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Giros verbales (valer, venir, volver)

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We returned to Madrid in the afternoon.Volvimos a Madrid por la tarde
There are nothing but difficulties.Todo se vuelve dificultades
Don't do it again!No lo vuelvas a hacer
How suspicious you've become.Que suspicaz te has vuelto últimamente
How untrusting you've become.Que receloso te has vuelto últimamente
You must have gone crazy!¡Debes haberte vuelto loco!
You gave me your word that you would pay. Now don't go back on it!Me diste la palabra que pagaras. No te vuelvas atrás ahora.
Ajax turned his back on Ulysses.Ayax le volvió la espalda a Ulysses
It's driving me crazy!¡Me está volviendo loca!
Will you turn the pages for me?¿Me vuelves las páginas?
She redid all the dishes; She washed all the dishes again.Ella volvió a lavar los platos.
Don't come to me with gossip.No ve vengas a mí con chismes.
Come what mayVenga lo que venga
What is that for?; Where did that come from? (Unsuspecting remarks or behavior)¿A qué viene eso?
The scandal made the papers.El escándalo vino en la prensa.
She came back raving about the USVino entusiasmada de los EE.UU.
A modest apt in the Chueca district will cost you approximately 200,000 eurosUn piso modesto en el distrito Chueca te viene a costar unos 200.000 euros.
I've been telling you for I don't know how long.Vengo diciéndotelo desde hasta no sé cuánto tiempo.
Cash or charge, it amounts to the same thing.Efectivo o tarjeta, viene a ser lo mismo.
That's beside the point.Eso no viene al caso.
Andrea's family had come down in the world.La familia de Andrea había venido a menos (una familia venida a menos)
How much is a small apt in the Chueca district?¿Cuánto vale un piso en el distrito Chueca?
Excuses are of no avail.No valen nada las excusas.
Joyce makes use of all kinds of new narrative techniques.James Joyce se vale de (emplea/recurre a) todos tipos de nuevas técnicas narrativas.
Her tricks will not help her at all this time.No le valdrán sus trucos esta vez.
Cajal's neural discoveries won him (brought him) the Nobel PrizeLos descubrimientos neurales de Cajal le valió el premio Nobel.
It is best to keep quiet.Más vale callarse.
It would be better for you to mind your business.Más te valdría meterte en tus cosas.


Spanish Instructor
York School
Monterey, CA

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