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A little help! For Spanish-speaking teachers
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Rainbow_02
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A little help! For Spanish-speaking teachers
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Talking about illnesses.. What would be the verb "contagiar"?
I Know I can say: I catch/caught an illness or we say that "an illness has spread", for example... But if I want to say I had a bad cold (y se lo contagi�, a �l/ella)??? What would be the right expression to use?
Thanks!
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26 Jan 2012
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coyote.chus
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infect, transmit, spread, pass on |
26 Jan 2012
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hatooom
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normally they say to contract a diseaseto get an illness ex:Two-thirds of the adult population there has contracted AIDS. |
26 Jan 2012
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yanogator
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I had a bad cold and he/she caught it.
I had a bad cold and it spread to him/her.
I had a bad cold and passed it on to him/her.
Bruce |
26 Jan 2012
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libertybelle
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If you �ve got something "catchy" you are contagious or you �ve got something that is contagious.
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27 Jan 2012
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Rainbow_02
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I think Bruce has given me the expression I was looking for! ;)
Thanks to all anyway!! :)
Vale.- |
27 Jan 2012
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moravc
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"I had a bad cold and he/she caught it." sounds correct and easy to remember phrase. Thank you Bruce!
(to catch is a high frequency verb and there is no need to use prepositions in this sentence (prepositions are not easy to remember because they vary among languages)
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27 Jan 2012
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aliciapc
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Bruce �s " I passed it on to him/her " is the best one ... |
27 Jan 2012
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manuelanunes3
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Hi 
Could we say: I caught it from him/her?
Just a question ... |
27 Jan 2012
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