Flashcards in 11. Which Is which? (detrás, to become, look) Deck (54)
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___ is just like detrás and can be discarded for the moment.
trás
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Usually: detrás de or atrás de?
use detrás de and you'll usually be right.
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In reference to someone coming up behind or after someone else:
"in pursuit of"
"back there somewhere"; or "later"
detrás de
atrás de
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Where's your Mom?
"viene atrás de mi"
she's coming behind me (later).
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Where's your Mom?
"viene datrás de mi"
she's coming after me (in hot pursuit)
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____ suggests a spacial relationship, or one thing being behind another, or one thing blocking another.
detrás
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___ is vague, meaning 'in back', 'back there somewhere,' or 'behind' (the speaker)
atrás
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Hay una montaña detrás de tu casa. But if someone inside your house asks where it is, you say:
alla atrás
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When you don't need 'de', use: atrás or detrás?
atrás (meaning as an adverb)
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detrás or atrás covers backward motion?
atrás
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va hacia atrás/detrás
va para atrás/detrás
atrás
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He's backing out.
Se está echando para atrás.
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Don't look back.
No mires atrás.
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'back' in the sense of 'returned': ____ or _____
de regreso; de vuelta (both are used with estar)
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He's back now after his trip.
Él está de vuelta/regreso después de su viaje. (of course volver and regresar convey the same thing: instead of estar + vuelta de).
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"back" of the bus/theatre/etc.
el fondo
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'bottom' of a glass/swimming pool/etc.
el fondo
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'to the back' 'all the way to the back'
al fondo
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'in the back' vs 'at the very back'
atrás vs. al fondo
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'all the way back on your right'
al fondo a la derecha
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As a rule, ____ is the handiest word for 'to become'
ponerse
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____ in general, is for fleeting states of mind or conditions.
ponerse
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'to get/become furious'
ponerse furioso
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'to get/become old'
ponerse viejo
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'to get/become nervous'
ponserse nervioso
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For longer term, usually nonreversable conditions, ____ is the verb you usually want.
hacerse
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I became/got rich.
Me hice rico.
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The penny is becoming useless.
El penique está haciendo inútil.
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The new dance is becoming popular.
El nuevo baile está haciendo popular.
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