Spanish language Q&A Forum

Hi Inma

Am I right to assume that these essentially translate into English as the same thing? Otherwise, could you explain any other differences in meaning that might exist? 

1) Su avión ha debido retrasarse

2) Su avión debe haberse retrasado

AND that adding 'de' also makes no difference to the meaning (other than maybe 'strengthening' the assumption as we learned about here: Spanish modal verb Deber versus Deber de (obligation and assumption))? 

Saludos 

Couldn´t sueter  be a suitable option for jersey?

Also, what is the principal for  "de"  after parar or dejar in the last sentence,  "no parará de reír. "  or is this something  to memorize.

There’s too much new material in this lesson. I was only familiar with present subjunctive. To introduce two new subjunctive tenses here is a little much. 

I was just watching "¿Quién mato a Sara?"  (takes place in Mexico) where a security guard in a parking lot tells a character waiting in his car to meet with someone  "Estamos por cerrar". The English subtitles render it as something like "We're about to close."

Would saying "estamos para cerrar" also make sense in this context? Would the meaning be different, and if so how? Is it a regional/dialect thing? Does the nuance have to do with the implication of intent, as was generalized in another post, or is it more complex...?

I'm confused by this pair of expressions... they seem like they want to be different and yet the meanings seem confusingly close... I know language isn't always logical, but I'm just trying to get a feel for it. Thank you in advance...

I always appreciate the richness of meanings in the examples.  Could you please tell me if my list is correct?

 (1) Salir con alguien - go out with someone  

(2) Salir con (an item of clothing) - to go out wearing something  

(3) salir de un lugar - to leave a place 

(4) salir a un lugar - to go out to a place

 (5) something you did + salir - something turned out a certain way 

(6) salir bien vestidos - to go out well dressed.  

Thanks.

The quizzes have a tendency to ask good and interesting questions that aren’t in the lessons.  Could you please add a note that “el mayor/menor” is an exception and that we don’t say “el más menor/mayor”.  Thanks.  Otherwise a great lesson!

I am having a lot of trouble knowing which one of these to use. The explanations I have found don't make sense to me. For instance "haber estado" refers to something in the past that expresses movement. Then why, when I receive something from Amazon Mexico, does it say "Tu paquete ha sido entregado". ? Very confused about this and I can't find any coherent answers.