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Etymologically, why do "ser" and "estar" exist? / Etimológicamente, ¿por qué existen "ser" y "estar"?

answered Oct 20, 2016 at 7:00

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Why does Agustín say "miércoles" in the Encanto movie? What does it mean?

expresiones significado significado-en-contexto

answered Mar 21 at 10:39

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What's that funny "illo" I keep hearing in Southern Spain?

uso-de-palabras etimología coloquialismos españa dialectos

answered Oct 9, 2019 at 7:17

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Translation Golf XLVIII — We're sorry to see you go

traducción translation-golf inglés

answered Sep 30, 2019 at 14:44

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¿Por qué no decimos "crocodilo"?

uso-de-palabras etimología sustantivos

answered Oct 4, 2017 at 7:57

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Are there any more informal ways of saying "thanks" than "gracias"?

selección-de-palabras vocabulario coloquialismos cortesía

answered Oct 6, 2017 at 10:41

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¿Es "bizarro" en algún caso la traducción de "bizarre"?

uso-de-palabras préstamo-lingüístico

answered Jun 13, 2016 at 11:43

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¿Por qué "duro" en España significa "dinero"?

uso-de-palabras españa

answered Oct 25, 2017 at 13:55

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¿Qué casos existen en el español de etimologías "cíclicas"?

etimología dle préstamo-lingüístico

answered Oct 29, 2017 at 19:20

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Is the phrase "Me siento mal" grammatically correct in Spanish?

uso-de-palabras gramática adjetivos adverbios

answered Sep 12, 2017 at 8:01

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What are the differences between "ser" and "estar"? When to use each? // ¿Cuáles son las diferencias entre "ser" y "estar"? ¿Cuándo se usa cada uno?

uso-de-palabras verbos cópulas preguntas-canónicas

answered Feb 22, 2017 at 12:12

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Where does the expression "no hay tu tía" come from?

expresiones modismos historia coloquialismos

answered Oct 19, 2017 at 7:47

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¿Cuál es el origen del prefijo "requete-"?

etimología prefijos

answered Jun 10, 2016 at 10:46

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Why does the Spanish alphabet include "k"?

ortografía letras

answered Jan 12, 2017 at 7:54

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"No se hable más" - Why the "se"?

modismos conjugación reflexivos

answered Feb 11, 2021 at 10:27

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Spanish equivalent to "he can dish it out but he can't take it"

traducción modismos solicitud-de-modismo

answered Aug 25, 2020 at 9:14

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Is it OK to translate "disable" as "deshabilitar" in Spanish?

traducción vocabulario-técnico

answered Sep 21, 2017 at 13:22

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"Voy a dormir" vs "me voy a dormir" - huge difference or not?

verbos reflexivos se

answered Mar 8, 2017 at 13:57

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Why is Argentinian pronunciation different from other countries?

verbos diferencias-regionales pronunciación argentina imperativo

answered Mar 29, 2017 at 8:46

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Possible translation of 'dogtor'?

traducción solicitud-de-término

answered Aug 6, 2020 at 20:50

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Is there a Spanish idiom equivalent to the English "I'd rather stick pins in my eyes"?

traducción expresiones modismos solicitud-de-modismo

answered May 4, 2020 at 10:27

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Why is "a" needed in "Jugaba al tenis todos los días"?

gramática preposiciones artículos objetos-indirectos objetos-directos

answered Jun 5, 2019 at 6:02

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"Kyrie eleison": does Spanish have any Greek sayings, like it does Latin? If not, why?

locuciones latín griego

answered Oct 18, 2017 at 12:17

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¿"Case sensitive" en castellano?

traducción solicitud-de-término informática

answered Jun 6, 2016 at 9:51

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Why is the word for a baby bottle's nipple the same word as that for a male's nipple?

uso-de-palabras etimología

answered May 30, 2016 at 22:34

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Why do the verbs in Spanish only end in "ar, er, ir"?

verbos historia infinitivo

answered Jul 30, 2016 at 15:22

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"Sleep on it" in Spanish?

traducción solicitud-de-modismo

answered Aug 26, 2016 at 15:56

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Diferencias entre "Sánguche" y "Sandwich", y origen de la palabra

uso-de-palabras diferencias-regionales significado

answered Sep 16, 2016 at 17:36

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Why don't we put subject pronouns "you", "I" in questions? e.g."¿cómo tú estás?"

gramática pronombres

answered Jan 18, 2017 at 14:57

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¿Existe alguna palabra para nombrar la comida que se toma después de cenar?

comida solicitud-de-término

answered Oct 31, 2016 at 12:57

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Etymologically, why do "ser" and "estar" exist? / Etimológicamente, ¿por qué existen "ser" y "estar"?

Why does Agustín say "miércoles" in the Encanto movie? What does it mean?

What's that funny "illo" I keep hearing in Southern Spain?

Translation Golf XLVIII — We're sorry to see you go

¿Por qué no decimos "crocodilo"?

Are there any more informal ways of saying "thanks" than "gracias"?

¿Es "bizarro" en algún caso la traducción de "bizarre"?

¿Por qué "duro" en España significa "dinero"?

¿Qué casos existen en el español de etimologías "cíclicas"?

Is the phrase "Me siento mal" grammatically correct in Spanish?

What are the differences between "ser" and "estar"? When to use each? // ¿Cuáles son las diferencias entre "ser" y "estar"? ¿Cuándo se usa cada uno?

Where does the expression "no hay tu tía" come from?

¿Cuál es el origen del prefijo "requete-"?

Why does the Spanish alphabet include "k"?

"No se hable más" - Why the "se"?

Spanish equivalent to "he can dish it out but he can't take it"

Is it OK to translate "disable" as "deshabilitar" in Spanish?

"Voy a dormir" vs "me voy a dormir" - huge difference or not?

Why is Argentinian pronunciation different from other countries?

Possible translation of 'dogtor'?

Is there a Spanish idiom equivalent to the English "I'd rather stick pins in my eyes"?

Why is "a" needed in "Jugaba al tenis todos los días"?

"Kyrie eleison": does Spanish have any Greek sayings, like it does Latin? If not, why?

¿"Case sensitive" en castellano?

Why is the word for a baby bottle's nipple the same word as that for a male's nipple?

Why do the verbs in Spanish only end in "ar, er, ir"?

"Sleep on it" in Spanish?

Diferencias entre "Sánguche" y "Sandwich", y origen de la palabra

Why don't we put subject pronouns "you", "I" in questions? e.g."¿cómo tú estás?"

¿Existe alguna palabra para nombrar la comida que se toma después de cenar?