Spanish language Q&A Forum

A great poem in Spanish which should be enjoyed in Spanish. While the translation gives lots of new vocab (with poetic license) the true enjoyment is in the flow of Spanish and not in the clumsiness of an English translation!

But the concept of the subjunctive is different in English and is little understood by most anglófonos. For example:

Te di el dinero para que me dejaras en paz. - In the English subjunctive form "I gave you the money so that you should leave me alone."

Whereas to use "would leave me alone" should be in the conditional: "Te di el dinero para que me dejarías en paz.

Or are the two subjunctive concepts interpreted "differently" ?

El profesor llevaba hablando con el estudiante diez minutos cuando entramos en la habitación.

El profesor había estado hablando con el estudiante diez minutos cuando entramos en la habitación

"Le compré flores."

Does this mean:

I bought her flowers (for her)

or

I bought flowers from her

How do I make it clearer, unambiguous?

Thank you.

Hello! I was wondering if there are any plans to include Latin American Spanish pronunciation for the example sentences in the near future? I would love to practice with a Latin American accent, as this would be incredibly helpful for my learning. Is this a feature that might be added?

habra convocatorias

Are there any guidelines for the use of the phrase '' ''los demás'' versus ''los otros''  this? Many thanks

In a sentence like:

"I believe that Juan does NOT have the book.", which is correct?:

Creo que Juan no tiene el libro.   o

Creo que Juan no tenga el libro.

Pensé que "encontrarse con" significaba un encuentro planeado mientras que "encontrarse a" significaba un encuentro casual. ¿Estoy equivocado?