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¿Cómo escribo el subjuntivo presente de 'adelgazar'?
Según del sitio conjugation.org, el subjuntivo presente del verbo adelgazar es:
yo adelgaze
tú adelgazes
él/usted adelgaze
nosotros adelgazemos
vosotros adelgazéis
ellos/ustedes ...
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Is “la sétima” a correct word?
I am writing from Ybor City - Tampa, Florida's National Historic Landmark District. We have a main street which was awarded one of the 10 BEST Streets in America. It is 7th. Avenue. One man, Frank ...
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Are there cases when I can mute last s?
Just listening Manu Chao's marvelous song, "Me Quedo Contigo"
The question is - sometimes (not only in this song) it's sounds like last S in some words (ideas, ellas, siglos, ojos, labios etc.) is ...
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How do you spell “Chocaraet” correctly?
The Valencian dish Paella traditionally (at least that's how I was taught it has to be done) is prepared by slightly allowing the rice to burn from the bottom, to a point where it gets quite dark. I ...
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What is the preferred used word for “subscripción”?
What is the preferred used word for "subscripción",
"subscripción" or "suscripción"?
Why are there two ways to write the same word?
Are there any other words like this one where the "b" can be
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Why, when, and how did vowels E and I get special treatment from consonants like C,G & Q?
I think this question may involve more than Spanish, and may include Romance languages or even Latin.
I wonder why, when, and how did vowels E and I get special treatment from consonants like C, G, ...
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Is the country México or Méjico?
Is the name of the country south of the United States spelled México or Méjico? Which is the official name of the country in English and Spanish? When is each version used?
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¿Cómo se dice, “a caso” o “acaso”?
En español, cual de las dos siguiente es la forma correcta para hacer la pregunta:
¿A caso estuviste ahí?
o se debe de decir:
¿Acaso estuviste ahí?
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“Septiembre” or “setiembre”?
Setiembre is only used in Peru, AFAIK, but I wonder if there are any other countries where setiembre, as opposed to septiembre, is also valid.
RAE links the definition of setiembre to the definition ...
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Why is Usted sometimes abbreviated as Vd. instead of Ud.? Is there any difference in usage between the two?
I've noticed that the word Usted can be abbreviated at least 2 ways, the most common of which being Ud. and Vd. to my knowledge. I see how Ud. makes perfect sense, but why is a V used instead of a U ...
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Why don't Spanish words start with “sp”?
I've noticed that there aren't any words in Spanish that start with sp. Latin words are altered to include an e in front of the sp. Even loan words are often modified to esp...:
spaghetti => ...
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Is the use of @ instead of 'a' or 'o' in order to refer to both masculine and femenine accepted?
I have seen several times the use of @ instead of 'a' or 'o' for refering masculine and femenine words at the same time. For example:
Hola a tod@s.
Is this an accepted use?
