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What could be a good translation for go-getter?
Last week I received an email from somebody in my organization reminding employees to be aware of having a goo work-life balance while we keep working from home due to the pandemic. The email said something in the lines of
I know that we are a…
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How do you say "make out" in Spanish?
To make out means to kiss.
But not just a quick peck on the cheek. Or even a single French kiss.
To make out means to like have a session of kissing usually with the intent of fore-play...
How do you say that in Spanish?
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Dos millones de personas están... ¿expuestas o expuestos? Un millón de personas... ¿tendrá o tendrán?
Me ha surgido la duda que explico a continuación sobre cómo se tiene que hacer la concordancia de género en frases con un predicado nominal en las cuales el sujeto contiene la expresión "millones de personas". El problema es que "millones" es…
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Why is "voy" used in "voy perdiendo" instead of "estoy"?
Apparently "Voy perdiendo" means "I'm losing." But I thought the present participle was formed using estar. I am confused!
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Is it acceptable to say "brasilero" instead of "brasileño"?
On the Wikipedia article in Spanish about Brazil, both terms, brasileño and brasilero, are used as gentilic for people born in Brazil. It also mentions that brasilero is used only on certain regions and as an adjective. So, the question is, under…
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Does 'hacer alguien matar' mean to make somebody kill or to get sb killed?
I heard the following sentence in the Narcos TV series, which takes place in Colombia:
Lo usamos y lo hicimos matar.
Translating literally, "lo hicimos matar" is "we made him kill" (= we got him to kill).
However, in this context the speaker is…
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¿Por qué se usa el subjuntivo en "quien fuera uno de los fundadores"?
La portada del libro Guerra de Yugurta (ISBN 968366153X) tiene esta frase:
La Biblioteca Sciptorvm Graecorvm et Romanorvm edita por segunda ocasión la Guerra de Yugurta, los Fragmentos de las historias y las Cartas a César sobre el gobierno de la…
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Starting a sentence instantly with a noun
From this thread Word order in passive voice I have been given comment about one of my own sentences used in question. Specifically, about this sentence:
Coches se venden aquí.
Comment was the following: "In any case, if you start the sentences with…
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Are there any non-binary pronouns or neopronouns in Spanish?
Is there any existing or proposed third-person singular pronoun that, unlike "él" or "ella", does not necessarily specify the sex of the person referred to? (I understand that nobody wants to be called "ello".)
¿Existe o hay propuesto algún…
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Can one use the present progressive or gerund like an adjective?
In English, I can say
The running dog eats.
This is a proper sentence and isn’t very weird or awkward wording. It uses “running” in the place an adjective could go.
In Spanish, is
El perro corriendo come.
or something similar proper grammar?
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¿Tiene nombre el movimiento de lanzar una moneda con el pulgar?
Me refiero al movimiento de lanzar una moneda con la punta del pulgar para hacerla girar.
En México le decimos volado pero no se si este movimiento o acción en realidad tenga un nombre, y si lo tiene cual seria el verbo de ejecutar tal acción, por…
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Usage of "adiós" in the Basque country
People in the Basque country commonly use local words, such as agur instead of adiós.
According to our former Spanish teacher, usage of adiós is unadvisable in the Basque country because of its negative connotations: this usage was allegedly…
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Spanish for "widget"
In computer science we are more or less used to the term widget:
An application, or a component of an interface, that enables a user to perform a function or access a service.
The user interface for the Stack Exchange sites hosts several of these…
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¿Superlativo de "frío"?
Ayer, en un spa, uno de mis vástagos dijo que el agua de la piscina fría estaba "friísima".
Él quería decir que el agua estaba muy fría, y de manera natural cogió el sufijo "-ísima" del superlativo, se lo colocó a una supuesta raíz "fri-" de "frío",…
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What does "bis" mean in an address?
In Mexico I often see street addresses in the form "Calle Guadaloupe, 76bis" instead of "Calle Guadaloupe, 76" or something. I think I have also seen this in various other Latin American countries. Another common form I remember is "Calle…
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