deathmetal27@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 8 days agoWhat's a word or concept in your language that does not translate very well to English?message-squaremessage-square107fedilinkarrow-up1132arrow-down12file-text
arrow-up1130arrow-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 · 8 days agomessage-square107fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareExLisper@lemmy.curiana.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·7 days 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-squareThirdConsul@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up1·7 days agoI second the person before you, that is literally appreciate (a thing)
minus-squaresome_kind_of_guy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·7 days agoCloser to “appropriate” (the verb, not the adjective) but still not quite, it’s too formal
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”.
I second the person before you, that is literally
appreciate (a thing)Closer to “appropriate” (the verb, not the adjective) but still not quite, it’s too formal