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The Spanish Verb "repollar" | ||
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| espejismo Diglot Senior Member Russian Federation Joined 5051 days ago 498 posts - 905 votes  Speaks: Russian*, English Studies: Spanish, Greek, Azerbaijani | Message 9 of 14 20 August 2011 at 11:02pm | IP Logged | ||
LOL @ the dramatic beginning. so rebolar = pussy poppin' (I think) :)) Edited by espejismo on 20 August 2011 at 11:31pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| amethyst32 Diglot Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 5649 days ago 118 posts - 198 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: Portuguese, French | Message 10 of 14 21 August 2011 at 12:29am | IP Logged | ||
I think words like this are exceptions and there's no need for a context to learn the vast majority of verbs. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| tibbles Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 5191 days ago 245 posts - 422 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: Korean | Message 11 of 14 21 August 2011 at 8:21am | IP Logged | ||
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Is this any different than English speakers adding "ize" to a noun in order to create a new verb? Lazy members of the US business and management community love to use words such as "incentivize" and "productize".
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| albnarinos Tetraglot Groupie Spain Joined 6169 days ago 47 posts - 49 votes Speaks: Catalan, Spanish*, English, French Studies: German, Norwegian, Mandarin | Message 12 of 14 23 August 2011 at 4:54pm | IP Logged | ||
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I wouldn't really waste my time with repollar, no one I've mentioned it to seems to have ever heard it (and one of my closest friends comes from the countryside)
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| amethyst32 Diglot Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 5649 days ago 118 posts - 198 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: Portuguese, French | Message 13 of 14 26 August 2011 at 11:24am | IP Logged | ||
Hi
Well that might be good advice for some, but I find unusual words interesting and besides I have a good idea already of which verbs are in common usage and which aren't. But thanks anyway, lol! :-) Edited by amethyst32 on 26 August 2011 at 12:03pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| zsieri Triglot Newbie Spain Joined 4848 days ago 16 posts - 18 votes Speaks: Catalan, Spanish*, English Studies: Italian, German | Message 14 of 14 26 August 2011 at 12:36pm | IP Logged | ||
I'm Spaniard and never heard that word before either. But you might have a point here...as far as I've read in the dictionary definition written above, 'repollar' is not a verb but an adjective (related to the plant and its leaves), the sufix "-ar" wouldn't be related to the infinitive tense, but meaning 'related to' i.e. Luna --- Lunar (related to the moon), Círculo ---> Circular (circle-shaped). Hence Repollo ---> Repollar. Although creating and adjective after the humble 'repollo' sounds to me a bit far-fetched, it seems the word actually exists! The definition 'Formar repollo' which would be a verb, doesn't make much sense to me, I don't know what they mean really...perhaps the meaning is similar to the word 'apiñar/apiñarse' (to cram, or to crowd together) so 'repollar' might have a metaphorical meaning...Definitely not used in Spain, perhaps in any Latin American country. Just my 2 cents! Edited by zsieri on 26 August 2011 at 12:43pm 1 person has voted this message useful |
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