Spanish language Q&A Forum

I was doing a writing exercise, and I put "estar por" instead of "estar a punto de" and I was corrected and "estar por" wasn't shown as an option. I'm wondering why since I have heard and used this expression frequently. 

The phrase that has to be translated was, "He was about to go out the door when..."

Why is my answer wrong, I have used desde but the tense is marked wrong

I've  =    I have

so why not present perfect?

All the examples use an infinitive after "soler," but in the first test question, the verb following "soler" is conjugated. How do we know when to conjugate the verb after a conjugated "soler?"

Just want to mention that they often use this "Impersonal Third Person Plural" construction for newspaper headlines here in latin America.

Why isn’t this considered an action that started in the past and is still ongoing?

My husband is from Costa Rica 

I see earlier in the thread that you say that "rosado" also means pink.  Does the word "rosado" change to "rosada" with a feminine antecedent, or is it invariable, like "rosa"?

Please explain why it was necessary to insert "los" before ojos azules. I have trouble understanding when articles (both definite and indefinite) can be omitted and when they are required in written (and spoken for that matter) Spanish.

Thank you,

Pati Ecuamiga

When I quizzed my Studyplan, one of the questions was:

"What does "Olivia fue a la piscina esta mañana." mean?

The correct answer was: "Olivia went to the swimming pool this morning.", which I got right, because 'ir' is followed by 'a' in this sentence.

I noticed that in the lesson all the examples using "ser" in the Preterito Indefinido were followed by either a noun or an adjective: 

"Él fue alpinista en su juventud."  (He was a climber in his youth.) In this case a "noun"; 

"Ellos fueron muy famosos el año pasado." (They were very famous last year.) In this case an "adjective".

My question is how would you say, "Olivia WAS at the swimming pool this morning."?

Would you say, "Olivia fue en la piscina esta manana."?, using "en" rather than "a"?

("Olivia fue la piscina esta manana." doesn't sound right at all.)

If this is the case, a few examples added to the lesson would be a great help.

Gracias y Saludos

Así pues, si tengo - atreverse alguien a hacer algo - to dare someone to do something. 

How would I say: I dare you to do this - because it's atreverse you have to say me for me and then te for you? for example te atreveme a hacer esto. But it doesn't make sense because it's like the other person is daring me but in fact it's me daring the person. te atrave a hacer esto I think is better but then what about the 'me' because it's reflexive.