Flashcards in 7. Sixty-Four Verbs part 10 Deck (58):
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"To treat"
Tratar- but far more commonly encountered with de and meaning "to try."
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Dictionaries ignore that 'tratar de' means 'to try', thus, a student has to choose among (4 verbs):
ensayar, procurar, intentar, pretender.
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"to try"
tratar de
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"I tried to sleep."
Traté de dormir.
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"We tried to call you."
Tratamos de llamarte.
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"Try to come before eleven."
Trata de venir antes de las once.
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Only when you're using "to try" in the sense of "to sample" or "to test" should you abandon 'tratar de'; the correct verb here is ____.
probar
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"Try to try (i.e. make an effort to sample) the 1985 white wine."
Trata de probar el vino blanco 1985.
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"to have to do with" or "to be about"
Tratarse
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"What's it about?" (in reference to a film, a book, a scuffle, an argument, and the like).
¿De qué se trata?
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"To treat" in the sense of "to pay for someone else" is usually handled by ___.
invitar
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"I'm treating"
Yo invito
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"to be worth"
valer
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"it's worth it"
vale la pena
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"it's not worth it"
no vale la pena
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"How much is it?" (with valer)
¿Cuánto vale?
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Another good use of _____, when it's preceded by más, is to translate English phrases that use "better" or "had better"
valer
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"You'd better get out of here." (valer)
Más te vale irte
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"We'd better ask" (valer)
Más vale preguntar
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"Better late than never" (valer)
Más vale tarde que nunca
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In Spain and less so elsewhere, ___ by itself is a common interjection for "all right" or "okay."
vale
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"I couldn't care less." (valer)
Me vale- This is especially true in Mexico (it is somewhat crude)
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"He doesn't give a damn."
Le vale- Common in Mexico, it's crudeness comes from the fact that it's a shortened and therefore euphemistic from of another phrase, which you'll have to read about in Chapter 10.
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Venir
"to come"
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"That's beside the point." (venir)
No viene el caso
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"next week" (venir)
la semana que viene
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"next year" (venir)
el año que viene
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Ver
"to see"
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"That man keeps looking at me." (ver)
Ese señor se me queda viendo.
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"That man keeps looking at me." (mirar)
Ese señor se me queda mirando.
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"I'm looking at your records"
Estoy viendo tus discos.
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"I'm looking at your records." (mirar)
Use ver here. mirar suggests you are gazing at the records as if waiting for them to do something.
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"Let's see . . ."
A ver
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"Let's see . . . " (with ir)
vamos a vir- this is used less common than 'a ver' as an interjection or a 'crutch' word.
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"to have to do with" (ver)
Tener que ver con
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"I have nothing to do with this business."
No tengo nada que ver con el asunto.
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"That's irrelevant." (ver)
No tiene que ver
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___ is sometimes used to express an opinión, in the sense of how you "see" or "size up" a problem.
Ver
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"It looks difficult to me."
Lo veo difícil.
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"to look" (referring to the appearance of something or someone)
verse
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"It/he/she/ looks good."
Se ve bien.
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"It looks difficult"
Se ve difícil
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"It looks nice"
Se ve bonito
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"You can tell that . . ." (ver)
Se ve que . . .
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"It's obvious that . . ." (ver)
Se ve que . . .
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"You can tell they haven't changed the water in the pool."
Se ve que no han cambiado el agua en la piscina.
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"You can tell that they're great friends."
Se ve que son grandes amigos.
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"to return" or "to come back"
volver; regresar. (In this case, volver is interchangeable with regresar)
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"to repeat" or "to do again" volver + a + infinitive, regresar + a + infinitive, or both?
volver + a + infinitive
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An alternative to otra vez is:
volver + a + infinitive
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"Thanks, I'll call back (again) later." (volver)
Gracias, vuelvo a llamar más tarde.
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"If you ask me for it again, I'm not going to give it to you."
Si me lo vuelves a pedir, no te lo voy a dar.
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"Try again." (volver)
Vuelves a intentar.
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Can volver be used to "return" a book to the library?
No.
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Can regresar be used to return a book to the library?
yes
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Can devolver be used to return a book to the library?
yes
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"Give me back my girl."
Devuélveme a mi chica- this was the name of a pop song a few years ago.
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