I learned Spanish in Mexico and this usage is not familiar to me. Is it more likely found in Spain?
Como=if
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Julia M.Kwiziq community member
Como=if
This question relates to:Spanish lesson "Using como as "if" (subordinate conditional clause)"
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InmaKwiziq team member
Hola Julia
This is very common in Spain. I believe it is also something commonly used in Latin America, at least in some countries. Maybe you haven't come across it before.
Saludos
Inma
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David M. Kwiziq Q&A super contributor
Thank you for this exercise, Inma - it is something completely new to me - despite the fact that I have been working at my Spanish [or trying to !] for 20 years... > @Julia - "A new reference grammar of Modern Spanish" by Butt and Benjamin (4th edition, on p.365) says that according to Lope Blanch this construction is unknown in Mexican Spanish - [although it is used in Cuba]
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