shortened phrases
In English we shorten a lot of phrases. I'm wondering if some of them would be understood in Spanish. For example if instead of los pantalones cortos I said, "estoy llevando los cortos" would I get a funny look?
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Yes Leatha, the same practice of shortening phrases exists in Spanish. Howerver, "cortos" is not one of them, and you would get funny (or at least blank) looks if you said that.
In some countries you might be able to say: "llevo puestos unos 'chores'", but in other places that might also draw blank looks.
Other examples of shortened expressions:
Película - peli
Televisión - tele
Colegio - Cole
Autobús - bus
Well, that's an interesting question.
Every language has its shortened forms; it's just that the shortened forms are not universal across languages.
For example, many Spanish-speakers merely say "Buenas" instead of "Buenas tardes"; however, in English we would say "afternoon", if we were to shorten.
Regarding "pantalones cortos", I have heard "el eshort", but that's more Spaniglish than a shortened form.
I can't think of any shortened phrases, but I know that we say these: pa'lante - para adelante pa'tras - para atras Also, words that end in -ado or -ido are often shortened like this: cuñado - cuñao or partido - partío
