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Whenever it says esta de (infinitive verb).... what does it mean?
Era una mala idea esta de mandarle a casa la Nochebuena.
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updated Nov 29, 2011
posted by bpark123
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Would it work this way?
It was a bad one, this idea of sending him home on Christmas eve
updated Nov 29, 2011
posted by chileno
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esta is referring to idea, the sentence is basically saying 'That idea of sending her home on Christmas Eve was a bad one.' I don't know if there's really a way to directly translate the phrase to English
updated Nov 29, 2011
posted by emily8
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It was a bad idea, this one of sending him home on Christmas eve.
Here, esta de refers to this idea of
updated Nov 29, 2011
edited by 005faa61
posted by 005faa61
