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Pucca Posted 18 years ago
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0I have no idea how to translate "dar comienzo" into English, would "give start to.." work? Is that English or Spanglish? 05002br
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00I want to say something like "When Madrid rose up, it gave start to a war" - I know, it sounds horrible..02br
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00Thanks in advance! 010id6
  

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0In what way did Madrid rise up? Was it in bed taking a siesta? 05002br
01i00to give a start02i00 is not English. How about just 01i00to start02i00? 01i00Madrid started a war02i00.02br
00Somehow, I don't think that's what you mean, though. Don't you mean that Madrid's actions [caused / gave rise t
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0Thank you for the answers! 02br
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00CJ - A siesta? 05002br
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00I was trying to translate something into English.02br
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00I thought that "to rise up" meant "sublevarse" - You know Spanish, don't you? 05102br
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00I wanted to say "El levantamiento de Madrid dio comienzo a la guerra de la independ
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0The rising of Madrid started the war for independence?02br
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00The elevation of Madrid's status sparked the war for independence?0-
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0 Maybe the uprising or the insurrection of Madrid? 0-
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0 Does that mean that Madrid's uprising/insurrection made the independence war start? 0-
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01cite10Pucca12cite10El levantamiento de Madrid dio comienzo a la guerra de la independencia..12blockquote
10 I would translate this as02br
01i00The war for independence began with the Madrid uprising.02i00 (You can substitute 01i00of02i00 for 01i00for
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0There are so many sentences I can choose, thank you all! 050010id75
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01cite10Pucca12cite10CJ - A siesta? 15010 12blockquote
10 Hi Pucca02br
00Did you know that 01i00siesta02i00is an "English" word? It's one of the many foreign words that English has permanently borrowed. 051030srchttp://www.EnglishForward.com/emoticons/emotion-2.gif1
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