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¿Hay una diferencia entre "ambos" y "entrambos"?


Is there a difference between "ambos" and "entrambos"?

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updated Mar 22, 2013
posted by Soninmyeyes

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The difference is that "entrambos" is never used. I had never seen the word until just now, and I had to double check the DRAE to really believe it.

updated Mar 22, 2013
posted by Gekkosan
Just what I wanted to hear. - jeezzle, Nov 7, 2011
Marvelous. Thanks! - Soninmyeyes, Nov 7, 2011
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Es una palabra antigüa de la lengua castellana (español) que resulta de la conjunción de ENTRE y AMBOS; y se aplica para el caso de una acción conjunta entre dos cosas o personas (sinergia): "entrambos lograron el objetivo"; y no la he visto usada para indicar localizacióones; "mi casa queda ENTRAMBAS ciudades" También es válido el uso de la palabra "entrambas" para su acepción femenina, cuando al referirse a dos mujeres se dice: "entrambas tejieron veinte chalecos". Hay que resaltar es una palabra que ha caído en desuso. No se usa en el lenguaje oral, y en el lenguaje escrito se usa muy poco: con poca frecuencia se mantiene su uso en áreas como el derecho, que por su dinámica, recoje y revive palabras antigüas (como ésta) en su doctrina histórica y en precedentes jurisprudenciales.


"Entrambos" (masculine sence) "Entrambas" (femenine sence) It is an old word of Castilian (Spanish) resulting from the combination of "between" and "both", and applies to the case of a joint action between two things or people (synergy sence): "between the two achievied the goal"; and I have not seen used to indicate locations, "my house is ENTRAMBAS cities" also applies the use of the word "entrambas" for feminine sense, when referring to two women said: "entrambas wove twenty vests". It should be noted that "entrambos" is a word that has fallen into disuse. Not used at all in oral language; and in writtings is rarely used: maintaining infrequently use in areas such as law, which by its dynamic, collects and relive old words (like this) in its historic doctrine, jurisprudence and in leading cases.


REFERENCES IN AN VERY OLD CASTILIAN BOOK:

http://books.google.com.ar/books?id=GkIoAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA48&lpg=PA48&dq=entre+ambos+o+entrambos&source=bl&ots=XYCznFJhrq&sig=XIPECy9-6Q87Rf9EBbd-YX4Ddt8&hl=es-419&sa=X&ei=zm9MUcmkNsmS0QGD84DwAw&sqi=2&ved=0CFsQ6AEwBQ#v=onepage&q=entre ambos o entrambos&f=false

"Entreambos" era en lo antigüo "entre ambos": "no pudieron cargar el peso entre ambos". Creo que aún hoy debíeramos hacer diferencia: que es menos propio "vivieron entrambos en el siglo décimo sexto", porque se trata de dos cosas que no concurrieron a producir un efecto; y que al contrario es mejor "le mataron entrambos", significando una acción ejecutada por dos individuos.

Gramática de la lengua castellana: destinada al uso de los americanos, Capítulo XI, página 48


Dr. Christian E. Amstutz

updated Mar 22, 2013
edited by chams1978
posted by chams1978
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I've never heard entrambos. Is it common?

updated Nov 7, 2011
posted by jeezzle
I have no idea. It just came up in the thesaurus as an alternative to "ambos", and every dictionary I've checked (including the RAE) defines it as "ambos". - Soninmyeyes, Nov 7, 2011
My informal google research seems to be indicating that it's not terribly common. - Soninmyeyes, Nov 7, 2011
Chileno will tell us when he arrives. - jeezzle, Nov 7, 2011