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maybe i'm showing how stupid i am, but does it not mean what it sounds like in english? 'deception'


Sorry, it´s a trick question ... one of the few "- ción "words that doesn´t mean what it sounds like ....

i have not got a clue what dude's word is - is it rude?
No, esfuerzo is not rude
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No, esfuerzo is not rude
is it to do with food? (sorry doreen, i can't follow on with a spanish word until i've mastered this one) i'm trying is it - make an attempt - try

esfuerzo?
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is it to do with food? (sorry doreen, i can't follow on with a spanish word until i've mastered this one) i'm trying is it - make an attempt - try

esfuerzo?
If it's any consolation Colleen the Decepcion word has me stumped too.

As a clue for Esfuerzo think of physical exertion
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is it to do with food? (sorry doreen, i can't follow on with a spanish word until i've mastered this one) i'm trying is it - make an attempt - try
esfuerzo?
very good - hacer un esfuerzo is to make an attempt, effort ... to try

bien vale la pena el ezfuerzo - it´s well worth the effort

Still waiting on that false "deception"

... and just an additional question ... if you went to a boda, what would you wear?
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very good - hacer un esfuerzo is to make an attempt, effort ... to try

bien vale la pena el ezfuerzo - it´s well worth the effort

Still waiting on that false "deception"

... and just an additional question ... if you went to a boda, what would you wear?

doreen, don't let me get too over-confident

boda - gown? frock? i'm thinking along the lines of toga (wrong language - i know) boda?
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colleen would wear a special dress
She would indeed since it's a wedding!

Decepción = disappointment.

OK ... (estoy) harto/a ??
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OK ... (estoy) harto/a ??
Fed up, had enough of - and by extension, sometimes drunk, as in ¡ni harto de vino!: not even (if I were) drunk!

OK - here's a "falso amigo": preservativo
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