deathmetal27@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 1 day agoWhat's a word or concept in your language that does not translate very well to English?message-squaremessage-square121linkfedilinkarrow-up1121arrow-down13file-text
arrow-up1118arrow-down1message-squareWhat's a word or concept in your language that does not translate very well to English?deathmetal27@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 1 day agomessage-square121linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareKairos@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up3·22 hours agoSecond one is “appreciate” in English.
minus-squareExLisper@lemmy.curiana.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·9 hours agoNot really. “Aproverchar” means more like “I have this things that I would normally throw out but I will used for X instead”. You wouldn’t say “I had some left over chicken so I appreciated it to make corquetas”.
minus-squaresome_kind_of_guy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·4 hours agoCloser to “appropriate” (the verb, not the adjective) but still not quite, it’s too formal
minus-squareblack0ut@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 hours agoIt’s not quite that either. The spanish word for “appropriate” is “apropiar”, and the meaning is the same. Aprovechar has a different meaning.
Second one is “appreciate” in English.
Not really. “Aproverchar” means more like “I have this things that I would normally throw out but I will used for X instead”. You wouldn’t say “I had some left over chicken so I appreciated it to make corquetas”.
Closer to “appropriate” (the verb, not the adjective) but still not quite, it’s too formal
It’s not quite that either. The spanish word for “appropriate” is “apropiar”, and the meaning is the same. Aprovechar has a different meaning.