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The door man greeted me in Spanish. I had to brush on my Spanish quick
It would be written as English followed by Spanish to show a shift in language:
The door man greeted me in Spanish. Spanish sentence here.
Both Mexican Spanish or Castillian Spanish examples if possible. Gracias!
El portero me saludó en español.
The door man greeted me in Spanish.
Tuve que repasar mi español rápido
I had to brush up on my Spanish quick.
En español existen distintos modos de expresar la misma oración. Estos son algunos ejemplos.
tuve que refrescar mi español rápidamente.
tuve que desempolvar rápidamente mi español.
tuve que repasar mi español rápidamente.
tuve que repasar mi oxidado español rápidamente.
tuve que hacer una rápida puesta a punto de mi español.
In Spanish there are different ways of expressing the same sentence. These are some examples.
I had to refresh my Spanish quickly.
I had to quickly dust off my Spanish
I had to brush up on my rusty Spanish quickly.
I had to review my Spanish quickly.
En esta frase, para indicar lo mismo, no hay grandes variaciones entre el español de España y el de México a no ser que se utilice jerga específica.
In this sentence, to indicate the same thing, there are no great variations between the Spanish of Spain and that of Mexico unless specific jargon (slang) is used.
