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English saying "Take advantage"

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Por ejemplo: cuando hay veces que tienes que ir a un lugar a hacer una cosa en especial y quieres aprovechar la vuelta para hacer otras cosas.

Voy a ir a Mexico a visitar a mi abuelita y quiero aprovechar la vuelta para conocer la ciudad

Im going to Mexico to visit my granny and i want to take advantage of the trip to know the city

Is this correct

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updated Nov 24, 2012
edited by --Mariana--
posted by _kib
The "i" should be capitalized "I". Also we would say "get to know the city". - gringojrf, Nov 23, 2012
Amigo, you should mention in your posts that you want the English translation. - --Mariana--, Nov 23, 2012
Necesitas ser más cuidadoso con tu ortografía, _kib. - Avilescastilla, Nov 23, 2012
Pues, ése es el punto de la práctica.. Avile - QFour, Nov 23, 2012
(Im) should be I'm. and there should be a comma after granny - colinwbrown, Nov 23, 2012

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Algunos han escrito "make the most of" -o- "make the most out of," pero déjame decir que son exactamente lo mismo. En los EEUU no hay diferencia entre las opciones dadas aparte del hecho de que quizá "make the most of" es más informal.

No estoy completamente seguro, pero diría que es la diferencia entre decir "aprovechar" contra "sacarle al máximo a" -o- "sacarle el jugo a" (Diré que podrías haber usado cualquiera de esas opciones.. que yo sepa)

Son alternativas pero ni más ni menos natural. No dudes en utilizar cualquiera de las opciones. Son completamente iguales... aparte del hecho de que se puede usar "take advantage of" de otra manera... la que es (aprovecharse)

  1. prnl. Sacar provecho de algo o de alguien, generalmente con astucia o abuso. Se aprovechaba DE su posición.

En fin...

I'm going to Mexico to visit my granny and I want to take advantage of the trip to (get to know) the city/by getting to know the city.

I'm going to Mexico to visit my granny and I want to make the most (out) of the trip by getting to know the city.

Yo diría: I'm going to Mexico to visit my grandma and I want to take full advantage of the opportunity to also get to know the city. -o-

I'm going to Mexico to visit my grandma and I want to make the most/take full advantage of the trip by also getting to know the city.

Hay demasiadas opciones.

updated Nov 24, 2012
edited by QFour
posted by QFour
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You can use 'take advantage of' but less formally I might say 'make the most' of the trip wink

updated Nov 24, 2012
posted by Kiwi-Girl
From a fellow Kiwi, I agree. You can use the expression, "take advantage," but it doesn't roll off the tongue so smoothly. "Make the most of" or "get the most out of" would work better. - TheStatelessMan, Nov 23, 2012
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Está bien tu oración. Puedes reemplazar "to know the city" con "to see the city" (lo que sería mejor supongo) ...también creo que sería mejor decir "to (get to know) the city."

Im going to Mexico to visit my granny/grandma/grandmother and I want to take advantage of the trip to (get to know) the city.

Muy bien hecho.

updated Nov 23, 2012
posted by QFour
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Quiero saber si la traduccion en ingles esta bien, soy hablante nativo de español. Gracias

updated Nov 23, 2012
posted by _kib
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I agree with both of these:

I want to take advantage of' the trip.....

I want to 'make the most' of the trip .....

updated Nov 23, 2012
posted by --Mariana--
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This is where the English expression: "to kill two birds with one stone" might prove useful, although as a bird owner, and bird lover, I must say I'm not really that fond of the expression.

I'm going to Mexico to visit my granny, and I'm going to kill two birds with one stone by getting to know the city.

updated Nov 23, 2012
posted by Sheily
Excellent use of the idiomatic expresion. - gringojrf, Nov 23, 2012
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Perfecto smile También decimos "y de paso". Voy a ir a México a visitar a mi abuelita y de paso aprovecho para dar la vuelta y conocer la ciudad.

updated Nov 23, 2012
posted by maestroantonio
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As QF but one tiny correction.

I'm going to Mexico to visit my granny and I want to take advantage of the trip to get to know the city.

If you can't see it instantly it's "I'm" for "Im"

updated Nov 23, 2012
edited by geofc
posted by geofc
Which city? - not a translation problem. - geofc, Nov 23, 2012