Questions tagged [frase]
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Phrase - "any old holidays"
I want to say "they were not any old holidays". I read the post What is the rule for cualquier, cualquiera, and cualesquiera?
I am wondering then is it: "no fueron unas vacaciones cualesquiera" or would it be better to just say "normales"?
Thanks
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Historical phrases with a modern viewpoint
I recently read a post about "en territorio comanche". It put me wondering if some phrases are still used widely? If they are, whether they are still appropriate. I mean some may be better than others, some may be interesting given their historical…
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keeping up with the joneses
I want to know the Spanish equivalent of ''keeping up with the Joneses''. This means to have a similar standard of living or success, if not better, than those around you.
I see in the Collins dictionary and Word Reference it is ''no ser menos que…
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Ora más, ora menos
I read the phrase "ora más ,ora menos" in El Mundo.
https://www.elmundo.es/album/yodona/belleza/2023/12/19/6581631fe85ece266b8b4595.html
The sentence is like this:
. Inés de la Fressange, un icono de la moda en su país y fuera de ella, que exporta…
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¿Cómo se traduciria "good deal"?
En el sentido de que "that's an amazing deal" cuando se encuentra algo que al contrario del normal es muy asequible, muy rebajado. Lo mejor que se me ocurre sería "es una muy buena oferta" pero no me suena nativo, o ¿esa expresión de verdad tendría…
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