Celebrate the holidays! Save 20% on annual and biennial Premium »

Como=if

Julia M.C1Kwiziq community member

Como=if

I learned Spanish in Mexico and this usage is not familiar to me. Is it more likely found in Spain?

This question relates to:Spanish lesson "Using como as "if" (subordinate conditional clause)"
Asked 5 years ago
Like2Answer2
Share
InmaNative Spanish expert teacher in Kwiziq

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

Like15 years ago
Share
David M.C1 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]

Like24 years ago
Share
Julia M. asked:

Como=if

I learned Spanish in Mexico and this usage is not familiar to me. Is it more likely found in Spain?

Sign in to submit your answer

Don't have an account yet? Join today

« use of expressions of doubtThe past perfect in English in place of the Spanish Preterito Indefinito? »
Ask a question

Find your Spanish level for FREE

Test your Spanish to the CEFR standard

Find your Spanish level
Thinking...