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I'm trying to understand the distinction between the different conjugations of "deber". Accounting for the five indicative tenses, the optional use of "haber", plus the distinction ...
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Vi una entrevista en Sevilla, España con una mujer de ciento y dos años. Por su edad y el hecho de que era andaluza, su dialecto es bastante peculiar. Ella dijo lo siguiente (por lo que puedo oír): ...
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Argentinian writer Jorge Luis Borges made the following claim: The reason is that I think that, of all languages, English is the most physical of all languages. ... You can, for example, say “He ...
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HISS . 3. (in)tr: To to whisper loudly and angrily "Stop biting your nails," I hissed. Microsoft® Encarta® 2009 Can we also susurrar en voz alta in Spanish? I'd find such an expression ...
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Ambos tends to have a collective meaning: given two previously mentioned things A and B, it means both of them, both A and B; the two together as a unit. But sometimes I've met expressions such as «la ...
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No soy nativa del español, quiero saber la diferencia de estas frases: Me dijiste que lo comprarías la semana siguiente. Me dijiste que lo comprarías a la semana siguiente. Creo que las dos frases ...
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I'm looking for the Spanish equivalent word to the English "cooperative," in the context of a for-profit or non-profit business. Here is the English definition of a cooperative A ...
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In Spanish, some past participles take irregular forms that persist mostly in adjectival or passive uses, for example: abrir → abierto (not abrido) imprimir → impreso (but also imprimido) proveer → ...
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I'm trying to get the lyrics of this cover, available here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWUN91R8Rbw. I think I'm not too far off, but I'm still missing a sentence, and not certain of the rest: ...
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Is it correct in Spanish to say "¡Que cuadro bonito!"? I think people usually say "¡Qué cuadro tan bonito!", but is correct to not say "tan" in this case?
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He estado estudiando español, y quiero saber cuál es mejor decir... "Viajaré a Costa Rica en enero por un mes", o "Voy a ir a Costa Rica en enero por un mes". ... o "Me voy a ...
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I thought I had a handle on por vs. para, but someone corrected me today. I wanted to say something like English "come and get them!" (them being people, for example saying this to my wife ...
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Spanish uses the subjunctive in many situations where French or Italian no longer do. Is this due to historical preservation of Latin forms, or later grammatical evolution unique to Spanish?
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Grammatically, what is Le doing in this clause? Lo que pasó a Hawaii makes perfect sense to me. To me the Le would seem superfluous. If the inclusion of Le is correct, then how, if at all, does lo que ...
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I often see sports in Spanish with the definite article (e.g., el fútbol, el tenis). For example: Mi deporte favorito es el fútbol. Why is el used here? Is it because we’re referring to the sport ...
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