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Ian B.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

English not making sense

Si iba a la peluquería, me gastaba mucho dinero.
If I went to the hairdresser, I spent a lot of money.

Sorry but I can't make any sense out of the use of English in this example.

"When I went to the hairdresser, I spent a lot of money" No problem

"If I had been to the hairdresser, I would have spent a lort of money" OK

"If I were to go to the hairdresser, I would spend a lot of money"

"If I go to the hairdresser, I shall spend a lot of money"

The example: If I went to the hairdreser, I spent a lot of money" is not good English.

Hope this can be of help.

Ian B

Asked 6 years ago

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Justin L.C1Kwiziq community member

por llover o para llover

¿Tienen el mismo significado "está por llover" y "está para llover"? ¿Hay algún matiz?

Asked 4 years ago

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Garry M.B1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

hay/está

So, "hay" is used for both singular and plural? And not "han bares in mi varrio"? Can "ha" be used in such a case?

Asked 6 years ago

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Michael T.C1Kwiziq community member

acabarse + noun or acabar con + noun?

In your explanation above under "careful", the original sense used "acabamos con" but the follow-up explanation used "nos acabamos". Are they interchangeable?

Asked 4 years ago

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Rita P.A2Kwiziq community member

Marked incorrect because I did on use upper case for first letter in setence. So, nearly right?

Asked 7 years ago

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Paris K.A1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

insistir en que

Hola Foro y los expertos

Tengo una pregunta a propósito de la part de la oración 'pero he de insistir en que vayas a Córdoba'.

Por qué, usamos 'en' aquí. No es possible decirlo igualmente sin 'en', 'pero he de insistir que vayas a Córdoba'.

Asked 5 years ago

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C. S.B1Kwiziq community member

Is this common usage?

I shared this example with my Spanish teacher, as I have never heard the conditional used in this way. She said that this form is not commonly used in Mexico. Is it more specific to Spain and/or other countries?

Asked 5 years ago

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Robert W.C1Kwiziq community member

For the following question, is "echar" the best choice? Looking it up in a couple dictionaries, it would seem that extrañar would be a better choice?Usted ________ echar de menos el perfume de su mujer.You used to miss your wife's perfume.I wasn't able to find "miss" as a definition for "echar". Is that a common usage, or could people misinterpret that sentence?

Asked 7 years ago

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Gerald R.B2Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

gran vs. grande

In this exercise, the adjective "gran" has been placed BEFORE the noun "siesta". To me, that suggests that the nap was "great", "wonderful", "marvelous", etc. as opposed to big, (i.e., long) in which case, I think that the adjective "grande" would be used and placed BEHIND the noun "siesta". However, in the English translation, I think I remember the word "big" being used (I'm not absolutely positive about this). Would you care to comment on this issue?

Asked 3 years ago

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