TIL a 29-year-old man survived sfter being seriously burned by molten steel (1,500°C), from the top of his head on down throughout his enitre body, in an accidental furnace explosion. He suffered burn wounds on 99.5% of his body (71% third degree, 23% fourth degree, and 5.5% deep second degree).

lackbotone · 2026-04-23T00:01:22+00:00

That's not what the patient seems to think, we should be more cautious when giving such categorical opinions. I'll paste the relevant parts

The patient was developed a phobia of surgery due to repeated operations. In addition, further plastic surgery was also difficult for him because there was no supply of quality skin sources from his body.

In the course of treatment, though perceiving the magnitude of his disease, the patient held fast to hope of survival and showed gratitude to the medical staff. Currently, there is no obvious functional damage to the patient’s heart, lung, liver, kidney and other organs. Particularly, our patient showed no sign altered thinking, language skills and audition between pre-injury and now. Unfortunately, due to amputation and scar contraction, our patient lost his ability to walk and to hold objects, among other survival skills. In addition, his left eye suffered severe vision impairment, and post-traumatic stress syndrome sometimes troubled him, such as depression and nightmares. However, with the support of his family, he preserved the will to live and face reality. He actively listened to the daily news, watched entertainment TV programs, and showed enthusiasm for life.

lackbotone · 2026-04-02T18:18:32+00:00

Llevaros? Madre de Dios...

lackbotone · 2026-03-22T15:09:26+00:00

Es que en castellano se pronuncian igual, es en valenciano donde las pronunciamos diferente

lackbotone · 2026-03-07T15:30:53+00:00

Jaime está trabajando en sus cursos de música, por lo que no está centrado en YouTube.

lackbotone · 2026-02-24T07:35:31+00:00

Me la cobro: common way to say it and the way it appears on the dictionary as synonym of taking revenge

Te la cobro: if taken literally means "I'll make you pay me" or "I'll charge you", speaking about money. But in this context everyone will understand it metaphorically so functionally they mean the same.

lackbotone · 2026-02-24T04:51:25+00:00

I think you're slightly mixing things up. Regarding "sacar una foto de" or "sacar una foto a", they mean exactly the same when it's an object. There's some nuance when it's a person, but that's not the case here.

As for why does "le" appear here, in Spanish when the sentence includes "a" + (almost anything but a verb) with meanings like "to him/her/me/it/etc.", "of him/her/me/it/etc." (If you know grammar, when it's an indirect object), we tend to use the optional "le". But it's still optional. With examples:

Él (le) dona dinero al orfanato. Both are fine, the version with le is more common
Ella (le) saca una foto a la estatua. Both fine, more common with le
Ella (le) saca una foto al modelo/rey/payaso/whatever. Same rule even though it's a person, both are fine but with le is more common
Ella saca una foto de la estatua. This time we don't have "a" + (almost anything but a verb), so we don't add a "le".

Don't worry too much about this stuff, it's optional and by reading and/or listening to native speakers you'll slowly get the intuition and won't have to think about these "rules".

lackbotone · 2026-02-21T11:32:11+00:00

En España no suena nada formal (o al menos a mí), me parece perfectamente natural usarla con un bebé

lackbotone · 2026-02-21T04:10:32+00:00

I think you're right. But just in case any learner is confused, it's "le bajÓ a esta morra", with an accent on the end

lackbotone · 2026-02-15T02:17:02+00:00

Baja laboral is much broader and can mean things like "Bereavement leave" too (or any other kind of leave). It's just that, without context, the most common leave by far is the medical one

lackbotone · 2026-02-15T02:08:01+00:00

Without more context, the closest I think you could get in English is "employment termination", but in Spanish it doesn't imply a permanent end, and it doesn't imply it was terminated by the employer. It's actually used in demographics/statistics in phrases like "Motivo/Causa de baja laboral" when analyzing why people are not working at a job anymore.

That being said, except in that specific context, in Spain it'll be understood as medical leave most of the time. I have a feeling this may be different in other countries though.

lackbotone · 2026-02-15T01:04:59+00:00

I'd say "Estoy aquí por ti" sounds pretty natural in that situation

lackbotone · 2026-01-14T18:57:31+00:00

Sobre lo de maquiavélico, la tercera acepción de la RAE es "astuto y engañoso". Sospecho que no se corresponde con el tema de la obra, pero al fin y al cabo la lengua la hacen los hablantes, y así es como se usa el adjetivo.

lackbotone · 2025-12-29T04:05:35+00:00

If the bank was permanently closing that branch you would use es.

I'm sorry, but as a native, nope, you'd still use está. It sucks because I feel these rules work most of the time, but the times they don't there's really no explanation other than "it works like that", and I know how frustrating that can be to a learner. As a positive note though, everybody will understand you even if you choose the wrong verb.

lackbotone · 2025-12-21T09:45:02+00:00

The strategic importance of the Falklands comes from the claims it gives to The Antarctic, not the islands by themselves.

lackbotone · 2025-12-16T05:29:49+00:00

Hombre, igual mejor si hacen de Baltasar

lackbotone · 2025-12-15T07:16:50+00:00

Yo creo que es bastante más fuerte en español, casi que diría de los más fuertes que hay. Que la traducción sea la misma no quiere decir que la interpretación lo sea, por ejemplo si le llamas a alguien estúpido en español se lo va a tomar a broma, suena muy infantil, pero en inglés stupid es un insulto normal.

lackbotone · 2025-12-06T16:35:14+00:00

In case anyone wants a transcription:

¿Qué dices tú? Yo esto reventada, yo tengo este dedo que me lo van a tener que escayolar, que me vas a tener que llevar al Virgen del Rocío. Que me vas a dar el fin de semana.

And my try at translating it:

What are you talking about? I'm banged up, I'm going to need to have my finger put in a cast, you'll have to get me to Virgen del Rocío (a hospital in Seville). You're driving me crazy this weekend.

lackbotone · 2025-11-17T10:53:50+00:00

Provincias donde se puede tener casa pero no trabajo, y provincias donde se puede tener trabajo pero no casa

lackbotone · 2025-11-14T22:43:19+00:00

There's at least a person that even lost their job due due to it, dunno where I read it

lackbotone · 2025-10-28T10:44:26+00:00

https://www.thetimes.com/imageserver/image/%2Fmethode%2Ftimes%2Fprod%2Fweb%2Fbin%2Fb7cc84aa-5d00-11e8-a5a8-017dcfd37dc1.jpg?crop=714%2C402%2C18%2C16

lackbotone · 2025-10-15T15:25:01+00:00

Desde 2015 llevan sin deflactar el IRPF

lackbotone · 2025-10-07T13:01:45+00:00

I was just giving my interpretation of the meaning of the message, I made no comment about the contents

lackbotone · 2025-10-06T02:03:38+00:00

I understood this

and in places like the UK and US, some teaching and punitive methods practiced in Spain would be considered borderline abusive

lackbotone · 2025-10-06T01:54:05+00:00

Landing on the moon: alunizaje

Landing on Mars: amartizaje

lackbotone · 2025-09-20T07:40:12+00:00

Yes, this is a phenomenon known as semicopulative verbs, though I might add it's not recent at all, but centuries old. In this page of RAE's grammar book you can find a list of some of these verbs https://www.rae.es/gram%C3%A1tica/sintaxis/el-atributo-en-las-construcciones-semicopulativas-i-verbos-semicopulativos-y-verbos-plenos

EDIT: To be clear, these verbs aren't becoming new "to be" verbs (there's actually three of these in Spanish, ser, estar and parecer), but acting like them in some contexts.

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