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Spanish Chunks Library

Master high-frequency phrases using the 80/20 principle for rapid Spanish fluency

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Hacer valer

To assert / To make something count / To stand up for

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Means asserting your rights, worth, or position. Hacer valer sus derechos = to stand up for your rights. Hacerse valer …
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Tener presente

To keep in mind / To bear in mind / To remember

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Very similar to tener en cuenta but more about actively keeping something in your awareness. Tener presente que = to …
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Pedir prestado

To borrow

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The natural collocation for borrowing something. Literally 'to ask on loan'. Pedir prestado algo a alguien = to borrow something …
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Dar por hecho

To take for granted / To assume

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Means assuming something is true or will happen without checking. Dar algo por hecho = to take something as a …
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Guardar las apariencias

To keep up appearances / To save face

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Describes maintaining an outward show of normality or respectability even when things are going wrong underneath.
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Dar la vuelta

To turn around / To go around / To flip

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Very versatile: dar la vuelta a algo = to turn something over/around; dar la vuelta al mundo = to go …
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Perder la costumbre

To lose the habit / To get out of the habit

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Describes no longer doing something you used to do regularly. The opposite is coger la costumbre or acostumbrarse.
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Poner de relieve

To highlight / To underline / To bring to the fore

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Formal collocation for emphasising or drawing attention to something important. Similar to poner de manifiesto but slightly more literary.
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Tener influencia

To have influence / To be influential

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Standard collocation for describing someone or something with power or impact over others. Tener influencia en/sobre algo = to have …
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Ponerse nervioso

To get nervous / To become anxious

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The natural collocation for becoming nervous. Ponerse is used for changes of state. Me pongo nervioso = I get nervous.
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