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Spanish Word of the Day
| March 24th, 2014 at 10:59:54 AM permalink | |
| Wizard Administrator Member since: Oct 23, 2012 Threads: 241 Posts: 6108 |
Please ask questions on forum rules by PM. Please be direct about what it is you want to know. Knowledge is Good -- Emil Faber |
| March 24th, 2014 at 4:16:29 PM permalink | |
| Wizard Administrator Member since: Oct 23, 2012 Threads: 241 Posts: 6108 | Fecha: 25-3-14 Palabra: Suprimir Today's SWD means to abolish. The assignment for the advanced readers is to confirm or deny a common etymology with the "sup" prefix in English, in such words as supersede, supremacy, and superintendent. Ejemplo time. Si fui el rey del mundo Te digo que hacer Suprimiré los coches, las tabernas, y las guerras y hacer amor dulce contigo. = If I were the King of the world Tell you what I'd do I'd throw away the cars and the bars and the wars And make sweet love to you Knowledge is Good -- Emil Faber |
| March 24th, 2014 at 4:41:47 PM permalink | |
| Nareed Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 346 Posts: 12545 |
It means more to delete or to suppress. The word for abolish is abolir.
Sickly sweet quality aside,: Si FUERA el rey del mundo Te digo que HARÍA TIRARÍA a la basura los coches, los bares y las guerras y HARÍA, etc. What have you got against bars and driving? Donald Trump is a one-term LOSER |
| March 24th, 2014 at 6:58:18 PM permalink | |
| Wizard Administrator Member since: Oct 23, 2012 Threads: 241 Posts: 6108 |
Los gentes fuman en los barres y manejando contribuir a calentando mundial. Knowledge is Good -- Emil Faber |
| March 24th, 2014 at 7:24:43 PM permalink | |
| Nareed Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 346 Posts: 12545 |
LA gente. "Gente" is plural in the singular, just like "people" is in English, but it has a plural form. Also "fuma" "y manjaR contribuye aL..." Global Warming (TM) as a catastrophe is little more than a myth of the Church of the Burning Globe (not its real name). The purpose is to sell indulgences, or carbon offsets. I take it you've scrapped all your cars, took a sailing ship to Malta and get around only on foot or bycycle? ;) Donald Trump is a one-term LOSER |
| March 24th, 2014 at 7:43:07 PM permalink | |
| Wizard Administrator Member since: Oct 23, 2012 Threads: 241 Posts: 6108 |
 Source: http://www.roperld.com/science/GlobalWarmingGraphs.htm.
It isn't owning cars that is the problem but driving them, which I do very little of. I get around plenty by bicycle. Fair point about Malta. I owe some carbon offsets for that one. Knowledge is Good -- Emil Faber |
| March 25th, 2014 at 7:34:48 PM permalink | |
| Wizard Administrator Member since: Oct 23, 2012 Threads: 241 Posts: 6108 | Fecha: 25-3-14 Palabra: Peatona Today's SWD means pedestrian. The assignment for the advanced readers is to compare and contrast peatón y peatona. Ejemplo time. Soy un peatona por que quiero hacer mi parte a suprimir calentando mundial. = I am a pedestrian because I want to do my part to combat global warming. p.s. If I may ask an unrelated question, in Argentina who gives the gifts to kids on Christmas? Knowledge is Good -- Emil Faber |
| March 25th, 2014 at 7:40:06 PM permalink | |
| Nareed Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 346 Posts: 12545 | If you weren't the site owner, I'd be on you like Sheldon Cooper on a dirty shirt :) So I'll just point this out:
Fair? It was a cheap shot. Really. Donald Trump is a one-term LOSER |
| March 25th, 2014 at 7:52:20 PM permalink | |
| Wizard Administrator Member since: Oct 23, 2012 Threads: 241 Posts: 6108 |
Like I said, I don't get jokes. I take everything literally. Knowledge is Good -- Emil Faber |
| March 25th, 2014 at 8:50:02 PM permalink | |
| Pacomartin Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 1068 Posts: 12569 |
This assignment is particularly: peatón - masculine peatona - feminine This word does break the normal rules for masculine/feminine where one ends in 'o' and the other in 'a'. The reason is that it is a Spanish word that comes from a French word, "piéton".  |