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Should it be translated into Spanish as "Los zapatos pueden estar limpiados" or "Los zapatos pueden ser limpiados"?
If you say it's the first one, why is it that you would say "Los zapatos fueron limpiados" and not "Los zapatos estuvieron limpiados"? This has been killing me, so I would sure appreciate your input!
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updated Sep 25, 2011
posted by jerryshizzle123
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Because limpiado = cleaned, limpio = clean.
Los zapatos fueron limpiados = completed action, the shoes were cleaned.
Los zapatos estaban limpios = the shoes were clean.
As for the first, "Los zapatos pueden ser limpiados" sounds better to me, though I might tend to say "Se puede limpiar los zapatos" - One can clean the shoes.
updated Sep 25, 2011
posted by jeezzle
