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“Quick brown fox…” equivalent in Spanish?
In typing classes in English, it is common to learn to type the sentence:
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.
Because it contains every letter of the alphabet at least once.
Is there ...
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Is there a Spanish equivalent for '(sic)'?
In English, when you quote text or speech that you know has nonstandard usage, such as misspellings or nonstandard grammar, it is typical to use '(sic)' to indicate that you know what you're quoting ...
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Bonita, linda, hermosa, bella, and guapa: what's the difference?
I've seen all of these used to mean 'pretty', although 'hermosa' seems to mean beautiful and 'guapa' seems to mean handsome. Are there any subtle differences them?
For instance, in English being ...
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¿Es redundante la expresión “suele ser frecuente”?
Español
He oído a menudo la expresión “suele ser frecuente”. ¿Es redundante? ¿Suena bien a pesar de la redundancia? ¿O bien suena mal y sería mejor decir solo “es frecuente”?
Por ejemplo:
Suele ...
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Does indirect speech in Spanish require changes in tense, mood, etc?
In German you have to use different moods, in English different tenses for verbs to mark indirect speech (speech where you are saying what was said or expressed):
He said that he had painted the ...
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¿Es correcto abreviar “visto bueno ” como “VoBo.”?
Muchas veces he visto que lo abrevian así por ejemplo dentro de la compañía donde trabajo, sin embargo no sé si realmente es correcto.
Actualización:
Lo que me parece extraño de la abreviación es ...
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Why is “missing” added to waiting in Spanish?
In Perú we say "me falta esperar 10 minutos", in United States we do not say "I am missing waiting 10 minutes". Why is "falta/missing" added in Peruvian Spanish? Or conversely, why in American English ...
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American style TV shows in Spanish [closed]
Are there American style TV shows that could be used to practice listening Spanish. By American style I mean
Each episode around 30 minutes in length
Although it helps to watch them in sequence, ...
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What is a good, original Spanish childrens novel to help learn grammar and vocab? [closed]
I want to find a Spanish book that I can read to help practice my grammar and vocabulary.
I've only done about a year of evening classes for adults, but I can read sites like BBC Mundo and have a ...
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Spanish IRC Channel [closed]
Do anyone know of a decent IRC Channel out there for translating help? Even though stackexchange is much like a chat.. it is still a forum. And you can't just ask everything you think of in a forum ...
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Spanish After Mango Languages [closed]
I am currently learning Spanish through Mango Languages for Libraries. When it is complete, it looks like I will be somewhat conversational and will understand the basics of conjugation for common ...
