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What is the difference between "temporada" and "estación"?
The words temporada and estación both mean season in English. Is there any difference between these two words? How can I use them properly?
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What is the spanish translation for "Account" when referring to a user account on a website?
The English > Spanish translation of account on Google Translate comes up with various forms of the word cuenta.
However, the Spanish > English translation of cuenta returns words relating to financial transactions.
The word I want refers to…
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What is the longest word in Spanish?
What is the longest word in Spanish accepted by the Real Academia Española? What about words not officially accepted by the RAE?
¿Cuál es la palabra en español más larga aceptada por la Real Academia Española? ¿Y la palabra no oficialmente aceptada…
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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 an equivalent Spanish language phrase or sentence that…
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¿Es "la azúcar" o "el azúcar"?
I'm a bit confused: Is "sugar" "la azúcar" or "el azúcar"?
If both are correct: Does it depend on the context? Are there more words where both articles can be used?
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¿Qué término se usa en español para "Game Changer"?
¿Qué término se usa (o podemos usar) en español para "Game Changer"?
"Game Changer" o "game changing" se define como:
(literally or figuratively) Something unexpected which changes the rules of a process viewed as a game.
(sports or figuratively)…
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Is "versus" a Spanish word?
RAE says no, wordreference says yes. Is it used or understood by the Spanish speakers?
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Why are Spanish adverbs formed using the feminine?
To form adverbs in Spanish, you take your chosen adjective, e.g. lent@ - slow, turn it into the feminine form, lenta, then add -mente, lentamente - slowly.
Why do you use the feminine form here?
In most gender-neutral cases, Spanish takes the…
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Significado de "ah re"
Soy de Argentina, y veo que siempre dicen
ah re
justo después de decir una tontería.
¿Harán referencia a montar caballos?
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How does a doctor phrase expressions of empathy in Spanish? Similar to "I'm sorry to hear that..."
As a family medicine doctor, I want to refine how I express empathy with the different types of suffering that people experience. My voice and body language show the empathy I feel, but I don't feel I am verbally expressing it well enough.
If you…
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Difference between "oreja" and "oído"
What is the difference between 'oreja' and 'oído'?
Both mean ear, no?
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Is there a Spanish word for "Tada!"?
Do Spanish speakers use the word "Tada!" or is there another, better one? I am particularly interested in Mexican Spanish. You use it when something is transformed or revealed. For example, when you reveal an unexpected gift, or when someone enters…
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How to translate the idiomatic expressions "I wish!" and "You wish!"
What's the best way to say "I wish!" as in...
A: I hear you're a good dancer.
B: Ha! I wish!
Or...
A: Will you help me move this piano?
B: Ha! You wish!
What is the best way to translate these idiomatic expressions, and their sarcastic tone?
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¿Es correcto mantener "de" y "el" separados en algún caso?
Estoy leyendo "El maestro y Margarita", de Mijaíl Bulgákov (¡los nombres transcritos de otros alfabetos se acentúan!).
En él hay una construcción que me ha parecido incorrecta:
Naturalmente, los nuevos inquilinos del condenado apartamento también
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¿Qué significa "como agua para chocolate"?
I know that "como agua para chocolate" means "like water for chocolate". And I am aware that it is a novel (and there is film made after the novel), which has its origin in Mexico.
But, I heard it said in a song now.
Y esto está como agua para…
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