Idioms

Question 1

A - to, at

Answer 1

A la semana (al mes)
- Le pagan dos veces a la semana = They pay him twice a week

A + infinitive - if
- A haberlo comprado yo, lo hubiera devuelto = If I had bought it, I would have returned it

Al + infinitive - upon
- Al verla, la saludo = Upon seeing her, he said hello.

Uno a uno - one by one
- Entraron uno a uno = They entered one by one

Question 2

Abajo - down

Answer 2

De abajo - below
- Vive en el piso de abajo = He lives on the floor below

Hacia abajo - downward
- Miro hacia abajo = He looked down

Venirse abajo (a tierra) - to collapse
- La muralla se vino abajo (a tierra) = The wall collapsed

Question 3

El abril - April

Answer 3

Tener … abriles - to be … years old.

- Tenia veinte abriles = She was twenty years old (said only of young people)

Question 4

Absoluto - Absolute

Answer 4

En absoluto - not at all

- No dijo nada en absoluto = He said nothing at all

Question 5

La Abuela - Grandmother

Answer 5

No necesitar abuela - to toot one’s own horn

- No necesita abuela = He toots his own horn

Question 6

Abundar - To abound

Answer 6

Lo que abunda no dana = You can’t have too much of a good thing