanaque, sino de estar vivo y alerta a cada triquitraque"
"No se trata de lo que diga el...
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Forum: Idioms & Sayings
June 28, 2017, 06:35 PM
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Forum: Vocabulary
June 21, 2017, 11:57 PM
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Not really.
You can say something like, (in...
Not really.
You can say something like, (in the sense of "quedar registrado")
El día en que me caiga, en que me hunda, ese día no [***]consto[***] en ningún libro, en ninguna nómina y mis...
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