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Wylnn S.C1Kwiziq community member

Can you ever use (a) in place of (de) here or ever?

In the example,

El armario es dificil de montar, can you say (difícil a montar)?

Is that acceptable in any situation?

Asked 3 years ago

Clyde E.B2Kwiziq community member

Excelente epílogo en memoria de Fernando Botero"The most Colombian of Colombian artists." I am not a Colombian native although Colombia has been my second residence for more than 15 years. I've had the pleasure of viewing Botero's works in Cartagena, Bogotá, and Medellín. Botero is as equally heralded as the personification of Colombian culture as Gabriel Garcia Márquez, both geniuses in their own right. Revisar el recuerdo de mi primera experiencia viendo el arte sumamente singular de Botero en la Plaza Botero, Medellín, frente al Museo de Antioquia, me deja con algo de melancolía al saber que perdimos una de las voces más influyentes de nuestra época. Nevertheless, thank you for giving recognition to one of Colombia's most gifted and cherished individuals through a delightful, brief biography!

Asked 2 years ago

Rebekah R.C1Kwiziq community member

Hubiste de tener cuidadoI answered that the translation is "You should have been careful." However, the correct answer was "You had to be careful." I'm not sure why my answer was not also correct.

Asked 2 years ago

Mirco N.A2Kwiziq community member

When not to use an article in SpanishThe translation for "for rare diseases" is "por las enfermedades raras". In English no article is used, in Spanish there is. Is there a rule when no article is needed?

Asked 2 years ago

Martha R.B2Kwiziq community member

is there a quiz about las fallas de Valencia reading material?

Asked 3 years ago

Bob M.B1Kwiziq community member

Accent in conjugation of reirWhy is the i accented in the conjugation of reir but not in other e>i verbs? What is the rule for use of the accent here?

Asked 8 months ago

Gary M.C1Kwiziq community member

Éstas vs. Estas

I am confused by when to use éstas with a tilde and when not to. And would this sentence work without using either? Just saying ...zonas de ocio sino que también permiten a la población...

Además, las zonas verdes no son consideradas exclusivamente como zonas de ocio sino que éstas también permiten a la población estudiar horticultura.

Asked 2 years ago

David L.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Translating 'despite'

Despite the considerable damage inflicted is translated as:

A pesar del hecho de que se produjeron numerosos daños

Is it possible to say 'A pesar de que se produjeron numerosos daños'?

The first one sounds like a literal translation of 'despite the fact that' and very formal

If both are correct which is the most natural?

Gracias

Asked 2 years ago

Jeanela M.Kwiziq community member

Paraguay - jeanela Macedo

Es Paraguay una pais pobre, o una pais rica?

quien son personas famosos de Paraguay?

Como estan los cuidades en Paraguay?

como son los calles y casas en Paraguay?

Asked 3 years ago

M. L.A2Kwiziq community member

Yo ________ que sí. Why is the answer he dicho and not hube dicho? I thought hube dicho is in Pretérito Perfecto and he dicho is in the present perfect. The quiz question says to answer in Pretérito Perfecto.

Asked 2 years ago

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