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Newly Recognized Spanish Words Include Cultureta, Jet Lag and Homófobo
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| By definition, all living languages are in a state of change — and it shouldn't come as a surprise that as a result dictionaries change too. According to articles from Europapress.es and EFE today, the Spanish Royal Academy has made 2,996 changes to its authoritative online dictionary, including the addition of 408 entries.
Among the words not previously listed are oenegé (a nongovernmental organization, from the abbreviation ONG, the equivalent of "NGO" in English), sostenibilidad (sustainability), grafitero (graffiti artist), Read Full Post Newly Recognized Spanish Words Include Cultureta, Jet Lag and Homófobo originally appeared on About.com Spanish Language on Thursday, July 29th, 2010 at 11:18:07. Permalink | Comment | Email this
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Discussion, Not a Debate
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| In a previous entry of this blog, you may have noticed the Spanish word debate and thought it referred to a debate. In fact, it has a similar meaning but in the context is best translated as a discussion. Debate is just one example of a "fickle friend," a word in Spanish that looks like an English word and can mean the same as the English word but doesn't always. Our list of fickle friends has been one of the most popular features on this site. Also popular has been our list of false friends, which almost Read Full Post Discussion, Not a Debate originally appeared on About.com Spanish Language on Wednesday, July 28th, 2010 at 15:27:48. Permalink | Comment | Email this
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Nevertheless...
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There are many words and phrases we use to show how sentences or parts of sentences relate to each other. One type of those grammatical relationships is known as concession, which we indicate in English by words or phrases such as "nevertheless," "however" and "in spite of." Today's featured lesson shows how you can express those concepts in Spanish.
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The Value of Estimar
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| You might guess that the English words "estimate" and "esteem" are somehow related — indeed they are, and they can both be translated using the Spanish verb estimar. Our newest lesson shows how this verb and words related to it are used, complete with examples of Read Full Post The Value of Estimar originally appeared on About.com Spanish Language on Monday, July 26th, 2010 at 13:23:37. Permalink | Comment | Email this
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Why Is the Subjunctive Used Here?
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| From the mailbox: We are a group of five who meet without a teacher and struggle through books, telenovelas, etc., on our own. We are reading Isabel Allende's La Ciudad de las bestias. We have run into some subjunctive use we cannot figure out.Alex se colocó junto a su amiga y procuró calmar a los guerreros con gestos,
pero lo único que consiguió fue que Tahama cogiera a Nadia por el cabello y empezara a darle tirones, arrastrándola hacia la catarata mientras Borobá daba manotazos y chillaba.
Le repitió lo que tantas veces oyera decir a su padre: «antes de vencer la montaña hay que aprender a usar el temor». Why is the subjunctive used in these two sentences? Any and all help appreciated. I have posted this to the forum but perhaps you can help too. ¡Gracias! What an interesting question! First of all, let me translate parts of your sentences for others reading this:
- ... pero lo único que consiguió fue que Tahama cogiera a Nadia por el cabello y empezara a darle tirones...
... but the only it accomplished was that Tahama grabbed Nadia by her hair and began to yank on her ...
- Le repitió lo que tantas veces oyera decir a su padre ...
He repeated to her what he had so often heard his father say ...
One answer I could give you — and it may sound like a copout — for the first selection is that the phrase "lo único que consiguió fue que" is, as a rule, followed by a verb in the subjunctive mood. The Spanish equivalent of "the only thing it accomplished" is fairly common, and you can simply count on it being followed by Read Full Post Why Is the Subjunctive Used Here? originally appeared on About.com Spanish Language on Sunday, July 25th, 2010 at 11:24:31. Permalink | Comment | Email this
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