Forum: Idioms & Sayings
July 04, 2016, 08:55 AM
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Replies: 6
Views: 3,483
Believe Your Own Bullshit
People,
This is one I've wondered about for a while now.
How would a person express in Spanish the idea of "believing one's own bullshit"?
The idea is that people get so caught up in and...
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Forum: Vocabulary
April 13, 2016, 10:12 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 2,383
Permafrost Again
Well ...
Alec Cowan, you have certainly offered a unique perspecive or two!
I would think that gelisuelo would be the most "castizo" of all, but RAE favors the Emglish term permafrost.
As...
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Forum: Vocabulary
April 12, 2016, 04:49 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 2,383
Permafrost
Dear Members of the Forum,
I am hoping that someone will be able to to translate, into Spanish, the word permafrost. In the higher latitudes, such as from the middle of Greenland and above, the...
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Forum: Grammar
November 20, 2014, 08:20 PM
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Replies: 1
Views: 1,638
"tanto"
Folks,
In the following sentence, is the word "tanto" a noun or adverb.?
"No es tanto como pensabamos."
I think that it is a noun.
In the following example, it seems to be na...
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Forum: Vocabulary
February 17, 2014, 08:46 AM
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Replies: 2
Views: 4,634
Candace,
I actually found the name on the...
Candace,
I actually found the name on the internet in a compendium of names in Spanish.
http://www.sheknows.com/baby-names/spanish-baby-names/browse/c
In other places, in Spanish, it had an...
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Forum: Vocabulary
February 08, 2014, 02:24 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 4,634
Candice
Forum Friends,
Does anybody know if there is a translation for the English, female name "Candice"? For example, Candice Bergman, who was Murphy Brown on the television serial. The nickname is...
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Forum: Idioms & Sayings
November 23, 2013, 08:09 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 3,463
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Forum: Idioms & Sayings
November 21, 2013, 04:43 AM
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Replies: 3
Views: 3,463
To beg the question
People,
I'd like to know how to express "it begs the question" in Spanish. For example:
"I know that the product was assembled in the USA, but that just begs the question of what the country of...
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Forum: Idioms & Sayings
November 11, 2013, 04:35 AM
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Replies: 15
Views: 5,904
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Forum: Idioms & Sayings
November 01, 2013, 08:44 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 29,598
Cría Cuervos Y Te Sacarán Los Ojos
People,
In Anglo Saxon tradition, we would describe this Cría Cuervos idea as something like "feeding warm milk to a serpent just increases the poison."
Dean
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Forum: Idioms & Sayings
October 29, 2013, 01:33 AM
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Replies: 2
Views: 2,890
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Forum: Idioms & Sayings
October 28, 2013, 08:21 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 2,890
Curl One's Lips
People!
How does one say "to curl one's lips" in Spanish.
For example, "He curled his lips in disdain."
Thanks in advance.
Dean in Brazil
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Forum: Idioms & Sayings
October 27, 2013, 10:46 PM
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Replies: 15
Views: 5,904
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Forum: Idioms & Sayings
July 04, 2013, 10:23 AM
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Replies: 18
Views: 7,855
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Forum: Idioms & Sayings
July 04, 2013, 10:13 AM
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Replies: 7
Views: 17,532
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Forum: Idioms & Sayings
June 09, 2012, 09:58 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 14,634
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Forum: Idioms & Sayings
June 07, 2012, 11:54 PM
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Replies: 32
Views: 13,106
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