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Spanish Language Weekly Newsletter - Tuesday, September 29, 2015

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Top new questions this week:

Como traducir pronombres reflexivos ("myself", "yourself", "ourselves", etc.)

Yo creo que puedo traducir algunos pronombres reflexivos, por ejemplo: Yo lo quiero hacer por mí mismo. (mí mismo -> myself) Él no podía hacerlo por sí mismo. (sí mismo -> himself, herself, ...

traducción pronombres  
asked by gnarlybracket 5 votes
answered by Nicolás 6 votes

¿Palabra adecuada para referirse a un retiro anticipado?

Estoy programando una aplicación móvil y en cierta parte debemos señalar que un empleado se retiro anticipadamente, es decir, se fue del trabajo antes de lo que indicaba su turno. El problema es su ...

selección-de-palabras  
asked by worm318 4 votes
answered by Andrea 0 votes

Electrical conversions

I am converting from English to Spanish in an electrical program. It appears that the following abbreviations are the same in Spanish. Am I correct? Voltage = V Ampere = A Hertz = Hz ...

abreviaturas  
asked by Kathy Anderson 4 votes
answered by Gorpik 5 votes

Hacer algo necesitase o no

La norma no escrita en las relaciones con las minorías parlamentarias de CiU ha permitido tradicionalmente durante los últimos veinte años que la Generalitat distribuyera estratégicamente a sus ...

traducción gramática modismos  
asked by whollum well 4 votes
answered by Nicolás 7 votes

English for "Colegio de Arquitectos"

What is a good english translation of Colegio de Arquitectos y Arquitectos Paisajistas de Puerto Rico ? I simply said "College of Architects" until my friend notified me that Colegio de Abogados ...

traducción selección-de-palabras modismos  
asked by john mangual 3 votes
answered by Nicolás 1 vote

"...a un gestor de residuos"??? What is it in English?

I was translating a certificate from a crematorium but I got stuck at the last paragraph. It says "... entregamos las prótesis no consumidas en la incineración a un gestor de residuos." I do ...

traducción vocabulario-tecnico  
asked by Magpie 3 votes
answered by Diego 3 votes

Pronouncing words with the letter "d" followed by the letter "r" - Podría

I have no problem pronouncing the letter d correctly in Spanish except when it's followed by the letter r . For example, in the words podría or Madrid. It's a challenge for my whole vocal system. ...

pronunciación  
asked by PonyVilla 3 votes
answered by Paco 2 votes

Greatest hits from previous weeks:

What does the slang "cerote" mean?

I know this is a slang expression from Central American people. I don't remember the context but it was something like: Eres un cerote! (from a pretty angry girl) I'm pretty sure it doesn't mean ...

jerga definiciones  
asked by César 11 votes
answered by jrdioko 9 votes

¿Qué significa en Argentina "al pedo"?

He escuchado y leído a argentinos decir "al pedo", por ejemplo, "estoy al pedo". Es evidente que NO se refiere a "estar pedo", que significa "estar borracho" en algunos sitios. ¿Qué significa "estar ...

uso-de-palabras definiciones modismos argentina  
asked by JoulSauron 10 votes
answered by Juan Pablo Califano 15 votes
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