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Conjugation for historical, legal, and literary texts?
I was using an online verb conjugator, and I can see that some conjugations are reserved for historical, legal, and literary texts. At the moment, my Spanish is too basic to have come across these in ...
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Using infinitives like comer
I was told that using just the infinitive comer means to eat.
However, does this fact change when using the indicative, subjunctive, or imperative? I am not referring to making any changes to the verb ...
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Understanding the Spanish verb tense chart
I lived in Spain for five years, however I only learnt Spanish by copying sentences as opposed to learning all of the grammatical rules from a book. I also had to memorise all of the Los Tiempos ...
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What is the literal translation of "te toca a ti"?
I have seen that it means "it is your turn". But is it supposed to mean something like "I touch to you"? What does "te toca" conjugate from anyway?
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¿Cómo se nombran los *cul-de-sac* en diferentes países?
Hoy dando vueltas por internet, encontré la expresión cul-de-sac que puede traducirse como calle sin salida, lo que en el habla cotidiana en Colombia se conoce como 'Calle ciega' (El diccionario de ...
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¿Por qué "I am good" se traduce como "soy bueno" y "I am fine" como "estoy bien", teniendo que cambiar el verbo?
Quiero saber la diferencia entre las palabras good and fine.
Cuando alguien pregunta ¿cómo está usted? probablemente respondo algo como I am good o I am fine en inglés, pero si quiero responder lo ...
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¿Cómo se podría traducir al español neutro la expresión "nice catch!"?
Hace pocos días me volví a encontrar con la expresión inglesa nice catch!, una vieja conocida a la que le llevo buscando traducción desde hace muchos años.
Se utiliza la expresión indicando que una ...
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How to correctly ask a bartender for a drink in Madrid?
I've seen various versions but not sure what would be an acceptable polite phrase. In Mexico a bartender told me it's "ME DAS un mojito, por favor", in Barcelona a waitress told me I can just say "...
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Which style of hat represents the Spanish language the best? [closed]
Spanish, as most know (and probably all who are reading this), is spoken in many countries, but the cultures of the speakers differ widely, especially between Spain and Latin America.
What I want to ...
