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Mendizale replied to the thread Language questions.Well, that "coger" subjet always appears when chatting with latin american relatives visiting their family at home land, specially if they are young and from countries where that word has sexual connotations. Many Spaniards do have relatives in... -
But isn't it usually clear from the context what a speaker means? Like @Kirkie and presumably others I feared that the mysterious expression would be rude and/or have a sexual connotation so it was good to hear from a competent Spanish speaker...
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Check No. 23: "palo" means tree in Costa Rica, Honduras, México, Nicaragua, Puerto Rico and Dominican Republic. And No. 24: "palo" means shot of drink in Cuba, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic & Venezuela. https://dle.rae.es/palo RAE doesn't...
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Mendizale replied to the thread Language questions.Hola, Spanish and Basque (C2 level )bilingual native speaker here. French and English speaker also but they are more broken in my mind 🤭. Poles are bastones in Spanish, in the same sense what and elder would use is a bastón, not a palo...
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Mendizale reacted to BHP's post in the thread Death of American pilgrim in Castromaior today with
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This was my husband. So many thanks to all of my fellow pilgrims who stopped to help and to pray and to translate for me. He was doing what he loved. Thank you for the news article link. -
Mendizale replied to the thread Ordering beer in Spain.This thread is funny... I am from the basque area. When I travel to another region on holidays I am as lost as you 🤣. In my area caña is 33 cl, zurito 20cl. Nobody asks jarra or pint, that's only foreigners thing. So when I am in Madrid after my...
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Mendizale replied to the thread Deba to Zarautz or Zarautz to Deba?.Hi, I am a native from the province of Gipuzkoa. If you really want to do a walk in the Flysch you should be careful with the tides, think about doing it when the low tide is arriving at his maximum, can be a dangerous experience if you don't...
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Mendizale replied to the thread Beasain pilgrim's Albergue Hospitalero: OPENED FROM 11 MARCH 2024.2b stage is mainly farm houses roads until Venta de Iturriotz before ascending to Zelatun. Yes you can cross some mud paths paths as well I think. Mud is an important feature in basque mountains. Ongi etorri Euskal Herrira, welcome to the Basque...
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Mendizale replied to the thread Beasain pilgrim's Albergue Hospitalero: OPENED FROM 11 MARCH 2024.Of course! I did for users of this forum as well
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Mendizale reacted to Ena Nova's post in the thread Beasain pilgrim's Albergue Hospitalero: OPENED FROM 11 MARCH 2024 with
Thank you.
Eskerrik asko, bihotz-bihotzez!😍 This is exactly what we intend to do.:D But if the weather is ok we also wish to do the first stage of the variante Saiatz, from Hernani to Bidania. And then to Tolosa by bus. And the next day back to Bidania by...
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