7 miscNov6,dec2 Flashcards
the difference between “a estas alturas” and “a esas alturas”
la diferencia entre “a estas alturas” y “a esas alturas”
- a estas alturas - at these points-stages, etc. although used for at this point etc. usually refers to the present
- a esas alturas - at those/that points, by now, etc. usually used more about the past
By now I should know the answer, but I don´t know (it).
A estas alturas debería saber la respuesta, pero no lo sé.
to be alike-similar, to resemble/to look alike
asemejarse
I completely forgot about it.
Se me olvidó por completo.
a jacket in Guate
una chumpa
don´t use chaqueta - it means masturbation!
Maybe also el saco
popcorn in Guate
el poporopo
elsewhere - las palomitas
blanket/bedcovers in Guate
la chamarra, maybe also la manta, la cobija
I (VS) am too tired.
Estoy demasiado cansada.
demasiado (too) is an adv and invariable
cansada - a past participle (ado/ido) functioning as an adj, so changes gender
the slide
the device
la dispositiva - think you used to use these a lot, so Feminine
el dispositivo - devices are more teky, so masculine
The twins are very alike but you (all) can tell them apart.
Los gemelos se asemejan mucho pero se les puede distinguir.
the footprint/track/trace/mark
la huela
to smell
he smells the smoke
oler
Él huele el humo. irregular verb
the skeleton
la calaca - think bones clacking
El esqueleto
THe next President of Argentina, Javier Milei, is a right-wing libertarian economist de extrema derecha whose brash style resembles that of Donald Trump.
El próximo presidente de Argentina, Javier Milei, es un economista libertario de la derecha extrema cuyo estilo osado se asemeja al de Donald Trump.
osado -adj. brash-daring-bold
the skulls
the sugar skull-treat
las calaveras
las calaveritas
this is Day of the Dead stuff
