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traduccion× 343
How best to render a tricky Spanish word or expression in English or one from some language in Spanish.
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seleccion-de-palabras× 328
Determining the best possible word to express a concept among several choices.
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word-usage× 153
used in the Spanish language.
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vocabulario× 137 |
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gramatica× 87
Set of structural rules that govern the composition of clauses, phrases, and words in any given natural language.
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meanings-definitions× 80 |
regional-differences× 78
Questions addressing any of the many differences in vocabulary, pronunciation, usage, etc. of the varieties of Spanish spoken through Spain and the Americas.
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verbos× 73
Words mostly about actions which can be conjugated to indicate person, number, tense, mood, etc.
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modismos× 67
Set words, statements or phrases with meanings other than the literal sum of their parts.
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etimologia× 59
The origins of terms and their development through history.
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sinonimos× 47
Terms with the same or almost the same meaning in at least one of their senses.
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pronombres× 43 |
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ortografia× 41
Correct spelling, punctuation, use of accent/diacritical marks, etc.
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pronunciacion× 33 |
vocabulario-tecnico× 29
Questions about words and phrases peculiar to various industries or fields, such as linguistics or technology.
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mexico× 28
Questions about regionalisms and other peculiarities of the variety of Spanish spoken in Mexico.
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preposiciones× 25
Function words such as a, de, en, por, para, sin, or sobre
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jerga× 25
The use of informal words and expressions that are not considered standard in the speaker's language or dialect but are considered more acceptable when used socially.
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adjetivos× 24 | comida× 21 |
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genero× 20
Questions about grammatical (and natural) gender and agreement in the Spanish noun, adjective, and pronoun.
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sintaxis× 20
ordered and arranged to form phrases and sentences.
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palabras-raras× 20
Questions about Spanish words so uncommon that they are difficult to find in the usual dictionaries.
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saludos× 19
Questions about the verbal interchanges between people at meeting, greeting, departing, answering the telephone, etc.
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subjuntivo× 18
A verbal mood used for expressing the counterfactual such as wishing, including how to conjugate and use it.
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adverbios× 17
Part of speech that changes the meaning of verbs or any part of speech other than nouns. Adverbs can modify verbs, adjectives, clauses, sentences, and other adverbs.
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coloquialismos× 16
common in everyday, unconstrained conversation rather than in formal speech, academic writing, or paralinguistics.
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tiempos-verbales× 16 |
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abbreviations× 12
a shortened form of a word or phrase usually, but not always, consisting of a letter or group of letters taken from the word or phrase.
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terminology× 12
About the names of concepts and phenomena peculiar to the Spanish language.
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puntuacion× 12
symbols that indicate the structure and organization of written language, as well as intonation and pauses to be observed when reading aloud.
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preterite× 11
Grammatical tense expressing actions that took place or were completed in the past.
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