deathmetal27@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 1 month agoWhat's a word or concept in your language that does not translate very well to English?message-squaremessage-square152linkfedilinkarrow-up1128arrow-down14file-text
arrow-up1124arrow-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 month agomessage-square152linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareExLisper@lemmy.curiana.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 month 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-up2·1 month agoCloser to “appropriate” (the verb, not the adjective) but still not quite, it’s too formal
minus-squareblack0ut@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 month agoIt’s not quite that either. The spanish word for “appropriate” is “apropiar”, and the meaning is the same. Aprovechar has a different meaning.
minus-squareThirdConsul@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 month agoI second the person before you, that is literally appreciate (a thing)
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.
I second the person before you, that is literally
appreciate (a thing)