"Los fines de semana suelo dedicar......" what does suelo mean in this sentece?

Question

The full sentence is "los fines de semana suelo dedicar algunas horas a cocinar."

Answer 1

Hi again dudies,

SOLER can mean "to get used to" or "to get accustomed to". It is a normal O-UE stem changing verb. Thus, I become used to is translated "yo suelo".

Thus, the sentence means, "On the weekends, I get used to dedicating a few hours to cooking". Or, I am accustomed to spending a few hours cooking".

SOLER is a cool verb that is frequently used in Spanish.

Solemos visitar este sitio.

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Answer 2

Soler: to be used to doing....

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Answer 3

I "usually" dedicate a few hours to cooking on weekends.

I "normally" dedicate a few hours to cooking on weekends.

I "tend' to dedicate a few hours to cooking on weekends.

Any of these would work, as you can see there are different words you can use for "suelo" under the context you provided. The important thing to remember is to convey the same message and to make it flow in the target language.

Answer 4

I would translate it as ,

My time at the weekend is devoted to cooking .

Answer 5

On the weekends I usually devote a few hours to cooking

Answer 6

On weekends, I always spend a few hours cooking.